Music

Stephanie Assisi


Attention 5th graders!  As your Music Teacher, I am overjoyed that you want to study so much for your soundtrack melody quiz next Wed., March 27th.  I apologize that our quiz has been postponed due to my injury, but we'll catch up next week.  Please find these music titles on itunes, cd's, DVD's and on youtube searches.

 

5th graders are responsible for learning the melodies/songs from "Oklahoma" and "South Pacific", both by the famed duo Rodgers and Hammerstein. 

 

Please learn, from "Oklahoma":

1.) Oh, What A Beautiful Morning

2.) Surrey With A Fringe On Top

3.) People Will Say We're In Love

4.) Oklahoma

Please also learn, from "South Pacific"

1.) There is Nothin' Like A Dame

2.) Bloody Mary

3.) I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair

 

Thank you again for all of your hard work.  Have fun learning about the beauty and comedy of Rodgers and Hammerstein and email me with any questions!

Many congratulations to our "O Happy Day" ensemble soloists who will lead all of the OSLS/OSLC kids in "O Happy Day" for the Easter service, 9:30 am. (please be at church that day at 9:15 am. to rehearse).  The ensemble soloists are as follows:  3rd grade-Colin, Catherine, Austin, Savannah and Aaron, 4th grade-Sabine, Elizabeth, Faeth, 5th grade-Davis, Abby, Bethany and Julia.  Please copy and paste this link into your browser so that you can practice "O Happy Day"!  Thanks! 

 

COPY AND PASTE THIS LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER

http://youtu.be/Ufr--RDQNOc

Please read both letters below, dated February 7th and February 6th. 


February 7, 2013



Dear Parents/Guardians of OSLS students,

I am very excited to tell you about our plans for our end of year concerts, so please mark your calendars.  Our K-2 grade program is on Monday, June 3rd and our 3-5 grade program is on Tuesday, June 4th.  Although our Christmas musicals were brilliant and heart-warming, I know that they were fairly time-consuming for families with extra rehearsals and learning lines, etc.  So, in June we will be scaling back a bit on extra rehearsals, but not scaling back on extra thought, excitement, preparation and celebration!  We have decided to do two special programs celebrating our beautiful country, the U.S.A.!  

Our K-2 grade program is going to be a big celebration of American poets and composers that have made our country a beautiful place to be.  Specifically, the 2nd graders will be auditioning (if so desired) to recite poems for our shows as they are the “big kids” of the lower grades.  We won’t be reciting these all in completely traditional forms, but will turn these into mini-vignettes that your kids can be a part of even if they do not want to have a speaking part, but still want to be onstage as a “background extra”.  I will be giving them poetry audition packets this Friday that they can work on for a week, and then audition the week of Mon., Feb. 18th.  On the audition forms, there will be places to mark whether or not your child wants a spoken part, or if they would prefer a “background extra” part, or none of the above.  If you have a K or 1st grade student, rest assured that they will get plenty of stage time as well, with extra songs and dancing for all to enjoy.  All lower grades will be singing their hearts out at one point or another in the show.

Our 3-5 grade program is our Patriotic concert, where the 5th graders have created some of their own spoken pieces which we will intersperse with 3-5th graders singing some of the best pieces ever written in our country’s history.  It will be quite the moving experience, I’m sure, and a great educational program for all of the students.

We have been busy in music class since we came back from Winter Break, doing music reports and presentations on all of the many instruments of the orchestra.  It was really terrific to see all of the students get so into the project that they actually wanted to do out of class research.  Now, we are focusing on learning all about rhythm, counting and rhythm instruments.  Even the smallest of our kids are learning about notes, and how to count out and create a rhythm of their very own!  It’s an exciting time for us in Music at Our Savior’s!


Thank you for your support,

Stephanie Assisi
Music Director, OSLS
s.assisi@oursaviorsschool.net

February 6, 2013


Dear Parents,

I have to admit that I’m partial to the charms of the Hallmark aspects of the month of February, with Valentine’s Day and all of that, even stronger since my son is a Cupid baby, and will turn the big “3” this year.  But, aside from all of the candy, hearts, cards, dinner dates, I think Valentine’s Day has much to offer in teaching children, with the theme of Love.  Of course, LOVE is the central objective of being a Christian disciple of Jesus, and it is for this reason that I started off the month in teaching our OSLS/OSLC kids about music ministry and how it can be an amazingly beautiful way to minister to those that are hurting, need a spiritual boost and also a gift to ourselves in the form of music worship when we need a special way to pray to God along our own life paths.

