Advanced bucket drummers often end class with a short jam. One drummer begins a pattern and one by one, others join in. They love this...

Nursery rhymes are bursting with delicious words and tasty rhymes that role off the young tongue. They are chalk full of colorful...

Advanced bucket drummers reacquainted themselves with an old friend - Mr. Groove, by Oliver Cutz. And they rocked it. The group consists...

This month Clarkia began learning recorder. Fourth graders (or second year players) refined the notes B, A and G while reviewing the 5...

This year is all about melody in Alder music: Using pitched percussion and strings, Alders explore all aspects of melody. Students draw...

Preparation for the annual Buddy Dance has begun! Cedars and Trillium gathered together this week to begin working on a feature part of...

Happy New Year, MRA friends and family!

Congratulations to the Marimba Ensemble for a solid set of shows at the Molalla Singing Christmas Tree this weekend. Each member shined...

Molalla Tree Lighting The Advanced Marimba Ensemble kicks off the festivities at 5 pm with some holiday tunes and traditional Zimbabwean...

Speech is percussive, naturally rhythmic and inherently musical. One of our essential questions in K-4 music is "How do we find the music...

Alders chose between three simple melodies: Hot Cross Buns, Twinkle, and Freres Jacques. Each student composed a rhythmic variation of...

The beginning bucket drummers performed for the first time beside the campfire on Roots of Responsibility Day. Great job, drummers!

The advanced marimba ensemble is working on some tough music this term. Here's a sneak peak.

Clarkia are composing in binary and ternary form using body percussion. Working in groups, students compose AABA body percussion patterns...

We started the year the same way we do all years in all grades - by making music! In the music room, we learn by music by making music....