Hi all and welcome,

I hope this will be helpful. This week your child will receive the Homework for this Quarter. The assignment has four questions. To complete the assignment students should refer to one of the two study sheets that we have been focusing on.(Music Study Sheet and a Music term sheet that has the terms Membranophones, Idiophones, Aerophones and Chordophones defined, these are terms Ethnomusicologists use) The Instruments of the Orchestra sheet might also be helpful.

Since this Quarter occurs during African-American History Month, We have also been exploring the Musical contributions of African Americans.

The class has been taking a Musical journey back to west Africa. They have viewed a film Music and Culture and have listen to music from Ghana and Nigeria. We have also explored how the Church played an important role as a coping mechanisim during Slavery as Sunday was the only "free time" that a slave was allowed.

These two sheets will also prepare them for their Quiz the week of March 8, 2010.