What a wonderful start to the new year! We were so thrilled to get to perform our 2nd/4th Grade musical “Wrapping All the Way” and the students did such a wonderful job. Thank you to all of the SPSL families and community for your support to put on this wonderful production. Kindergarten and Pre-K programs were also precious as usual and it was wonderful getting to see all of the families in attendance.
We now move into a fun, but busy 2022! 1st/3rd grade has now begun preparations for their spring musical, “Arf!,” which is a sweet canine themed musical that we will be performing on April 7th. They will be coming to me (Mrs. Fleming) once a week for musical preparations and rehearsals, while still having one lesson a week with Mr. Z to continue with their general music lessons. Morning rehearsals for 3rd grade leads will begin March 1st and a schedule will go home mid-February for students that will need to attend those early morning practices.
We again continue our partnership with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra this year. Pk-3rd grade has begun preparing for their Mission Imagination Concert at SPSL on March 29th. Students are learning about the families of the instruments, how to conduct and about this year’s piece “The Zookeeper’s melody.” More information on the program can be found here.
4th grade has begun preparations for their field trip to see the Omaha Symphony on March 1st. This concert is a program developed by Carnegie Hall is brought to us by the Omaha Symphony and this year’s focus is on jazz and swing music. In a normal year, students would be playing recorders along wit the symphony, but as with many things these last few years, we have had to make some changes. Students will still be attending the concert and learning about jazz/swing, but without playing. Here is information on the Link-Up program. In order to still achieve our instrumental goals, we have also started our ukulele unit. Once a week students will learn about jazz and the other time they come to music they will learn ukulele.
It is definitely a busy time of year with lots of exciting things ahead!