Herrera Third and Fourth Grades to Present a Night of Folk

The third and fourth grade students from Herrera Elementary School of the Arts have been learning about folk songs since the holiday break and invite you to their Night of Folk concert, February 9, 2011 at 5:30p.m.  We hope you enjoy hearing various selections from around the world. 

Kinder, First and Second Grades prepare for Music Literacy Night

Students from Ms. Sanchez, Ms. Diaz, Mr. Ortega, Mr. James, and Ms. Martinez classes will be performing a musical on March 2, 2011 at 5:30p.m. in the Herrera Performing Arts Center. Students selected two different books to transform from a fictional book into a live play with music, drama, and dance.  They are very excited for the public to come out and watch.  Hope to see you there!

Mid-Year Convocation

The fifth and sixth grade classes performed at Kid of Hope at mid-year convocation. They had a great time and sounded superb!

Upcoming Events in General Music

As Mrs. Eifler prepares for maternity leave, there will be a couple performances that will be your student's last performance for the year.  The list of dates and times are provided below, please note all performances except the 5/6 festival performance will take place in the Herrera Performing Arts Center.

Third and Fourth Grade - February 9, 2011 - 5:30p.m.

Third grade will be Mrs. Eifler's Recorder Classes

Fourth grade will be Mr. Mac's General Music Classes

K-2 - March 2, 2011 - 5:30 p.m.

Students in Mrs. Eifler's Generla Music Classes will engaged in a musical literacy unit. Your child will be singing, dancing, and playing instruments to a narrated story.

Fifth and Sixth Grade Music Fesitval - March 4, 2011

9:00-12:00pm

UPSP (7th St. and Fillmore)

Selected students will be invited to participate in the District General Music Festival.  Students from Mrs. Eifler's class will be singing, dancing, and playing instruments to Tranquil Light, Kid of Hope, and You're a Grand Old Flag.

Kinder First and Second Holiday Performance



The k-2 students of Herrera Elementary School celebrated the ending of the first semester of 2010-2011 celebrating the Holiday Season by singing, dancing, and playing instruments to various tunes of the season.  Please check out a portion of the show below.  Remember if you would like to see the entire show, we are selling DVD's for $5.00!

Herrera Instrumental Music Concert

Third Graders Perform with Band and Orchestra

Last Thursday, December 2, 2010 the third graders performed several holiday selections in the Performing Arts Center.  Once their class performed, students had the chance to listen to their peers in higher grade levels perform on instruments for band and orchestra!  Be sure to check out the performances of the third graders below.



Super Mario Brothers Theme

Below is a clip from the Jr. High Guitar class as they practice a run-through of their Super Mario Brothers music.  The students have been working on this about a month and a half now and I really reading tablature well.