Student Teacher in Music Class!!

Ms. Mutz is pleased to introduce you to Mr. Will Charron, a University of Vermont music student who will be in the PPS Music Room for the next couple of weeks.  He has not met everyone yet, but he will!  He is very friendly and is happy to learn about music education in a K-2 school.

Lake Monsters "Champ" and Mr. Will Charron

Students from Mrs. Hooper's class interviewed Mr. Charron, and here is a sampling of what they found out:
STUDENTS:  "How old are you?"
MR. CHARRON:  "I'm a senior at UVM, and so I'm 20 years old."
STUDENTS:  "Where are you from?"
MR. CHARRON:  "Connecticut."
STUDENTS:  "Do you have any pets?"
MR. CHARRON:  "Yes. Right now at home there are between 5 and 7 cats, and 3 guinea pigs."
STUDENTS:  "Do you have any siblings?"
MR. CHARRON:  "One older brother who is 28, and a sister who is 30."
STUDENTS:  "What made you start playing music?"
MR. CHARRON:  "I started playing trumpet when I was in 6^th grade. I quit when I was in 8^th grade because I did not like it. But when I was in 9^th grade, I picked up percussion and guitar.  I played music throughout high school, and by graduation, I knew I wanted to continue playing music.

Thanks for being with us, Mr. Charron!!  We look forward to learning some music from you!!!

CHAMP VISITS THE PPS MUSIC ROOM!!!

As you may have heard, today was a busy day here at Porters Point School.  During lunch, CHAMP, paid everyone a visit!!!  

Lake Monsters "Champ"

First, he came into the Music Room and we discovered that he is quite a musician!!  He wanted to play all of Ms. Mutz's instruments.  He played the rainstick, maracas,  tubanos, and even the electric keyboard!  The song he played on the keyboard was called "The Entertainer".  Wow, he's good!!!  We enjoyed meeting CHAMP today!!

Champ and Mr. Will Charron jam on tubanos

Champ plays "The Entertainer" on the keyboard

Champ and Ms. Mutz

We're Famous! Thanks, to The Colchester Sun

Over vacation last week, a photographer from The Colchester Sun contacted Ms. Mutz with pictures he took from the Thursday, Feb. 21st performance of "Go Fish".  He said they would appear in Thursday's edition, and sure enough, the pictures were there!  Front page and back page -- and in full color:

Concert Success!!

All students performed "Go Fish" last week either on Weds., Feb. 20 or Thurs., Feb. 21, 2013.  Both nights were a huge success!   Ms. Mutz will be posting more video clips later to show some of the actual performances.  For now, check out this Animoto video of the face painting that went on before the shows started each night!  Both nights are represented in this video.

Commercial for Go Fish!!!

We are getting closer to our performance dates of February 20 and 21, 2013!!  Below you will see a commercial to advertise our upcoming performances.  All classes have practiced the songs during music class, although we did lose valuable rehearsal time because of the snow day last week.  We'll catch up today.  However, since the speaking parts were practiced after school, students are coming along quite nicely in getting the "big picture".  During those after-school rehearsals, 23 students stayed in the Music Room and we rehearsed when to speak, where to stand, how to speak into a microphone, "can we hear you???" and more.  Oh, and the video you are about to see was actually filmed BY STUDENTS using an iPad!!!!  That gave Ms. Mutz a chance to see what students see, and it gave students a chance to really focus on what was going on with the scenes.  Students are very excited about the performances!  Enjoy this YouTube!

Drummers Warming Up

All students, faculty, and many family members gathered on Friday, December 21, 2012 for our annual whole school Sing-Along. Ms. Mutz prepared a Power Point of all the songs which helps students learn the words. It also helps all the adults in the room who do not typically practice before the sing-along! As you may have seen in the African Noel post, every student in the school had the opportunity to play the tubano drums during music class. Then 12 students were selected to play for the sing-along. There was one student chosen from every class, but everyone knew that anyone could play the part since everyone had the chance to play. This short video clip is of the 12 students warming up and getting ready for all the students and guests to arrive for the sing-along...

CHS Freshman Chorus Mini Performance

All Porters Point School students experienced a special mini performance today by the Colchester High School Freshman Chorus!  Under the direction of Mrs. Melissa Towle, CHS students performed seasonal songs, including a few solos by PPS alumni!!  These students blended sweet harmonies and had Porters Point students and faculty mesmerized.  Ms. Mutz really enjoys seeing how students change and develop musically through the years.  A music teacher's ultimate goal is to make music a life-long learning experience, be it through performing, participating, and listening to music.  We are so appreciative of these students taking time from their studies to perform for us.  Thanks CHS Freshman Chorus and Mrs. Towle!!