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April 13, 2020: Week 5, Volume 1

4/13/2020

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Current Assignment(s)

Students should be working on the Remote Learning Assignment for the week of April 13 (due Monday, 4/20).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom. Practice Resources can be found here.

Updates

Remote Learning assignments this week are based on singers' chorus section - click on your child's class to read an update:
 --  B block  --  E block  --  G block  --

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Click here for an update about the Virginia Trip (sent 4/3/2020)

This Day in Music

According to the "National Day Calendar" (learn more here), April 13 is National Make Lunch Count Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, National Scrabble Day, and National Thomas Jefferson Day. There are also some interesting pieces of music history that happened on April 13:
April 13, 1742: George Frederic Handel's oratorio Messiah ​is performed for the first time at New Music Hall in Dublin. Now, more than 275 years later, Messiah is still widely performed. Click here to learn more. ​
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April 13, 1958: American pianist Van Cliburn wins the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.​ He would go on to become one of the most well-known classical pianists. Click here to learn more about Van Cliburn. 

In this 2008 interview, Van Cliburn reflects on that experience. I know it's a bit long, but I highly recommend watching the whole thing! However, if you don't have the time/patience, skip to 6:00 to hear about Van Cliburn's musical journey as a child and his practice and performance habits:
April 13, 1965: The 7th Annual Grammy Awards are held at at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

​Winners Included:
- Record of the Year: Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz for "The Girl from Ipanema"
- Album of the Year: João Gilberto & Stan Getz for Getz/Gilberto
- Song of the Year: Jerry Herman (songwriter) for "Hello, Dolly!" performed by Louis Armstrong
- Best New Artist: The Beatles

​Click here to learn more. 

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April 13, 2019: 
​BTS is the first K-pop band to perform on Saturday Night Live

Scenes from Nipmuc Singers

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Morgann makes peanut butter chocolate drop cookies, assisted by Bite-Bite, who was essential in providing moral support and taste testing.

Send a picture and/or description of what you've been up to these days here!
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