Congratulations to all of the Kennedy School students on their performances in the Winter Concerts in December. Thank you to Somerville Ed TV for filming our concerts. You can watch the videos here:
K-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miErlD30iKQ 4-8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7kcjCRP6GE
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World Percussion Ensemble students recently performed their hip hop groove for the kindergarten students. Kindergarten students loved hearing the middle school students perform and said they could feel the music inside of their bodies. The World Percussion Ensemble was led by Ms. Gardner, our wonderful student teacher.
Congratulations to all of the Kennedy School students who performed in our Spring Concerts on Tuesday, May 30 and Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Students sang, moved, and played instruments, demonstrating the new skills they have been learning in their music classes this year.
You can watch the concerts here: K-3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12i4TG1az5Q&t=1418s 4-8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKCskC4hL04&t=2494s On Friday, April 14, chorus students from across the district attended the Somerville Choral Festival. Each middle school chorus had the opportunity to perform one piece and work with Mr. Evrard. Students also participated in team building activities led by members of the SHS Chorus.
Students in the 8th grade orchestra gave a special performance for the kindergarten classes. Students worked in groups to prepare a piece of their choice to perform. The kindergarten students loved hearing the 8th graders perform and learning about the instruments of the orchestra. The 7th grade orchestra gave a special performance for students in the Life Skills program at the Kennedy School.
Fifth and sixth grade students are learning the play the ukulele. Thank you to all of the families who donated ukuleles to the music program. We now have enough ukuleles for each student to play during class without taking turns. Students have been learning to pluck the open strings with a good tone, play melodies, and soon will be playing chords to accompany themselves singing.
Congratulations to the Kennedy School students on their Winter Concerts. The grade K-3 concert was on December 13, 2022 and the grade 4-8 concert was on December 14, 2022. It was so exciting to welcome families into the school to watch the concert. Our student performers gave beautiful performances sharing the new skills they have learned in music classes this year. Grade 7 and 8 students at the Kennedy School had the opportunity to hear performances by several of the Somerville High School music ensembles. Thank you to all of the SHS music teachers for making this special event possible, and hopefully many of our current 8th graders will be performing in these ensembles next year!
Members of the Grade 7 and 8 Orchestra recently gave special performances for the two kindergarten classes. The grade 7 and 8 students worked in groups to create special arrangements of songs that the kindergarten students had learned in music class and then performed their arrangement for the kindergarten students. The kindergarten students were a wonderful audience, and the grade 7 and 8 students were excellent musical role models.
Congratulations to the students who represented the Kennedy School at the Somerville All-City Middle School Concert on Thursday, December 11. There were Kennedy students in all four ensembles: Orchestra, Band, Chorus and Marimba.
You can watch the full concert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1442L0fHMU |
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