Welcome!

For the Love of Music

Mrs.Warner's Music Class

Welcome to the new, musical school year of 2019-2020 !

I am Jolene Warner, new to ACA this year, with twelve years of music teaching experience in the Tempe Elementary District. Needless to say, I am thrilled to come aboard with the wonderful faculty and the budding scholars at ACA! 

Due to being a mommy to a toddler son, I am part-time and will be on campus Mondays, Thursdays, and first and fourth Wednesdays. Please don't ever hesitate to reach out to me with any questions or concerns you may have: JWarner@ArchwayChandler.org

Before you read on, please mark you calendars for these TWO MANDATORY CONCERTS:

CHANGE OF DATE!!!!

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

and

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Sarah Cadwallender and myself will be providing more information as these dates grow closer, but the important thing is to have 100% participation, with all students wearing black bottoms (pant, skirts and shoes) and white tops/blouses, with all boys in a tie. Both concerts take place at Higley Center for the Performing Arts in the evening.

Your Child's Whole Body Will Discover Music!

HANDS AND FEET can demonstrate the BEAT through clapping, stepping, stomping, swaying, patting, etc. and can be even more fun with a partner!

EARS can develop aural acuteness and eventually aid in matching PITCH, accurately echoing and mimicking RHYTHMS, recognizing famous musical works, and categorizing selections of music into historical GENRES, identifying elements of TIMBRE, DYNAMICS and FORM. The VOICE can control its muscles to sing both low and high pitches, and can develop a pure singing TONE, becoming more confident singing many different styles of songs. The EYES can develop notation recognition through musical LITERACY with exposure and familiarity to musical SYMBOLS, eventually able to decipher complex musical scores.

Focus Units:

Quarter 1: RHYTHM

Quarter 2: MELODY

Quarter 3: FORM

Quarter 4: DYNAMICS

CONCERT REPERTOIRE:

Kindergarten:                                        1st Grade:
   "I Love the Mountains"*                "Little Drummer Boy"*  "Thanksgiving"                        "Jubilate Deo" canon
    "I Bought Me a Cat"              "Blue Waters of the North
                                            
* these two songs have been switched since curriculum night