Monday, September 26, 2011

Go Down, Moses

Check out the 9th graders rehearsing their version of the traditional Spiritual "Go Down, Moses." Listen carefully, and you'll hear some 3-part harmony...

Ol' Man River Re-writes

Check out the senior class's new versions of Ol' Man River, where they attempted to change the lyrics to the classic song from Show Boat, in order to prove the thesis: "While attempting to demonstrate the difficulties faced by African Americans, musical writers like Oscar Hammerstein II and Jerome Kern actually reinforced many of the stereotypes that made life so difficult for them in the first place."

2nd Period:

Ol' Man River Re-write Per. 2 from Repertory Film Club on Vimeo.



4th Period: