Community Corner
Experiencing Music Around the World
Edna Louise Spear Elementary School fourth-graders experienced sounds from around the world including Greece, Japan and South Africa as part of their Music Around the World unit. Led by music teacher Jessica Pastor, students played classroom instruments for their peers and parents in the style of the country they were chosen to represent. They also performed a dance that highlighted the style of each culture’s folk dance tradition.
“The students learned how to perform exciting musical pieces using instruments such as the metal xylophones, gongs, tambourines, drums and shakers,” said Pastor. “What is even more impressive is the fact that they learned how to do so in only four classes.”