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Keller ISD Schools > Fine Arts > Elementary Music
 

Elementary Music

 

 Elementary Music Photos

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 Meet Our Elementary Music Teachers

Heidi Chandler
Basswood Elementary School

Stephanie Hein
Bette Perot Elementary School

Mary Carla Whitaker
Bluebonnet Elementary School

Nicole Sandoval
Caprock Elementary School

Stephen Baker
Eagle Ridge Elementary School

Lynda Knagg
Florence Elementary School

Kelly Iverson
Freedom Elementary School

Vicki Bunn
Friendship Elementary School

Paula Olson
Heritage Elementary School

Laura Israel
Hidden Lakes Elementary School

Natalie Taylor
Independence Elementary School

Tamara Masters
Keller Harvel Elementary School

Julie Rickets
Liberty ELementary School

Jessica Minyard
Lone Star Elementary School

Becky Compton
North Riverside Elementary School

Mary Dunn
Park Glen Elementary School

Kathy Dobson
Parkview Elementary School

Sarah Reyes
Shady Grove Elementary School

Veronica Price
Whitley Road Elementary School

Alicia Wappel
Willis Lane ELementary School

Andrea Lavu
Woodland Springs Elementary School


 Elementary Music Instruction in KISD

General music instruction begins in kindergarten as all elementary children work with certified music specialists through the fifth grade. Participation in the district elementary honor choir is offered to fourth graders.  Students are engaged in a variety of activities where they listen to music of the highest quality and sing, move, and perform a rich mixture of folk, seasonal, and patriotic music. Most of the teachers use Kodaly and Orff techniques.  Most elementary schools have an after school honors choir. 

 KISD Elementary Honor Choir

The annual KISD Elementary Music Clinic Concert idea was born from a group of teachers and their desire to create an elementary honor choir.  Budget constraints and denied grant requests did not hault the vision of these educators. They envisioned a one-day clinic and concert similar to the format of the middle school and high school all-region groups.  The 22 outstanding elementary educators in KISD gathered funds from the district fine arts budget, campus budgets, principal funds, and the PTA to be able to offer this unique opportunity to 4th graders in Keller.

Auditions were held in the fall, and seven 4th grade students were selected from each elementary campus to comprise the  All-District Elementary Choir. These students worked on the music at home and with their teachers after school.  During the clinic they worked with their peers on musical concepts, terms, and various approaches to the music as they rehearsed for the concert that evening.The clinicians and conductors of the choir have been in past years Dr. Susan Brumfield, Julie Scott, Laura Farnell, Valerie Rogers, Mrs. Cecile Johnson, and Greg Haugen.  All have offered a great deal of expertise and talent to both our students and teachers.

Without the tremendous support from the staff and administration from each campus, and particularly the devotion of each of the elementary music teachers, this annual event would not be possible.  Thanks to all the members of the choir and their parents for making this music experience so outstanding in KISD.