{"id":929,"date":"2017-05-12T15:56:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tewksbury.wpengine.com\/dewing\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:46:10","slug":"music-at-the-dewing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/about\/academics\/music-at-the-dewing\/","title":{"rendered":"Music at the Dewing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jvnu1-1f52c3b8f0149a4e6fdf3a683e76f9a0\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jvnu1-1f52c3b8f0149a4e6fdf3a683e76f9a0 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jvnu1-1f52c3b8f0149a4e6fdf3a683e76f9a0 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jvnu1-1f52c3b8f0149a4e6fdf3a683e76f9a0 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-2357 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2357 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-300x175.jpg\" alt='' title='array-basket-color-159849'  height=\"175\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-1030x600.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-1500x874.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-705x411.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849-450x262.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/array-basket-color-159849.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-hs3xd-73be88c37808b8a9751bd27438a1e7a3\">\n.flex_column.av-hs3xd-73be88c37808b8a9751bd27438a1e7a3{\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-hs3xd-73be88c37808b8a9751bd27438a1e7a3 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-a5p2h-534e64e68ee5d732831493cc06e94615'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b>Music Class\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our curriculum includes singing, reading notation, playing instruments, improvising, composing, listening to music, moving to music, and describing music with proper music vocabulary.\u00a0 I see students once a week for 45 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kindergarten classes will focus on singing and building their song repertoire. \u00a0 We do a lot of movement, games, and dancing to songs. We use instruments to work on beat and rhythm. We will also use the classroom instruments and focus on playing on cue to stories and songs. We will work on following the cues of a conductor. We work on opposites loud\/soft, fast\/slow, and high\/low.\u00a0 We will listen to different styles of music and learn about orchestra instruments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Grades start the year with rhythm reading and composition. We will spend the fall working with instruments, singing, building their song repertoire, listening to different styles of music, moving, and dancing to music.\u00a0 In December, we will study The Nutcracker Ballet. During the winter, we will work on improvisation on the xylophones and do some folk dancing. We will also learn about the instruments in the orchestra. In the spring, we will start preparing for our Spring Concert.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Children are expected to try their best in class.\u00a0 Effort, participation, behavior, and following directions are a big part of their grade for music class.\u00a0 We have a lot of fun while learning new things every week! We learn a lot during the time we have.\u00a0 I want to encourage a life-long love for music in class!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gayle Bridgford, Music Teacher at the Dewing and Heath Brook Schools<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":922,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-929","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Music at the Dewing - Dewing Elementary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tewksbury.k12.ma.us\/dewing\/about\/academics\/music-at-the-dewing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Music at the Dewing - 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