Songs for Change

Been loving all the musical things going on around the world these days as many have been in isolation and firing up the creativity to help us all get through.

Here's a great musical collaboration of musicians around the world.  Take a load off!

Time for a Break

Dear Stevenson Family,

I imagine if you are anything like me, you are exhausted.  It's been a trying few weeks and spring break is now here.  I hope to take a break from school work and I hope you take this time to connect with your families.  Make memories and love well.  Sing, dance, play.  Above all, love and take care of yourself!

More to come after the break but until then, I'm signing out.

💗 Ms. Rempel

Here's a little song to dance your way into the break!

Meet the Music Teacher

Time to meet the students for the new school year!  Looking forward to seeing you during these next 2 days set aside for these meetings.

Please note: The music room is open only today (Wednesday) from 1:30-3:30 and Thursday from 10:00-11:30 and then again 1:00-3:30.  Stop in and say hi!

Grade 3s and new students in Grade 4/5 will need a Yahama recorder for music this year.  No Dollarama recorders allowed.  From the school, the cost is $6.25.  Those can be ordered online at the SchoolCashOnline and if it's not showing up on your account, please let the Mrs. Fraser in the office or Ms. Rempel know.  https://sjsd.schoolcashonline.com/

First Official day of classes is...

Friday, September 6th!

Have It All

Grade 3/4/5 classes are working on this for our year end song. 

Singing with the Phil

Just a little taste of the day singing with the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir on December 16.  Thank-you to Maestro Yuri Klaz, Adrienne Weibe, Cheryl McNabb, Brenda Marinelli and the Phil choir for inviting us.  It was a most memorable experience.

Lighting it Up

Congratulations to all students for your amazing work this year with our holiday shows.  We hope our families enjoyed the performances and may everyone have a safe and happy holiday.  See you in January!

Christmas with the Phil!

Today and tonight, we are singing with the Phil!  Come on down. Tickets are going fast.

Here are some pictures of our rehearsals this week

We Remember

Thank-you to students and staff for a very simple yet beautiful reminder at our Remembrance Day assembly this week of those who served in WWI and WWII and continue to maintain peace around the world.  Our choirs sang beautifully in remembrance of those who stand for peace, hope and love.  We shall remember.

St. James Children's Choir on the Air!

So proud of one of our outstanding elementary music teachers in our division, Mrs. Neufeld, and this wonderful high caliber divisional children's choir.  We had one student from Stevenson representing last year.  Congratulations Hannah, the choir team, their director, and Ms. Amanda Hahn-Tomchuk, their amazing accompanist!  We are so lucky to have you here.

BORROWED FROM SJASD Website News
During the week of October 15, 2018, CBC Radio One featured the activities of the St. James neighbourhood. As part of their coverage, they featured the SJASD Divisional Children's Concert Choir. Director Heather Neufeld submitted a recording from the choir's performance at the Winnipeg Music Festival in March 2018. Below is the audio clip from the program that aired Thursday, October 18, 2018. (Picture from a 2018 performance in St. James-Assiniboia)

O Canada Multilingual

I really love this new version of O Canada arranged and recorded by Tech Voc High School here in Winnipeg.

This is a multilingual version of “O Canada” including Cree, English, French, Ojibway, Inuktitut, and Tagalog.

Meet the Teacher

Be Our Guest

Another season of amazing talent and entertainment wraps up at Canada's largest outdoor theatre, Rainbow Stage.  If you didn't get a chance to go this season, I highly recommend to save up and go for next year.  It's a fun family outing and it's all Manitoba talent.  Check out the Winnipeg Free Press Review.

Moose Game

Today our Grade 4/5 students will be representing Stevenson as we sing O Canada on the ice at 2:00 PM.

BROADCAST:

Online Radio - MooseHockey.com/ListenLive
Official Manitoba Moose App - "Listen Live" Feature
Online TV - AHLLive.com (with subscription)

Note to singers:

• Please gather at north entrance by elevators and Moxies entrance (Main entrance at Donald and 300 Portage Ave) at 1:00 PM but NO LATER THAN 1:20 PM.
• Choir members and their director will be escorted by a Manitoba Moose Representative to a designated room on the lower level. Parents can proceed into the seating area/concourse of the Bell MTS Centre.
• Choir members can keep their coats, etc with them or pass along to parents.
• Every choir member will need their ticket with them at all times.
• Choir members should be dressed appropriately. Wear black pants and short sleeve shirts. Ms. Rempel will bring the choir shirts. Carpets are provided for the performance but please DO NOT wear dress shoes. Runners provide better footing on wet or slippery surfaces.
• Please – No chewing gum
• After the performance, the choir will be escorted to their designated seating area where they will meet their parents.

Assembly Video

Here is our Gr. 1/2 choir and our 2 Grade 3/4/5 choirs singing at our Remembrance Day Assembly. Great job everyone!

Where We ALL Belong

Welcome back to the 2017-2018 music room season!

