Attention,
parents of 5th Graders...
In all the
elementary schools, 5th grade students are learning
to play
the soprano recorder. The recorder is an ancient
woodwind instrument that
comes in several
sizes. I am
providing the students with
sheet
music to play, and this music
is theirs to keep. In
order for students to make good
progress
on the recorder, the
children need to
practice
playing the
instruments between music lessons
at school.
Please
encourage your 5th
grader to
practice the recorder
regularly at home.
Supplies
*
4th
and 5th graders are asked to
bring a folder
and pencil to music each week.
*
5th
grade students need a recorder to play.
Each semester
I place an order for students
who
wish to
purchase one
of these
instruments.
Students are also welcome to buy
a
recorder at
another music
store of their choice, provided
that the
instrument is a Baroque-fingered
soprano
recorder of
reasonably good quality and
intonation.
Each elementary school has a small
supply
of recorders as well, and these can be
checked
out to
students much in the way that
library
books
are checked out. We encourage
each
child to buy a recorder of his/her own, and
students
are welcome to use the recorder of an
older
brother or sister.
