We do so many fun things in music class! We play various instruments, prepare for our Christmas and Spring Concerts, study and listen to all different genres of music, and move around! Younger grades do a lot of singing and dancing; middle grades learn notation and music around the world; upper grades focus on music history and music appreciation. We have a lot of fun while learning a lot.

If you ever have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out to me via e-mail.

Our next school mass will be Thursday, January 30th, during Catholic Schools Week. It will be held at St. Isidore's Church at 1:00, and it will be celebrated with help from our 6th grade class. The songs we will sing are featured below.

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)

Modest Mussorgsky was a Russian composer during the Romantic Era of music. He began studying the piano at age six with his mother, who was also a pianist. At age 10, he and his brother went to a special school for studying music, and by 12 was composing his own music. He is one of the most famous and well-known composers. His works are typically inspired by Russian history, Russian folklore, and other national themes. Mussorgsky wrote a lot of orchestral works, choral works, piano works, operas, and songs. His most famous works are the suite Pictures at an Exhibition—which is a cycle of piano works that describe paintings that his friend painted, but in sound—Night on Bald Mountain, and the opera Boris Godunov. He never married, had no children, and died a week after his 42nd birthday.