Our
Concert Dates
December 13 at 6:30pm: Band and Choir concert at the Noble Auditorium
December 22nd at 9am and 2pm: K-4 General Music concert as well as a piece each from the Band and Choir
March 7th: All District Chorus Concert (More details to come)
April 2nd: All District Band Concert
May 6th: Band and Choir concert at the Noble Auditorium (More details to come)
Hello!
My name is Shelby Hagan
I graduated from the University of Southern Maine Osher School of Music in May 2023. I have the distinct pleasure of working with ages from PreK through 8th grade in various contexts that include general music, band, contained classes, as well as being a para proffesional in which I learn skills to further individulize my instruction. Other than everything music related I also enjoy baking, playing chess, spending time outdoors, and reading!
General Music Curriculum
All curriculum is based on our National Association of Music Education Standards. For our upcoming concert, I have linked our songs here. The videos I have in order are grades 1-4. Your child should know exactly what song is theirs :)
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Education
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Beat/Movement: Beginning of the understanding that music has a beat and music has movement, as well as recognizing that a range of tempi exist.
Exploration: Open to exploring different musical spaces as well as various percussion.
Imagine: Beginning to imagine their own musical pictures.
Connection: Beginning to have an understanding of what they enjoy from music, as well connecting different concepts together.
Melody: Beginning to match pitch, understand high or low.
Perform: Can present developmentally approptiate forms of above concepts with guidance.
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Beat/Movement: Beginning to understand the various tempi and what they mean when seeing the sight word of that week.
Exploration: Freely has the choice to explore the different musical spaces that involve but are not limited to sounds, rhythm, and various percussion instruments.
Imagine: Beginning to draw upon musical ideas while testing the waters of composition within a full class format.
Connection: Beginning to understand what musical choices are and how they relate to one another
Melody: Beginning to understand the difference between high and low, echo song vs response song, and speaking voice vs singing voice.
Perform: Can present developmentally approptiate forms of above concepts with guidance.
Beat/Movement: Can explain the differences between various tempi as well as show through movement what the music sounds like.
Exploration: Has the freedom and choice to delve into different musical spaces as well as various percussion instruments and piano.
Imagine: Can freely imagine and then express musical pictures through instrumental playing.
Connection: Can connect to different genres of music as well as what makes those genres different from one another.
Melody: Freddy the Frog will introduce several ideas involving melody as well as delving into rounds.
Perform: Can present developmentally approptiate forms of above concepts with little guidance.
Beat/Movement: Can recognize how different music will have different beat formations and can cause different movement.
Exploration: Has the freedom and choice to delve into different musical spaces as well as various percussion instruments, piano, and recorder.
Imagine: Can freely imagine and then express musical pictures through instrumental playing while being able to give reasoning for different musical choices.
Connection: Understanding of what musical concepts connect to one another and how to make the abstract concrete.
Melody: Freddy the Frog will introduce solfege as this will connect to our recorder playing.
Perform: Can present developmentally approptiate forms of above concepts with little to no guidance.
Beat/Movement: Now has a solid understanding of different tempi and can explain differences and what it feels like.
Exploration: Has the freedom and choice to delve into different musical spaces as well as various percussion instruments, piano, recorder, and now ukulele!
Imagine: Can freely imagine and then express musical pictures through instrumental playing while being able to give reasoning for different musical choices.
Connection: Students can demonstrate how interests, knowledge, and skills relate to personal choices and intent when creating, performing, and responding to music.
Melody: Students will know the music staff, notes, solfege do re mi sol la ti do and bass clef.
Perform: Students perform on pitch, in rhythm, with appropriate dynamics and timbre, and maintain a steady tempo
Beginning Band Resources
When first learning an insturment, bringing it home and practing can seem challenging without your teacher there to answer any question you might have! Below are links that go with your instument that should guide you through any question you might have. If not, please email me and I will answer as soon as possible!
Flute Links:
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- How to open the case and name the parts:
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- How to make your first sound:
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- How to put together the flute:
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- Link to Flute Presentation we use in lessons
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Clarinet Links:
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- How to open the case and name the parts:
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- How to assemble the mouthpiece, barrell and reed:
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- How to put the rest of the clarinet together:
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- Link to Clarinet Presentation we use in lessons
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Trumpet Links:
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- How to make the first sound (on the mouthpiece!):
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- Link to Trumpet Presentation we use in lessons
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Alto Saxophone Links:
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- How to open the case and name the parts:
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- How to assemble mouthpiece, reed, and neck:
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- How to articulate on the alto saxophone:
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- How to make a sound on the mouthpiece:
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- How to hold the alto saxophone:
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- Link to Alto Saxophone Presentation we use during lessons
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Trombone Links:
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- How to open the case and name the parts:
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- How to make first sound on mouthpiece:
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- How to make the first sound on trombone:
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- Link to Trombone Presentation we use during lessons
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Percussion Links:
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- How to set up snare stand and snare:
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- Warm up:
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- Link to the Percussion Presentation we use during lessons
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Links to current band videos
Below are various links to the pieces of music we are doing currently in band. I have also pasted a link to a website that is a metronome for you to practice with. Please set it to 50 whenever practicing.
Instrument Play-Along Videos
Flutes:
Clarinets:
Trumpets:
Trombones:
Alto Saxophones:
Percussion:
Chorus Resources
Below are resources for you to practice and make sure your instrument (you!) is still in tip top condition!
Preparing our breath
What is just as important as our voice? Our air. This video will have you practicing your breathing in different but fun ways!
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Warming up our voice
As vocalists it is SO important to warm up our voices before jumping in to singing. Here is a fantatsic warmup to try at home on your own.
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Warming up our bodies
All of these parts work together. This next video is about warming up the body.
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Chorus Pieces
I have linked below each piece we are performing for our winter concert, as well as Today's Hope which will be performed at the spring concert. If you have any questions please let me know!
Cold Snap:
SparkleJolly...
Believe:
Today's Hope:
Recent Work
Below are some snapshots of recent work that students have been doing in Music Class!
Our word of the week recently was timbre which means what makes one instrument or voice sound different from another! Students in 1st grade were given the task to color each box what they thought the instruments sound looked like. The instruments were trombone, flex a tone, flute, and a cabana.
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Blake's class. Can you find the different colors they were seeing with each instrument?
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Michaud's class. It is so interesting to see how differently friends react to each instrument's sound!
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Brewer's class. What do you think this student was seeing when they heard each instrument?
Folk Dancing and Group Work
This is Mrs. Beam's class playing "This Old Man" while a student is showing and keeping track of what part we are on. I find huge success with folk dancing and games that are similar for building community within the classroom and working on many skills at once!
While the word of the week was timbre, students in 3rd and 4th grade were listening to the song FREEDOM by Jon Batiste and filling out a chart's questions. The charts questions were as follows:
1. Choose 1 color this song makes you think of. Fill in this box with that color.
2. How does this song make you feel? Fill in the face below and show us how you felt!
3. Write 1 word this song made you think of. Write it in the box below.
4. Draw a picture below that represents the song you hear.
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This is the work from a student in Mrs. West's class. I notice how this student could hear the jazz influence in the piece of music we listened to!
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Reid's class. I notice all the different colors the student saw when listening and how this student also pictured the colors moving!
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Sprague's class. I notice how this student was able to picture a bird flying away while listening to this piece of music.
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Smit's class. What do you see that the student was imagining the song to be about?
This is the work from a student in Mrs. Pomeroy's class. What emotions do you think this student was feeling?