Please be sure to submit your Soundtrap Composition Form right away.

Grades 3-5 will be working with the program Soundtrap to create their own songs throughout the year. This way, all future music classes will help students get new ideas for their songs. The program only allows for a number of “seats” in the class at a time. I have paid for enough seats for two classes at a time. Every student will be able to access Soundtrap during all of their recorded and live music lessons. Third and fourth grade students will continue to have access after their scheduled class until the following day. Both fifth grade classes will have access all weekend. The schedule for long-term access is as follows:

Monday – Hoslclaw and Robbins

Tuesday – Trinchero and Langton

Wednesday – Bannon and Hoslclaw

Thursday – Robbins and Trinchero

Friday – Langton and Bannon

Saturday – Herkert and Keefer

Sunday – Herkert and Keefer

Thank you for all of your song suggestions! These are the songs I have matched with the Superpowers of the Month:

WELCOME BACK, FOREST PARK FOXES!!

Let’s begin this year right by you giving me input about your favorite songs by filling out the survey, linked to this page.  Your choices may be matched with the Words of the Month and will get sung A LOT over the school year.  Information about the music your family likes could help us choose great music for the school’s International Festival.  The link is below and below that is a list of this year’s Words of the Month, so you can use this survey to tell me about songs that address the ideas behind these words:

Link to the Survey

2020-2021 Super Powers (Words of the Month)

This year instead of having a “Word of the Month,” we will have a “Super Power” of the month.

Hello Forest Park Community,

It was so strange to be working together and then suddenly having to stay home and change all of our plans.  The third and fourth grade field trip to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall has been cancelled this year, but we will have the option to do the very same program, The Orchestra Sings, next year.  The materials we were using to prepare for this program are available at forestparkmusic.blog.

Meanwhile, I will be making music activities available for all grades through Seesaw (K-2nd Grades) and Google Classroom (3rd-5th Grades).  You will see me leading the activities videoed in my favorite room in the house, the Music/Yoga Studio. Third and fourth graders will mostly be working in Sountrap while the K-3rd graders will be doing other activities and sharing what they do with their computers’ cameras and microphones.  These activities will be lots of fun and you won’t want to miss any of them.

We are experimenting with these ways of sharing music and sound and I’m looking forward to seeing how you all respond to what I will be putting out there on the Internet for you.  Our goal is to have fun playing with sound and movement. I’m looking forward to the pure joy of seeing and hearing your recordings.

Yours Truly,

Dr. Bob

Permission and Expectations for Participating in the Music Performances of the International Festival at Forest Park Elementary – Friday, January 31^st at 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Dear Parents:

All Forest Park students are invited to participate in the music performances of the International Festival, which will happen in the gymnasium from 6 – 8 PM.  I will be running the sound that night and will not be able to manage students like I would in a classroom situation.  The children will be managed by parent volunteers who will guide them from the music room to the performance area in the gymnasium.  Therefore, both students and parents need to commit to some guidelines in order for the students to participate effectively:

1. Everyone should leave and enter the gymnasium quietly.  Performances and videos will be occurring continually from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.
2. Children will not be allowed in the gym unless accompanied by an adult.
3. Students will be prepared to perform by reviewing the songs at: forestparkmusic.blog
4. Student participants must conform to performance expectations as outlined in class, which are adapted to this event as follows: a) Follow the directions of the adults through all transitions quietly and safely. b) Keep eyes on the director (me) throughout the performance for important cues. c) Keep hands, feet, objects, etc. to yourself. d) Perform with your best effort. e) Support only the appropriate behavior of others during the performance and the transitions.
5. Any “clowning around” during the song or event is distracting and appears disrespectful to the music and other performers and will not be allowed.

The participating students will come to the music room according to the following schedule and will follow the directions of parent volunteers who will bring them to the gymnasium for their performances.  After each performance the students may join their parents in the gymnasium and leave to enjoy other parts of the festival or stay to watch another video or performance.

Performance Schedule:

Keep the first two pages and return the signatures below to Dr. Bob.

By signing below, I am committing to the expectations as stated above:

Student’s Signature  ____________________________________

Parent’s Signature  _____________________________________

Trống Cơm (pronunciation)

Trống Cơm (traditional)

Trống Cơm (funky)

Trống Cơm

Tình bằng có cái trống cơm

Khen ai khéo vỗ ố mấy bông mà nên bông

Ố mấy bông mà nên bông.

Một đàn tang tình con nít

Một đàn tang tình con nít

Ố mấy lội, lội, lội sông

Ố mấy đi tìm, em nhớ thương ai.

Đôi con mắt ố mấy lim dim

Đôi con mắt ố mấy lim dim

Một bầy tang tình con nhện.
Trống Cơm lyrics on ChiaSeNhac.com

Ố ố ô ô mấy giăng tơ

Giăng tơ ô mấy đi tìm, em nhớ thương ai

Duyên nợ khách tang bồng

Duyên nợ khách tang bồng.

Trống Cơm (dance)

Persian Classical Singing and Art

Hamoomi (pronunciation)

Hamoomi

Googoosh – Hamoomi (Ghadimi)