Wow! College Park singers presented a beautiful concert with gorgious singing voices throughout the evening on Friday night. Our principal, Ms. Gwyn, commented on how sweet and harmonious the singers' voices after the concert. Well done!

Eastwood is next. See you tomorrow evening at your call time, 5:45 pm . Good luck!

Be sure that your child has his/her music folder in this coming week as the new concert music for the second trimester will be handed out.

According to our principal, Mr. Burke, Culverdale had a "most-attended" concert last night. The MPR was packed to limited standing room only! Thank you for coming to sing and supporting the vocal music program in Culverdale. Singers did an excellent job!

College Park is next. See you this evening at your call time, 5:45 pm . Good luck!

What a fantastic concert Brywood singers had last night, with beautiful singing voices and supportive parents! Fantastic! Brywood had set the standards very high for everyone else to follow! Congratulations!

Culverdale is next. See you this evening at 5:45 pm at your call time. Good luck!

Brywood Vocal Music Concert is scheduled for this evening at 6:00 pm in the Brywood MPR. Our call time is 5:45 pm. Even if you know all your songs, you may still want to bring your music folder. Students may wear any color and/or style of school-appropriate clothing for the concert. Sing out!

Canyon View and College Park classes will learn the foreign language songsthis week for the Segerstrom Plaza performance, "Holidays Around the World", on Sunday, 12/16/18, 2:00 pm. Go to Google Classroom, "Community Performance Songs", to practice with the piano tracks.

If you want to join us and sing, please check the one and only Google Classroom named "Community Performance Songs." You need to email Ms. Lee to get a class code to join "Community Performance Songs" for the lyrics and music tracks. Then start singing!

Wow! Our Canon View and College Park volunteer singers sounded fantastic in this afternoon's performance at the Irvine City Hall Plaza. We sang seven songs and everyone had a great time! Our next performance is scheduled for Sunday, 12/16/18, 2:30 pm, at the Segerstrom Plaza. Please come and join us!

This coming week is our December Ear Training week. Bring a pencil to class and listen carefully to the rhythmic patterns. Good luck!

Brywood has our very first scheduled December concert on this coming Wednesday, 12/5/18. If you are not able to make your own school concert, please try to go to another school to sing for your own concert credits and gain some performance experience and skills.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thank you for your patience while Ms. Lee's computer was down for its retirement! Today is a good day to get back on track, now that Ms. Lee got her new MacBook! Halleluia!

Happy Monday! We have one more Ear Training and October Practice Record due this week before your child's final music grades for the first trimester can be calculated. It is a good time to check your child's work now and do any make-up work.

All Music Theory Tests are finished as of today. If your child missed school on the test day, be sure to see Ms. Lee for a make-up. This test is 20% of your overall music grade.

Do you remember that tomorrow is the due date of the Solo Singing Test? Click here for a step-by-step guide.

Looking for things to do this weekend? Ms. Lee will be performing with Pacific Chorale and Pacific Symphony Orchestra in an all Leanord Bernstein concert, at Segerstrom Music Concert Hall, 10/25/18-10/27/18, 8:00 pm. There will be an outdoor event after the Friday's performance on the Plaza. Enjoy!

This is our Music Theory Test week. Prepare for this test can be easy. Just check on the Study Guide to see if your child can recognize all musical items and learn the note/rest value in our book, "Singing Basics", page 7.

The Group Singing Tests are finished at each and everyone of Ms. Lee's five schools. If you missed school and did not take that test, please see Ms. Lee for a make-up ASAP.

Our Music Theory Written Tests are scheduled for next week. Click here for a Study Guide. Good luck!

This is the Group Singing Test week. Brywood and Eastwood have had their tests today and if your child missed school today, be sure to see Ms. Lee for a make-up.

Our Music Theory Written Tests are scheduled for next week. Click here for a Study Guide. Good luck!

Happy Friday! Ms. Lee would like to share this YouTube video regarding music memorization in connection to the human mind with you. Be sure to watch the ending of this video. Enjoy!

Ms. Lee will perform with Pacific Symphony Orchestra and Pacific Chorale from 10/25/18 through 10/27/18 at Segerstrom Concert Hall, in an all-Bernstein program. Please come and enjoy some finest works that Leonad Bernstein had composed.

If you have missed the October Ear Training, please see Ms. Lee for a make-up, otherwise, there will be a blank spot on the parent portal for your score.

A big "Thank You" went to those students who turned in their September Practice Record on time. If you are looking for the October Practice Record, check the "Forms" page.

