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mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:00 PM EST

Welcome to #elmused chat! Please introduce yourself- name/location/grade levels you teach & favorite Valentines Day activity!

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:02 PM EST

Our chat follows a simple Question&Answer format-I’ll tweet Q1 & you answer with A1. Don’t forget to add #elmused to the end of each tweet!

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:02 PM EST

Emily Barclay in LA, k-4 general music. I use heart shapes to build rhythms in Kinder during this week! #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:02 PM EST

Justin Kamp, Milton WI, K-3 and 6, Candy Heart Compositions. #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:05 PM EST

Q1 coming up! #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:05 PM EST

@emilyfetcho They choose the color or the words on the heart to decide their rhythms! Then use pentatonic to sing/play! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:06 PM EST

Q1: About how many music field trips do you take per year? #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:07 PM EST

@emilyfetcho Hi Emily! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:07 PM EST

@kampmiltonmusic Hi Justin! #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:07 PM EST

A1: 1, with 2nd grade to see @madisonsymphony orchestra. Wish we could do more. #elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:08 PM EST

A1: Depends on how many we are accepted to attend! In LA, most orgs that host student groups have you apply. At most, I've done 4 #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:08 PM EST

Hi! Molly here from Arlington, VA- I teach preK-5th grades. I love doing My Favorite Things w/ K- they draw fave things in a heart #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:09 PM EST

A1: I try to take 1 a year, but this year I’ve only done field trips to perform with our choruses #elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:11 PM EST

@mspatricianhfb I have done trips with our chorus too! A bit different than a reg field trip. Got to do a recording session! #elmused

svitullomusic Feb 9 @ 9:11 PM EST

Sarah, from NC. I teach K-5 gen music. Fave Valentine activity- singing "would you be my valentine" game w/ kinder #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:11 PM EST

@svitullomusic Hi Sarah! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:11 PM EST

@emilyfetcho Wow! Must be cool to live in LA for stuff like that! #elmused

svitullomusic Feb 9 @ 9:12 PM EST

Q1: one trip to the @ncsymphony for 4th gr #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:12 PM EST

Q2 coming up! #elmused

svitullomusic Feb 9 @ 9:13 PM EST

@mspatricianhfb hi! Since I'm a new teacher, don't have lots of experience w/ this but looking forward to hearing from you all! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:13 PM EST

Q2: What types of performances have you gone to see with your Ss? #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:13 PM EST

@svitullomusic No worries- glad you’re here! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:14 PM EST

A2: My Ss have gone to see a local opera- we spend time going over the story and music beforehand. Super fun! #elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:15 PM EST

@svitullomusic @mspatricianhfb we are glad you're here, Sarah! 👍🏻👍🏻#elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:15 PM EST

@DynamicMsNelson We're missing you tonight! #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:16 PM EST

A2: "Symphony Soup" for K-2 with @madisonsymphony Ss learn how orchestra is like a soup, all diff instruments are ingredients. #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:16 PM EST

@kampmiltonmusic @madisonsymphony That sounds so great! I need to do an orchestra trip at some point! #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:17 PM EST

Sorry, jumping in late. Mikaela, K-5. IL #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:17 PM EST

@msmusiced Hi Mikaela! Glad to see you back! #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:18 PM EST

A2: I'm currently getting students ready to watch a local orchestra concert, in a huge fancy theatre! #elmused

amp_music1 Feb 9 @ 9:18 PM EST

iPads @ZehSchool K-1 instrum. apps. 2nd-4th grade arrange African-Amer. Spirituals. 5th grade starts pop covers. Recordings soon! #elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:18 PM EST

A2: The @LAPhil and @Skirball_LA have amazing programs for kids in Los Angeles! We saw the @OkeeDokeeBros and did Peter & the Wolf #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:18 PM EST

Took 6th grade Ss to UW-Whitewater 2c Into the Woods. I was playing in the pit. We compared/contrasted show to broadway movie. #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:19 PM EST

