Piano Lessons!

I am offering Piano Lessons to any students interested! These will be after school, Tuesday-Friday for 30 minute time slots, offered to any grade level. Students will learn the basics of piano, including music notation reading. This will enhance what they are already learning in music class, as it will improve on their rhythm reading and their sense of steady beat, or the pulse of the music. Depending on the amount that sign up and the parent's own schedules, lessons will either be every week or every other week. Please email me at: mary.bryan@banks.k12.ga.us    if you and your child are interested in having piano lessons at BCPS!

Ms. Bryan

Important Information!

Kindergarten Parents: Take a look under the "Programs" tab. It has the date of the Kindergarten program, and I will be adding song lyrics as we learn new songs so that your children can practice at home if you would be so kind as to help them!

Second Grade Parents: Take a look under the "Community" tab. There is an opportunity for any second grader who wants to try and any parent willing to drive to Athens for your children to participate in Georgia Children's Chorus. Your children would participate in the Prelude chorus, which is made of 2nd-4th graders. Students have to audition, so if you would like me to help them prepare, I would be more than happy to!

All Parents: Take a look under the "Community" tab. On October 22, the University of Georgia Wind Symphony is participating in the Arts' "Saturday Morning Club." They are performing a children's concert where they will teach the children about each instrument in a wind ensemble, and then they will perform a concert. This year's concert is Star Wars! After the concert, children will have an opportunity to try out playing the different instruments, make their own, and many more fun activities! Please consider this opportunity!

Aiken Drum

Our Kindergarteners have sung a song about a man who lives in the moon, and his name is Aiken Drum! But he's no ordinary man, he's made of food! Below are the Aiken Drums created by our Kindergarten classes, made of all their favorite foods!! (Excuse my drawing abilities, it's hard to draw with an expo marker)

Composer of the Month: Danny Elfman!

This month, first and second graders are learning all about the composer Danny Elfman! Danny Elfman is a very famous American composer, most known for his movie and television scores. Elfman is best known for movie soundtracks that he has written, most notable among them being: Spiderman 1, 2, and 3, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ('05), Alice in Wonderland ('10), Alice Through the Looking Glass ('16), Men in Black 1 and 2, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, and Frankenweenie. His most notable television score is for the long running TV series The Simpsons. Elfman has written the film score for every sing Tim Burton movie excluding 3; Ed Wood, Sweeny Todd, and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, due to scheduling issues or personal conflicts. I chose this composer as our COTM for October because of his love of the weird, scary, and mysterious, which fits the mood of Halloween perfectly! We began our study of Elfman with excerpts from his film scores for The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. We will not be watching any of these films, simply listening to the musical excerpts chosen to compare his musical stylings to those of our first COTM, John Williams.