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. Please note that Term 3 ends TODAY. All work, including make-up assignments and Remote Learning assignments must be submitted to Ms. Simmonds by Monday, April 20. | Updates |
This Day in Music
- National Crawfish Day
- International Bat Appreciation Day
- National Cheeseball Day
- National Ellis Island Family History Day
- International Haiku Poetry Day ***(see below for more information)
- National Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet Day (Third Friday in April)
There are also some interesting pieces of music history that happened on April 17:
April 17,1882: Austrian pianist Artur Schnabel is born in Lipnik, Moravia, Austria-Hungary. Schnabel would become best known for his performances and recordings of all 32 Beethoven Piano Sonatas. You can hear 2 of the most well-known sonatas below, and learn more about Artur Schnabel here.
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April 17,1961: The 33rd Academy Awards take place at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, honoring movies released in 1960. Watch below to see the awards presented for film scoring, and click here to learn more about the 33rd Academy Awards:
April 17,1974: Victoria Beckham [Adams], English singer who would go on to become "Posh Spice in the Spice Girls," is born in Harlow, Essex.
April 17,2011: Game of Thrones premieres on HBO. Though not strictly a musical event, the show does feature some great music - listen to the main title theme below.
| | Game of Thrones was scored by German composer Ramin Djawadi, a prolific film composer who also scored Iron Man, Wesworld, and A Wrinkle in Time. Click here to learn more. |
International Haiku Poetry Day
According to The Haiku Foundation (website here), "April 17 is the day the whole world honors haiku."
How can you celebrate? Write a haiku!
What should you write about? Here's some inspiration:
Processing Social Distancing with Haiku
Haiku Walkabout
Simple Tips for Haiku Writing
What should you write about? Here's some inspiration:
Processing Social Distancing with Haiku
Haiku Walkabout
Simple Tips for Haiku Writing
Happy April Break!
The Daily Chorus News will be taking a break next week, and I hope that you will enjoy some time off from Zoom as well! When we return, I sincerely hope that Week 7 will be the final week of Daily Chorus News.
So have a great break, everyone, and in the words of the Norway, Maine police department:
So have a great break, everyone, and in the words of the Norway, Maine police department:
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