Class Materials
In the Spotlight:
Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
Works:
*** I walk the Line
*** Ring Of Fire
*** Get Rhythm
*** Five Feet High and Rising
*** Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Fun Facts:
*** He didn’t learn to play the guitar until he was 18 years old.
*** In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age 48.
*** He had a pet ostrich that ended up attacking him.
*** His first voice teacher turned him away saying “don’t let me or anyone else change how you sing”
*** While writing a song he lacked a drummer, so he wove a dollar bill through his guitar strings to create a snare-drum-like chug.
3rd Grade:
Concepts Covered:
Instrument Families, African Drumming/Djembes, World Music, Rhythms, Sight-Singing, Solfege, Dynamics, AB/ABA/Rondo/Themes and Variations Forms, Reading Musical Road Maps, Voice Exploration, Movement Exploration, Drums Alive!, Orff Instruments, Singing in Rounds/Partner Songs, Ostinatos, Character Pieces/Character Development in Theatrical Settings
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March 11th, 2027 @ 7pm, PAC
4th Grade:
Concepts Covered:
Treble Clef, Recorders, World Music, Rhythms, Sight-Singing, Solfege, Dynamics, 12-Bar Blues, AB/ABA/Rondo/Themes and Variations/Song Forms, Reading Musical Road Maps, Voice Exploration, Movement Exploration, Drums Alive!, Orff Instruments, Singing in Rounds/Partner Songs, Singing in Harmonies, Ostinatos, Character Pieces/Character Development in Theatrical Settings
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December 10th, 2026 @ 7pm, PAC
5th Grade:
Concepts Covered:
Treble Clef, Bass Clef, Ledger Lines, Ukuleles, Pianos, World Music, Rhythms, Sight-Singing, Solfege, Dynamics, AB/ABA/Rondo/Themes and Variations/Song/Sonata Forms, Reading Musical Road Maps, Singing in Harmonies, 12-Bar Blues, Voice Exploration, Movement Exploration, Drums Alive!, Found Sounds, Orff Instruments, Ostinatos, Character Pieces/Character Development in Theatrical Settings, Rock and Roll