America, the Beautiful   --  Grades 1-2, May 2010. The first and second grade classrooms participated in a Memorial Day program today. The gym was boiling hot for the afternoon program!

America, I Hear You Singing   --  Grades 1-2, May 2010. I arranged this piece for violin and piano. A sixth grade student played violin with Ms. Krider, who teaches second grade.

Lift Ev'ry Voice   --  Student Body, sung at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, January 2010. This song is the African American National Anthem.

Hymn To Freedom   --  Grades 3-4, sung at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, January 2010.

Martin's Cry   --  Grades 3-4, sung at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, January 2010. This piece was written by elementary school students with their music teacher about a decade ago.

We Shall Overcome   --  Student Body and Concert Attendees, sung at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Program, January 2010.

Haste Thee Nymph   --  Grades 5-6, at their March Concert. This is a three-part English round written over 300 years ago.

Arirang   --  Grades 5-6, at their March Concert. I arranged this Korean piece for recorders, glockenspiels, and metallophones. I had 7 students sing the high G pitch at the end and they nailed it!

Compositions (Fredrickson)   --  Grade 6, at their March Concert. This is a composition task I assigned to students. Working in groups of 3-6, each student selected an instrument and created an ostinato except for one student, who freely improvised throughout the piece.

Compositions (Roe)   --  Grade 6

Composition (Both Classes)   --  Grade 6

Odun De   --  Grades 5-6, at their March Concert. Odun De and Kabo, Kabo are Yorouban pieces from Nigeria.

Kabo, Kabo   --  Grades 5-6, at their March Concert.

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel   --  Grades 5-6, at their March Concert. This 2-part African-American Spiritual was the students' favorite piece!

Lean On Me   --  Grade 6 Graduation piece. The sixth graders and I arranged this piece together and they performed it beautifully at their Graduation. I used GarageBand to record their singing so they could self-assess and improve.