Q3 coming up! #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:19 PM EST

Kathy from Plano, TX checking in late - got distracted with my #TMEA16 packing! #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:19 PM EST

A2: my 5th graders do Honor Band/Orchestra for All-City and they have to audition to make the AC Honor Choir. I've got 24 going! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:20 PM EST

Q3: What performance has been your Ss favorite? #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:21 PM EST

@kampmiltonmusic That sounds really fun! And they prob respect you a lot more after seeing you in action. #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:21 PM EST

A1&2: Our one funded trip is for 4th to the local symphony - great prep materials & a decent live performance in a beautiful hall #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:21 PM EST

A3: 2nd Ss LOVE the symphony. I tell them to ask all their parents to go to another concert. They cant wait 2 tell me if they do! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:21 PM EST

@KathyKuddes Hi Kathy! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:21 PM EST

@amp_music1 Hi Allyn! #elmused

KaarinaLosey Feb 9 @ 9:22 PM EST

T takes primary and junior S's to the symphony on two separate trips. AMAZING! Kids play&sing with them #elmused https://t.co/Nnhjgc4ln6

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:06 PM EST

Q1: About how many music field trips do you take per year? #elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:22 PM EST

K loved the @OkeeDokeeBros (still talk about them!) and 3rd saw a Stomp-like show with break dancing they loved at @Skirball_LA #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:22 PM EST

@msmusiced Awesome! How big is your school? We have honors chorus for 5th too, but I only have 6 going (it’s about 80 kids in all) #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:23 PM EST

A3: I'm brand new and I'm disappointed to see Ss hate Symphony Day and would rather sit at school than go watch. It's a field trip! #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:23 PM EST

A3: we love our symphony trip, SAR presents colors, we sing SSB & hear great master works and a young artist #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:23 PM EST

@KaarinaLosey Sounds like fun! #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:25 PM EST

@msmusiced how much prep for the music on symphony program do they get? We do a LOT of prep and they know what they will see/hear #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:25 PM EST

@msmusiced Aw that’s so sad- maybe use YouTube or something to pump them up?? #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:25 PM EST

@mspatricianhfb I believe they try to take 12 each school (108 Ss)- but kids who make it ultimately choose to participate or not. #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:26 PM EST

@msmusiced Ah okay. We do blind auditions, so it depends on the kids/how much they practice. 6 is the most I’ve had-kinda cool! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:27 PM EST

Q4 coming up! #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:27 PM EST

@KathyKuddes We're doing instruments now and I'm planning on a demo of each family. I also teach it in Spanish. #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:27 PM EST

A3: My Ss loved The Magic Flute-they couldn’t watch to come back&tell me that they saw parts of the story we talked about on stage! #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:28 PM EST

Q4: How do you make community connections to go see these performances? #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:28 PM EST

@mspatricianhfb Currently I'm trying to get a 'petting zoo' set up in order to give them a kinesthetic approach. #elmused

kampmiltonmusic Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@msmusiced @KathyKuddes Have you ever looked at the "Once Upon a Sound" movies about inst fams? Old film strips - kids love them! #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@msmusiced Do you know the repertoire they will hear? Prep that as well - let them hear the main melodies, discover the form, etc #Elmused

emilyfetcho Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@msmusiced @KathyKuddes Check out @carnegiehall's Young Person's Guide game. My kiddos love it! Google it! #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@emilyfetcho I have a feeling there were some negative feelings from last year that still carried over... #elmused

mspatricianhfb Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@msmusiced My kids LOVE to play all the instruments in my room-even just for a second-I do a handheld perc. petting zoo for 1st #elmused

msmusiced Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

@kampmiltonmusic @KathyKuddes I will do that tonight!!! #elmused

KathyKuddes Feb 9 @ 9:29 PM EST

Our symphony has a petting zoo - it is an awesome, hands on experience #elmused