Gubser Music

The Elves' Impersonator Pictures 12-6-11

2012-01-03T08:19:00.000-08:00

Elves' Impersonator 2011

pictures from State Capitol Concert 12-14-11

2012-01-03T08:18:00.000-08:00

2011_12_14

videos from State Capitol Concert/Fieldtrip

2012-01-03T08:16:00.000-08:00

Choir Field Trip 2011 videos

choir sign ups for January-June 2012 (current members do not need to sign up again)

2012-01-03T08:12:00.000-08:00

January 2, 2012

Dear 4th and 5th Graders and Parents,

This is your second chance to join choir this year! You must turn this in before January 17th to join for the rest of this year!

Choir has always been near and dear to my heart. There are not many better ways to spend your time than in making music with others who love it as much as you do, and singing is especially wonderful because it is your own personal voice making the music. What a great feeling! We will learn more about our voices and learn songs to perform for our own concerts, assemblies and the community. We will have an evening performance on May 21st here at Gubser. We also usually perform at the Keizer Iris Festival on the third Saturday of May.

We meet in the music room on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 8:00 to 9:00. Choir will re-start on Wednesday, January18th. Wait quietly outside the front doors of the school for Ms. Albertson to let you in. Please arrive as close to 8:00 as possible as there is no supervision of students before 8:00.

Younger siblings may come to choir with their older brothers and sisters. The only way that some students can be in choir is if their younger sibling is able to come along. We have parent volunteers who supervise them in the library doing quiet activities i.e. playing with Legos, coloring, reading.

Students who are in orchestra or band may also be in choir. Fifth grade students who are in band or 2nd year orchestra at Whiteaker go to band and orchestra Every morning but Wednesday. On Wednesdays, they come to choir at Gubser. We are sometimes flexible when getting close to a concert.

Please sign and return the bottom portion of this letter to me, Ms. Albertson. I look forward to a sensational time of singing!!!

A copy of this letter will be up on my Gubser Music Blog http://gubsermusic.blogspot.com/ or go to Gubser’s Website and click on teacher pages. Check out my blog for pictures of Gubser music programs and events.

Sincerely,
Holly Albertson
Gubser Vocal Music Teacher
albertson_holly@salkeiz.k12.or.us

I accept the responsibility of being a good choir member.

I will attend rehearsals regularly.
I will obey the choir rules of behavior.
I will participate in all performances except in the case of illness or family emergency.

Student signature___________________________________ Homeroom______

Parent signature____________________________________

Evening phone number_______________________________ (in case we need to cancel choir the next morning)

Email: (this is the best way to get all our choir news) __________________________________

Final Choir Concert 2011

2011-06-15T14:59:00.000-07:00

final choir concert 2011

Rehearsing "We Are the Children of Tomorrow"

2011-05-20T15:23:00.000-07:00

2011_05_20

Choir members can practice "Broadway Medley" with these videos...

2011-02-11T15:30:00.000-08:00

Gubser Choir at Capitol

2010-12-21T22:02:00.000-08:00

Choir Field Trip-2010 video clips

2010-12-10T15:35:00.000-08:00

Choir Field Trip- 2010

2010-12-10T15:34:00.001-08:00

Whiteaker Choir Cabaret 2010- many of these are Gubser Alumni

2010-11-22T11:16:00.000-08:00

"Rock and Roll Forever" slideshow- 11/9/10

2010-11-15T09:54:00.000-08:00

final 2010 choir concert

2010-05-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Iris Festival 2010- click on picture to go to album

2010-05-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

1st grade program 2010

2010-05-14T10:16:00.000-07:00

"Make A Difference" 3rd Grade Program 2010

2010-04-07T09:45:00.000-07:00

3rd gr. program 2010

Band/Orchestra Concert 12/10/09

2009-12-11T09:35:00.000-08:00

band-orchestra 12-09

On the Radio- 5th grade and choir 11/17/09; click on the picture to see the whole album

