Archive for June 19, 2009

Week of June 22-26

This week students will have music Tuesday and Thursday. We will be learning a new song for the concert and working on the three we have already learned. We need to refocus on posture and breath support and will spend some time this week on those two elements.

Students have been making great progress reading and sight-singing music in tune! We will continue to work on developing this through exercises. 

We will also be learning and singing Blowin’ in the Wind by Bob Dylan and having a shared inquiry discussion about the lyrics.

Blowin’ In The Wind

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ‘n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it’s washed to the sea?
Yes, ‘n’ how many years can some people exist
Before they’re allowed to be free?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times can a man turn his head,
Pretending he just doesn’t see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ‘n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ‘n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind,
The answer is blowin’ in the wind.