What's Up in Music Class?

Kindergartners are learning to sing "Sakura" in Japanese and English and to sing "San Sereni" in Spanish.
First-graders are adding the pitch "A" to the "G" and "E" with which they are already familiar.
Second-graders are beginning a beautiful song they will perform for Earth Day.
Third-graders have been studying Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and now are listening to Gian-Carlo Menotti's The Telephone.
Fifth-graders have been studying the blues and now will look briefly at Gershwin's Porgy and Bess before hearing The Telephone.
Mrs. Arends takes tap-dancing lessons Monday evenings, and plays Zimbabwean-style marimba music Wednesday evenings and recorder music Thursday evenings with like-minded friends.