2009-11-19T12:57:00.000-08:00

ON THE RADIO

Last "official" Day of Choir 2009

2009-06-10T12:02:00.000-07:00

choir last day 09

First Grade Music Program 2009

2009-05-29T15:45:00.001-07:00

HEY MAY! 1ST GRADE PROGRAM 2009

Iris Festival 2009

2009-05-18T08:39:00.001-07:00

2009_05_16

Choir Sings at Volunteer Appreciation Assembly

2009-05-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

From career-volunteer appreciation day

Choir sings for Oregon's 150th Birthday Party

2009-02-17T09:04:00.001-08:00

Choir sings at State Capitol 2/14/09

Honor Choir '09

2009-02-12T08:41:00.000-08:00

Honor Choir '09

Elfis and The Sleighriders 12/10/08

2008-12-10T11:24:00.001-08:00

Elfis 2008

Why We Teach Music...

2008-10-15T13:23:00.000-07:00

Why We Teach Music
From the Spring, 1998 issue of Da Capo, the Delaware ACDA Newsletter

Music is a science:
it is exact, specific, and it demands exact acoustics. A conductor's full score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time.

Music is a foreign language:
most of the terms are in Italian, German, or French; and the notation is certainly not English-but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal language.

Music is mathematical:
it is rhythmically based on the subdivisions of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.

Music is history:
music usually reflects the environment and times of its creation, often even the country and/or racial feeling.

Music is physical education:
it requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lips, cheek and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragm, back, stomach and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets.

Music is all of these things, but most of all...

Music is art:
it allows a human being to take all these dry, technically boring (but difficult) techniques and use them to create emotion. That is one thing science cannot duplicate: feelings, emotion. . . call it what you will.

That is why we teach music!

Not because we expect you to major in music.
Not because we expect you to play or sing all of your life.
Not so you can relax.
Not so you can have fun.

BUT
- so you will be human
- so you will recognize beauty
- so you will be sensitive
- so you will be closer to an infinite beyond this world
- so you will have something to cling to
- so you will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more goodness in short - more life.
Of what value will it be to make a prosperous living unless you know how to live.
That is why we teach music! [Author unknown]

Gubser Jogathon 2008!!!

2008-10-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Gubser Choir '08-'09 School Year!

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1. Choir meets every Wednesday and Friday mornings before school at 8 a.m.!

2. Band students and 2nd year orchestra students start coming to choir next week! October 15th will be their first day of choir.

3. Calendar items: Tuesday, December 9th at 7 p.m. in the gym- Winter Concert; Thursday, December 18th 10:00 a.m. field trip to the Capitol Building- sing at 10:30

4. I will be sending home t-shirt order forms the first week of November. The logo is the same each year, so siblings and neighbors can pass them down to new generations of choir kids!!! I hope that every choir member can order one to wear on our fieldtrip in December, to our Keizer Iris Festival performance and to wear at our final concert. They can also be worn on Gubser Spirit Fridays or whenever else you want to wear them! I have a few "loaner" shirts if you are unable to purchase one. The cost will be $10. Donations of shirts from years past are happily accepted to be added to our loaner supply!

Holly Albertson

Field Day Karaoke fun!!! June 10, 2008

2008-06-12T12:25:00.000-07:00

Choir sings at Keizer Iris Fest; May 2008

2008-05-22T09:00:00.000-07:00

Carnival Karoake '08

2008-04-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

3rd Grade Music Program- March 13, 2008

2008-04-02T13:32:00.001-07:00

Choir Pictures Misc. 2007-2008

2008-01-04T15:39:00.001-08:00

"The Elves' Impersonator" Dec. 4th, 2007

2007-12-10T08:38:00.001-08:00

"elfette" rehearsal

2007-11-26T08:49:00.001-08:00

Black Belt Recorder recital; Nov. 20, 2007

2007-11-20T18:18:00.001-08:00

Choir sings at Keizer Iris Fest; May 2007

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2007-10-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

Welcome!

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Hello and welcome to the Gubser Elementary School Music Blog!

Keep checking back here for the latest Gubser music news and photos!

You will also find links to some of my favorite music websites for kids.

Enjoy!

Ms. Albertson