This year saw the formation of a select performance group of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students chosen to participate in Percussion Ensemble. I am so excited to spend my Friday afternoons with this group of talented students and share my passion for percussion! It has been a long 5 years since I was involved with any sort of percussion performance and now I have the opportunity to open this world to my own students.
We had our first performance on December 16th and they did absolutely fantastic! They performed 3 selections as a large group and four of the members were featured on Carol of the Bells. They only had about 9 rehearsals beforehand and a huge learning curve, but performed like young professionals. I heard nothing but rave reviews from the concert audience!
Now that we've started off the new semester, we've added 3 new members to our group and have dove right into our spring concert selections. The students musical maturity has definitely grown through the year and they are eagerly figuring our their new parts and exploring new instruments such as gankogui, goat hoof rattles, and other ethnic sounds.
Think they're excited for the new songs???
Here's a sneak peak at what it takes to put this all together...
Creating their own choreography...
Working in sectionals...
and of course, lots of fun!
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