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YES!!!  We have a concert date!  Wednesday, May 17th.  All k-5 students as well as instrumental students and some of our 6th-8th graders.  SAVE THE DATE!

As we start 2017 the students are learning about the following: k- What is tempo? 1st grade - instruments, categories, sounds and appearance. 2nd grade - Mozart - music, life and times. 3rd grade - Ballads - (not to get confused with ballet) 4th grade - notation -this will be VERY important when playing recorders 5th grade - will be taking a detour to studying the 3B's.  Who are the 3B's??? 6th grade - are taking a very close look at percussion instruments. 7th grade - are creating some very challenging games that will be shared in a couple weeks - showing their knowledge of Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque music 8th grade - music careers. 

I have to admit - this years winter concert was one of my favorites.  The kids did an excellent job from the singing, to the instrumentalists to the stage crew.  Awesome job OCS students. And the music continues.  Presently k-3rd grade are learning about the ballet, "The Nutcracker", music by Peter I. Tchaikovsky.  It's a great time to hear the music and talk about what does a composer do as well as seeing the story.  4th grade is taking a closer look at the composer Tchaikovsky with facts about his life and music. 5th grade will be seeing how people celebrate with music in December.  What is December 26th?  Chanukah?  Songs? 6th grade just completed seeing the musical "Oliver".  During that time they studied different terms used to describe the music in the musical. 7th grade has been focusing on early music history (medieval, renaissance and baroque).  8th grade will be presenting their music career projects that they are just co...

Get READY.  The countdown to the OCS 2016 Winter Concert has begun.  Wednesday, December 7th at 6pm our students in kindergarten -5th grade will sing songs for the holiday/winter season.  Some of our 6th, 7th and 8th grade will also be singing, playing instruments and working behind the scenes.  Students should just dress nice (slacks, shirt, skirt, dress...)