A couple of weeks ago, I heard of the passing of a little girl, Julia, who met our Lord after fighting a brain tumor for close to a year.  Although I did not know her personally, a good college friend of mine had been writing a blog about her fight and was an extremely close friend/practically family member of Julia’s family.  I think we can all agree, there is almost nothing worse on this earth than when a child dies, and I took to prayer when my feeling of helplessness over the situation manifested.  And, I felt strongly after praying about it that we have the most wonderful voices here at this school, and who better to bring life and hope to her family, than children themselves singing “This Little Light of Mine”, her favorite song.  With Pastor Jeff and Mrs. Shaw’s support, and without going into great detail about the situation so as not to upset any of the kids, I talked about the importance of sharing our faith and music ministry to reach out in love to others.  The children were very excited to “let their love shine” and the below video is the result of our efforts and a sung prayer that we have sent to her family in Julia’s memory.  Upon receiving it, Francesca said, “It came through and it was absolutely touching and lovely. . . . It’s amazing to think of all of these people from all over the world thinking of Julia!”.  Thank you to our Our Savior’s children for your hearts and voices of love!

COPY AND PASTE THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS JULIA"S VIDEO.

 

http://youtu.be/V4--FZJqkew

                                                    October 15, 2012

Dear Parents and Guardians of Our Savior’s K-2 graders,

    Thank you for helping your children to prepare for this week’s character auditions for their Christmas Musical “A Rockin’ Royal Christmas”.  This is going to be such a fantastic show and everyone is going to learn much from this incredible experience.  To help in this endeavor, I would greatly appreciate it if all parents and guardians would take a few moments to download the music files for the show, either onto a cd, computer, ipod, or the like, so that your children may listen and learn the music during time outside of class.  For instance, I am a big believer of listening to songs and learning them while driving to soccer practice, to get groceries, etc. in the car.  Kids don’t even realize they are practicing their music but it goes miles to ensure that we have a good show and that everyone feels confident “on stage”.

    I would aim to have them listen to this music at least 20 minutes a day, and if the adults learn these songs, too, all the more fun for the whole family.  Getting the music is easy.  Please click on the download link for the zip file of the music and you are on your way to enjoying this learning experience with your children.  

Here is the link:  https://www.dropbox.com/s/0zaturdnyconz2c/Rockin%20Royal.zip  You can, like I mentioned, either put these files on a cd or straight onto a computer or ipod.  If anyone has any questions, or is in the least confused about the process, please do contact me and I will make sure to help you with this.  I truly am grateful for your help with this and know that your kids will thank you in spades with their smiles after the show.

With many thanks,

Stephanie Assisi
Music Director, OSLS
s.assisi@oursaviorsschool.net

Below is the dropbox URL to the Aloha Christmas tracks for 3-5 graders. Simply copy and paste this link into a URL and download away.

 


https://www.dropbox.com/s/vaf2fjtfolmjzbs/Aloha%2C%20Xmas.zip

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE EXTRA ADDED REHEARSALS. :-)

 

November 1, 2012



Dear Parents and Guardians of OSLS students,

We at Our Savior’s are very excited about having our first ever Christmas musicals this year, and they are going to be beautiful, heart-warming and a terrific learning experience for the children.  However, we do need everyone’s help for these performances to be a true success!  I have scheduled a few extra non-mandatory (although highly encouraged) rehearsals for the students of both the upper and lower grade musicals.  Reason being, it will allow for us more continuous time to do more run-through’s of the shows, address technical issues, and also give me more time to vocal coach/direct those students with individual parts/solos/lines that they may need a little extra help with.  Either way, if your child is able to attend or has already been scheduled for other activities, please continue to work with them on learning their lines, listening to the music files (whether burned onto a cd, computer or ipod) and singing the songs.  If any parent has any questions about either of these activities, please do feel free to email me so I can make sure that every child is able to practice and perform to his/her full potential.  A recommended amount of time to work on these until the show is 20-30 minutes/day (for ensemble actors/singers) and preferably two 20-30 minutes of practice/day (for soloists and those that have lines to memorize/sing).

Here are the rehearsal dates and times, broken down depending on which musical your child is in.  All rehearsals will take place in the OSLC Chapel.  

1st extra K-2 rehearsal - Sat., Nov. 10, 9:30 am-11:30 am (“Rockin’ Royal Christmas”-all children please come promptly from 9:30 am-10:30 am, anyone on the cast list, i.e. soloists, children in small group numbers, please stay until 11:30 am)

1st extra 3-5 rehearsal - Sat., Nov. 10, 1-3 pm (“Aloha Christmas”-all children please come promptly from 1 pm-2 pm, anyone on the cast list (to be posted in the next few days), i.e. soloists, children in small group numbers, please stay until 3 pm).

2nd extra K-2 rehearsal - Thurs., Nov. 15, 3:15-4:45 pm (“Rockin’ Royal Christmas”-all children)

2nd extra 3-5 rehearsal - Thurs., Nov. 15, 4:45-6:15 pm (“Aloha Christmas”-all children)

Final K-2 dress rehearsal - Sat., Dec. 1, 9:30 am-11:30 am

Final 3-5 dress rehearsal - Sat., Dec. 1, 1-3 pm

****************IN ADDITION, I will be doing vocal coaching/acting rehearsal for those children that want extra help, please schedule a 15 min. chunk of time with me on Thurs., Nov. 15th, from between 6:15-7:45 pm********************


Thank you kindly,

Stephanie Assisi
s.assisi@oursaviorsschool.net

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