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May 15, 2020: Week 9, Volume 5

5/15/2020

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Current Assignment(s)

Students should be working on the Remote Learning Assignment for the week of May 11 (due Monday, 5/18).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom.

Updates

Click here for parent information about the current Remote Learning Assignment (sent 5/11/2020).
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​Click here to access the Nipmuc Virtual Chorus Concert.
Click here to read the Boston Globe article. 
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This Week in Music

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May 11,1812: A new dance called the Waltz is introduced in English ballrooms. Many observers considered it to be "disgusting and immoral." No wonder it caught on!
May 12, 1845: Gabriel Urbain Fauré is born in Pamiers, France. Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher, and one of the foremost French composers of his generation. His musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. He is known for his Requiem, chamber music works, and songs, including Cantique de Jean Racine​:
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May 13, 1767: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's first opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," written when he was just 11 years old, premieres in Salzburg. 
May 14, 1972: The 14th Annual GRAMMY Awards are held at New York’s Felt Forum (now The Theater at Madison Square Garden). Honoring music released during the year 1971, the 14th GRAMMYs were dominated by Carole King, who won Record Of The Year (“It’s Too Late”), Album Of The Year (Tapestry), Song Of The Year (“You’ve Got A Friend”) and Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female (Tapestry). And as if that wasn’t impressive enough, King’s “You’ve Got A Friend” also helped her friend James Taylor win Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, while Quincy Jones won Best Pop Instrumental Performance for Smackwater Jack, named after another great song King co-wrote with early Brill Building partner and former husband Gerry Goffin.
May 15, 1567: Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera, is born in Cremona, Italy. 
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Happy Birthday: JULY (The best month. I'm not biased. You're biased)

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