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May 4, 2020: Week 8, Volume 1

5/4/2020

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Current Assignment(s)

Students should be working on the Remote Learning Assignment for the week of May 4 (due Monday, 5/11).
​Details can be found in Google Classroom.

Updates

Click here for parent information about the current Remote Learning Assignment (sent 5/4/2020).
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The first-ever Nipmuc Virtual Chorus Concert is available!
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Click here for a short message and link to the concert (sent 4/29/2020).

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I sometimes have singers submit their favorite choir meme as a beginning of the year ice-breaker. Enjoy some of these memes from past years, and if you have a current favorite you think we should see, email it to me!
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Weekly Feature: Unique Instruments

Great Stalacpipe Organ

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Invented by Leland W. Sprinkle in 1956 and situated in an underground cave in Virginia’s Luray Caverns, the Great Stalacpipe Organ works by tapping on ancient stalactites with rubber mallets, all connected to a console that looks like a traditional organ.

Click here to learn more about how the organ's origins and how it works.

Listen to Beethoven's Fur Elise played on the organ (from the album "Midnight in the Caverns with Monte Maxwell"):


Recommended Resource: Incredibox

Incredibox is a fun website where you can create your own beatboxing mixes using pre-recorded sounds and entertaining graphics.
​Find the website here, or download the app.
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