Monday, 10/8/18, is a Staff Development Day and a students-free day. It is a perfect day to practice the Group Singing Test song and Solo Singing Test song. Have fun!

It is the October Ear Training week at all schools. Please help your child to be prepared and sign his/her finished September Practice Record.

If your child needs help in learning music, Ms. Lee is available before school to provide extra support. Be sure to talk to Ms. Lee for that extra time and personal assistance. Click here for her school schedule.

October Ear Training will start on Monday, 10/1/18, at all schools.

The end of September is near. Has your child sumbitted the "Student Information"? It was due on Sunday, 9/9/18.

Does your child have a September Practice Record? It is due early next week.

All classes have finished Rhythm Composition #1 in class. If your child missed school last week, please see Ms. Lee for a make-up work. The Rhythm Composition is 10% of the overall music grade.

Do you have a music folder/binder for all the music storage? Always bring a working pencil to your music class.

If you need help in learning music, Ms. Lee is available before school to provide extra support. Be sure to talk to Ms. Lee for that extra time and personal assistance. Click here for her school schedule.

All students have the opportunity to work on Rhythm Composition #1 in class. If your child missed school this week, please see Ms. Lee for a make-up work. The Rhythm Composition is 10% of the overall music grade.

Has your child sumbitted the "Student Information"? It was due yesterday. About 200 vocal music students have done so already. Thank you for taking care of business!

Does your child have a music folder/binder for all the music storage? Always remind your child to bring a working pencil to the music class.

If your child had switched to Vocal Music class, make sure that he/she has a music folder/binder for all the music storage. Has your child sumbitted the "Student Information"? More than 200 vocal music students have done so and earned 10% of their music grades already!

This is our September Ear Training week. Ms. Lee will provide papers and students need to have a working pencil for this activity. Does your child have a music folder/binder for all the music storage? Has your child sumbitted the "Student Information"? About 100 vocal music students have done so already. Thank you!

Welcome to September! Enjoy a fabulous long weekend (while Ms. Lee labors away for songs)!

The first full week of school has come to an end. Is your child ready for the Vocal Music Class? Does he/she have a music folder/binder for all the music storage? Has he/she sumbitted the "Student Information"?

The "Parent Information Night" is scheduled for this evening at Eastwood Elementary School, at 6:30 pm.

Brywood and Eastwood had the first music lessons today. Ms. Lee welcomes all singers to join her in the Vocal Music classes.

Canyon View and College Park had the first music lessons today. Ms. Lee welcomes all singers to join her in the Vocal Music classes.

Happy school year 2018-2019! See you very soon, musicians and parents!

Check out these articles about the benefits of music education: Benefits of Music Education, Playing Piano, and Music for Adults.

Have you ever played a BIG piano?

Welcome to Ms. Lee's Vocal Music classes! Please find all the forms that you may need in the coming school year here.

Google Classrooms will be set up soon. Please check back for them. Be sure to have your NEW student Google Password ready!

Shanghai is a very big city that has ancient and modern elements everywhere.

Currently, it is the typhoon season in Shanghai. Ms. Lee's friends said the weather was excetionally good for a couple of days and Ms. Lee would be going to Suzhou today.

The second city where Ms. Lee travels to in China is called Quilin, in the GuonXi Province. There is a very old phrase taken from a Chinese poem that describes "Quilin is the most beautiful place on Earth."

The Great Wall of China and Ms. Lee can be found here.

Ms. Lee visited Melbourne, Australia. Click here to see her photos from the Great Ocean Road trip in the southern part of Australia.

The WorldStrides Company that operates the High School Honor Performance Series program hosts a concert at the Sydney Opera House.

The High School Honor Choir, String Orchestra, and Band perform as a complete ensemble at the Sydney Opera House today. Click here to see the Concert Day photos.

The WorldStrides Company that operates the High School Honor Performance Series program had invited Ms. Lee to be one of their chaperones to travel to Sydney this summer. Ms. Lee has landed in Sydney, Australia, and would be leading a group of band students to and from rehearsals and performance in Sydney. Click here to see the Sydney photos.

Ms. Lee is back from Alaska, click here to see Ms. Lee's Alaska photos.

Happy Birthday, America!

Ms. Lee has been a part of the "Star-Spangled Banner Music" organization since 2014. Click here to see Ms. Lee's "Everyday is The Star-Spangled Banner Day!" project.

Greetings from Alaska! Ms. Lee has made it to the Kalgin Island, off the city of Kenai, Alaska, in the middle of Cook's Inlet, Alaska. Click here to see Ms. Lee's summer photos.

Happy summer and see you in August!

Click here to see Ms. Lee's summer photos.