This Art, Math and Music project provides a great opportunity for students to be imaginative with creating their own musical instrument. Students can measure and add different amounts of rice and or beans to create the sound that they would like from their maraca. Then students will decorate the maraca…
The Healthy Living/Smashing Veggies songs grew from an idea that combines Creativity with Collaboration. We asked our Director of Child Nutrition to think of ideas for songs that can work as nutrition and well being learning for children. Next, the superintendent turned them into song lyrics and basic compositions and…
Hekar Rivera and Steve Sunnarborg have devoted 25+ years to studying, developing, practicing, composing, performing and teaching music. The duo took on a class of eager musicians from the Rio School District ranging from 5th-8th graders. Hekar and Steve have worked with these students vigorously during the summer. The group…
Pianist Daniel from USC Thornton School of Music played 8 concerts in 4 days at each of the Rio School District schools. He played classical music from the major time divisions of classical music which included the Medieval (500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) eras; the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750), Classical (1750–1820), and Romantic eras (1804–1910); and the 20th…