- November 23, 2024
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Third and fourth-graders beat the drum to the music.
Alex de Boggende taps the cowbell to start off a Yoruban welcome song.
Melanie Lopez plays the drums.
Hope Tudor shakes a shekere.
Jackson Wilson sings in Yoruban, an African language.
Kayla Foroughi strums the guitar.
Julissa Garabito plays guitar during a song.
Shannon Boyce taps an alto xylaphone.
Niley Molina beats a frame drum, and John Emposimoto holds it up.
Ben Hanson plays the tubano drum during the Zimbabwean song.
Music teacher David Katz sets the beat by smacking drumsticks.
Khole Lovett gets into the music and claps along.
Isabella Bills plays the contrabass bar.
Braden River Elementary students had their classmates clapping along by the end of their performance.
Third- and fourth-grade students in the Wrangler Orffestra performed three songs for the school Wednesday, May 11. The three songs of different cultures — Yoruban, Irish and Zimbabwean— each had a compelling percussion section as well as singing, movement and strings.
David Katz has taught kindergarten through fifth-grade music education at Braden River for 11 years.
“A lot of these students will be trying out for the Florida All-State Orchestra in August, so I try to pick pieces that work on the skills they need,” he said.
