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May 27, 2020: Week 11, Volume 2

5/27/2020

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Current Assignment(s)

Students should be working on the Remote Learning Assignment for the week of May 26 (due Monday, 6/1).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom.

Updates

Click here for parent information about the current Remote Learning Assignment (sent 5/26/2020).

​Click 
here for the Nipmuc Virtual Chorus Concert. Click here for the Boston Globe article. Click here for the Town Crier article.

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You're Invited: SENIOR MUSIC NIGHT

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You are all invited to our Virtual Senior Music Night, happening TONIGHT: Wednesday, May 27, at 7:00pm. All Chorus and Drama students/families are invited to join us along with our Senior Musicians and Drama Guild members and their families. Check your email for the Zoom link!

Weekly Feature: Unique Instruments 2

Several weeks ago, I featured a new unique instrument every day. Because there are no shortage of interesting instruments in this world, here's part 2!

Gameleste

A relatively new instrument, the Gameleste was created when Icelandic artist Bjork commissioned the creation of new instruments to complement her music style and 2011 album. A modified celesta (similar to a piano) with tone bars from a gamelan (an ensemble of kettle-shaped tuned gongs prevalent in Java, Bali, and Indonesia), the gameleste produces unique chime-like sounds.

Listen to one of the songs from Bjork's albumn that features the instrument: Crystalline. Then watch a video about the making of the Gameleste.


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