Music matters at NDE!
Choir Registration Form 2011-2012 School Year
Choir Registration Form, 3rd and 4th Grades
Join this after school Choir that will represent Notre Dame Elementary School performing in a number of events listed below. Choir gives each singer an opportunity to develop and strengthen her/his vocal quality, explore singing in various styles of music, languages, and enjoy singing with others in 5th-8th grades!
NDE NEWS
8th grader Meg and 7th grader Ellie represented NDE in the annual CMEA's (California Music Education
Association) Bay Area Honor Choir on Jan 13-14. Over 120 7th-9th grade singers were nominated to participate by their choral directors for high level of musicianship and vocal skills. Rehearsals and a concert for families and friends at San Jose State University occurred in conjunction with the annual Bay Area Winter Conference for music educators. While the teachers attended music sessions, hundreds of students involved in Honor Choir, Honor Band and Honor Orchestra prepared music selections to perform in an afternoon Concert for families and friends. NDE was the only Catholic school participating!
Meet Our New Director: Barbara Varian Barrett
Mrs. Barrett is excited to be part of the energetic staff here at Notre Dame Elementary School! She has taught in Archdiocese of San Francisco schools for 31 years. She began her teaching at Mission Dolores, San Francisco and is very happy to come full circle and work with the ND community once again!
For over two decades, she has been a choral director, parish music minister, vocal director/producer of musicals, director of instrumental programs, as well as private instructor in piano, guitar and voice. Mrs. Barrett is looking forward to developing more musical opportunities and experiences for the students at NDE.
Mrs. Barrett earned her Bachelor of Music at California State University Fullerton and her M.A. in Music Education and teaching credentials from California State University San Francisco. She also earned Early Childhood and Elementary Level Certifications from Gordon Institute on Music Learning at Michigan State University.
She is the founder of the annual San Francisco Archdiocesan Choral Festival for elementary schools. She also served on the Fine Arts Curriculum Task Force which designed the current Archdiocesan Guidelines for Music K-8.
In 2007, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians recognized Mrs. Barrett Outstanding Music Educator National Award for “Outstanding Leadership in Catholic Music Education”.