This summer I got to play music with my 5 beautifully talented nieces at my family farm's 100th year anniversary.  It was a special moment and so grateful for our time together with family and friends, growing, learning, and connecting.  How did you get your music on this summer?

We are well into the month of September and everyone is super excited to be back and getting in our groove.  This summer I found a really great song written by Canadian children's musician, Raffi.  We are adopting it as our theme song for the year and a great reminder that in the circle of life, we all belong!  Celebrating our uniqueness, strengths, and passions.

Summer's a Comin'

It's been another year of many amazing things discovered, wrestlings, and determination to learn in community and who we are as individuals.  We've discovered gifts and pressed through many trials.  As I say good-bye today to my Grade 5 kids, many of whom I have taught music to for the past 6 years, it is never without some tears as a mom and I shared today at the end of our assembly.  Amazing families, kids, teachers, and friends.  Thank you for letting me be there.  We've ridden the storms well and I hope that each of my students will take all the good that we've known and the heart aches and keep pressing forward and climb and shine.  Never give up!

Stand in the light and be seen as you are.

To my students moving on, we will miss you and wish you the best wherever you go.  Keep in touch!  To my returning musicians in 2017-2018, I'm ready to rock it with you!

It's Show Time!

SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 (5:00-6:30, Show at 5:45)

On Wednesday, May 17, Stevenson is celebrating the arts by putting on the first ever, Cirque Du Stevenson!  Doors open at 5:00 p.m. and there will be a number of ‘busking’ venues to stop and see as well as the creativity and beauty of everyone’s art work displayed around the main floor.  At 5:45 p.m. we will be putting on a show in the gym.  Students have been working very hard to get ready for this event.  Dress rehearsal is Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.  All students must be accompanied by a parent/adult for the evening show.

All students will be participating in the final song and have work on display.  In addition, several students have volunteered various talents for the various performances and need to be in attendance.

• ·         Buskers – Grade 4/5 volunteers (Group 1 – 5:00-5:15 / Group 2 – 5:15-5:30)
• ·         Ring Masters – Arsenni, Essence, Denise
• ·         Circus Arts - Grade 4/5 Circus Performers
• ·         Circus Demos – Fedor, Riley, Krystal, Jack
• ·         Kindergarten Dance (Room 7 & 8)
• ·         Tap Dance (Room 5)
• ·         Grade 4/5 Hip Hop Performance (Room 3, 4, & 5)
• ·         All school (K-5) sing and dance to Stand In the Light with special dance by Mrs. Hardy’s Dance Team and Grade 4/5 soloists (Ashley, Aliyah, Asraa, Hannah)

We hope to see you out!  Come join in the fun as we celebrate the arts at Stevenson!

Thousands of students, musicians, parents, and community members from Charlottetown to Vancouver will come together tomorrow to celebrate the 13th annual Music Monday to raise awareness for music education. Created by the Coalition for Music Education, Music Monday will bring the nation together for the simultaneous singing of the Music Monday anthem, Sing It Together, on Monday, May 1, 2017.

Honouring Canada 150, this year’s National Showcase Concert will take place in Ottawa with a free concert at the National Arts Centre hosted by MP Seamus O’Regan and opera singer Measha Brueggergosman. The event will be live-streamed at MusicMonday.ca from 12-1 pm EST (11-12 pm Winnipeg time).

Showcase Concert performances include a mass children’s choir, the Métis Fiddle Quartet, singer-songwriter Mimi O’Bonsawin, a harp and soprano duo, youth jazz and strings ensembles, and the Ottawa Junior Youth Orchestra. Songwriter Marc Jordan, musicians from the official Music Monday video, and the children’s choir will also lead the nationwide sing-along of Sing It Together.

Sing It Together was commissioned by the Coalition for Music Education and features Inuit throat singing, Métis fiddling, Indigenous drumming, and children’s choirs in celebration of Canadian diverse and vibrant musical heritage.

Events are scheduled in communities across Canada, and participants are encouraged to join the conversation using the hashtag #MMC2C2C.

ARTICLE REFERENCE: musiccanada.com

@StevensonElem

All are welcome!  Come check it out :)

Performances by Room 9, Kindergartens, and whole school singing!

Theatre Shows

Looks like an amazing line-up of shows going on in St. James this spring.  Go and check them out and support the arts!  We have amazing talent here in this division.  

Good luck and congrats to all the cast and crew.

Westwood Collegiate production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat takes place from May 2-6 at 7 p,m. Tickets are available here.

Stand in the Light

Our students have started listening today to our upcoming Music Monday 2017 song.  We will be performing it as a school on Monday, May 1st at our Music Monday assembly and our Celebration of the Arts evening on Wednesday, May 17.

This powerful song has a very important message to us.  Take a listen.  Grade 4/5 students are invited to come audition for the open verse 1, verse 2, and bridge solos on Monday, April 3 at lunch.

Stand in the Light background track

Stand in the Light by Jordan Smith