Students in K-8 have been listening to several American Composers. Ask them about Aaron Copland’s “Hoedown,” or “Variations on America” by Charles Ives. Do they remember “Scherzo” from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story?  How about “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson?  William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony” was full of call and response, and we finished our unit by listening to one of the great female American composers – Amy Beach, who wrote “Piano Concerto.”  Students in grades 5-8 had a listening test over these composers (hopefully they took good notes) as well as some general music theory that they reviewed in Jeopardy.  Students in PreK-2nd grade are working on rhythms by using their names.  3rd & 4th graders are preparing for their 5/20 program.