How to “Think Like a Musician!” A visual reminder outside our music room... Our challenges are opportunities for growth, even in music! 🎶 Gulph PBIS Upper Merion Area School District #umasdistheplacetobe

#BlackHistoryMonth continues with the first movement from George Walker's String Quartet No. 1. Walker was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music, in 1996. youtu.be/AlFOUtCV4N0

The Virtual Academy 3rd Grade Orchestra with Miss Schick! At their full-orchestra rehearsal this week, 3rd grade students were excited to play their instruments, make music, and have fun with their orchestra friends. Go Virtual Academy String Stars! #umasdistheplacetobe

🎻Ms. Szal's strings are going to give us such sweet dreams tonight with that beautifully flowing Twinkle Twinkle! 🌟 That's some AMAZING bow work! 🎵

Two great new performance are up on the Viking Channel Web Player. Performances by our 3rd grade string musicians at Roberts and Gulph. See them at umasd.org/vconline or watch them on the Viking Channel tonight on Comcast & Verizon. Roberts at 7pm and Gulph at 7:30pm.

The HS Spring Concert is here!!! It's part virtual and part in person, but it is 100 percent awesome! Don't miss it. It airs tonight at 7pm on the Viking Channel or you can see it now online at umasd.org/vconline

It's looking very magical, musical and melodious on umasd.org/vconline today! Check out the Caley 3rd Grade, UMASD 4th Grade, and UMAMS 6th & 7th/8th Grade Orchestra concerts! 🎶🎻🎵 Upper Merion Area School District #umasdistheplacetobe #stringchampions

Our Spring String Concert is happening right now!!! Thank you, Ms Szal!

Our 4th Grade strings students presented a mini concert to our 3rd Grade students in hopes of recruiting new students to our orchestra!

Our five 4th grade orchestras had the most wonderful time uniting as one, along with the 7th/8th grade orchestra, to perform their winter concert! AMAZING performance, String Champs! Check out their concert at umasd.org/vconline

A peak at our 4th grade orchestra piece, "Velocity" by Brian Balmages! These seriously impressive young musicians are practicing independent counting, new finger patterns, and complex counterpoint! Phew, I think it's ME who has to try to keep up with THEM! #UMASDistheplacetobe

Our kindergarten students were treated to an impromptu concert from Ms Szal and a 3rd Grader! Way to go!

Cheering on our home team from our new home in the UMAHS Orchestra room! Go Phillies! Upper Merion Area School District #umasdistheplacetobe Philadelphia Phillies UMASDElementaryOrchestra

MS and Elementary orchestra getting ready for this evening’s winter concert Upper Merion Area School District 7 PM in our MS theater 🎶

What a terrific surprise from the students of 4D! Thank you for your kindness!

Congratulations to our Upper Merion Area Middle School Orchestra students for representing Upper Merion in the 2023 Schuylkill Valley Area Orchestra festival! Special shout out to Kyle Wang for earning 4th chair violin after seating auditions! #orchestra 🎻#UMASDistheplacetobe 🎶

Hey 2nd and 3rd Graders, I hear some string instruments calling out to you! 🎻 Join us tomorrow evening at the middle school for the Orchestra Program Info Night and Instrument Petting Zoo! Upper Merion Area School District Diana Helmetag

How magical is this?! Come cheer on our 4th-8th grade orchestras on Tuesday, Dec. 5th at UMMS!

We can't wait to see you there, 2nd & 3rd graders! 🎻🤩Upper Merion Area School District

We are ready to rock tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Upper Merion Middle School for our 4th Grade Orchestra Spring Concert! See you there!🎻 Upper Merion Area School District