Welcome to the music room for the new session. 2017-2018 is sure to be another exciting year. The pupils and I are talking about our plans for the year and sharing ideas. We will continue to use our music scheme Charanga and hope at some point there will be an opportunity for some kind of workshop available for anyone interested after the school day. Pupils in P4-P7 classes may bring a descant recorder to music if they wish and Mrs Johnston will teach the notes. There will be plenty of singing opportunities throughout the year including Christmas songs, Perform in Perth, GLEE and songs for the school show.

I now have the video of the GLEE heat where our GLEE choir performed.  At the moment I am unable to upload this as Perth and Kinross will not allow WeTransfer on the computer. I will try to send it another way. I am still waiting for the photographs and will post them when I can.

Pupils have enjoyed being part of the BBC Music Day this year and have listened to some of the BCC TEN pieces. We were given stickers and a certificate for participating.

I am still waiting for the video that was taken at the Concert Hall to arrive. I will also post photos when they arrive. The choir performed well and the solo singers and dancers deserve a special mention. The choir will sing at the Summer Fayre so if you couldn’t make the Concert Hall please come along and hear them at the Campus on the 25th May.

It has been a busy start to the term in the music room. The GLEE Choir had their last practice yesterday for their heat in the Concert Hall on Monday 24th April.  They have been working very hard on the songs and choreography. A special mention for the soloists Aria Dyson and Eilidh Duncan. Both girls are P4 pupils and just amazing.  They have been a real joy to work with and  Mrs Johnston is so proud of them.  A good support from parents and friends from Newhill will be very much appreciated. The event starts at 6.15pm for the audience.  The choir are meeting Mrs Johnston at 4.45pm for a practice at the Concert hall. Good luck GLEE Choir!

CLASS MUSIC – We will continue to practice assembly songs each week, have a time to listen and play our instruments. We are going to work in groups more this term and will be composing and inventing our own music. There will be time to present and perform our work.

The school choir sang beautifully yesterday and was awarded a First Class Certificate. Special thanks to the parent helpers on the bus and parents who came to be in the audience. Your support is always very much appreciated. Sincere thanks from Mrs Johnston.

IMG_3023Here is the book classes have been enjoying in the music class this week. They have been using their voices to join in.

The School Choir are going to sing at Perform in Perth on Thursday 16th March. They are in class 53 which will take place around 10.20am in St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields Church. Good luck Choir. You are a lovely bunch!

Gosh how quickly January is flying by. I am guessing another sign of me getting old. It has been a busy month here in the music room. The GLEE choir have continued to meet on a Monday night after school. We are learning to sing the set song to a backing track and have started to add in choreography. The pupils will vote this forthcoming week for the 2nd song.

The Perform in Perth choir is established and we meet at Skills Hour on a Friday. The pupils seem to enjoy the songs we are learning for the competition. They are an enthusiastic bunch!

In class music we have been playing tuned percussion instruments every week. I am starting to see a higher standard of playing already which is marvellous. This week we have had a Scottish week and most pupils were able to play a Scottish tune.

A wee reminder – pupils in P4-P7 have the opportunity to learn recorder during class music if they  wish to bring their own instrument.

The P3 children looked lovely in their costumes. Thank you Mrs Aird for helping with the clothes.