Orchard Eagles Music

We've been listening to music that paints the picture of different habitats.  Here are some favorites from our lesson: OCEAN:  And God Created Great Whales (Alan Hovhannes) DESERT:  Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail (Ferde Grofe) FOREST:  Symphony No. 6: Pastoral (Beethoven.)  Birds start at 13:10.

Our 5th & 6th Grade students are learning to play the ukulele.  For those who want to practice or look ahead, here is a copy of the songs we are learning.  FYI - This fantastic resource was developed by Josh Roberts for Black Ridge Elementary in Herriman (thus the school song at the beginning). 1st Year Ukulele Book

After the 5th and 6th graders learned about the story of Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahalia Jackson, we learned a song, We Shall Overcome (sung by Joan Baez at the March on Washington).  Here is a simple one-hand piano part for that song:   We Shall Overcome And a link to ukulele chords:   https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/pete-seeger/we-shall-overcome-ukulele-1356177 We Shall Overcome chords Peter Seeger (No More Auction Block For Me., words by Reverend Charles Tindley of Philadelphia) C F C We shall overcome F C We shall overcome F G Am D G D G We shall overcome some day D G C F C Oh, deep in my heart F G C I do believe F C G C We shall overcome some day

3rd and 4th Graders are learning this lovely song.  Here are the lyrics: