Welcome Back to Music!

I'm Ms. Punchatz, the music teacher and chorus teacher at Riverside.
This is my 13th year at Riverside and my 14th year in Greenwich.
I am so excited for the year ahead.

Dr. Heikel comes from ISD on Thursday mornings to teach some of the music classes that cannot fit into my schedule. The lucky students in Ms. Legio, Mrs. Muscat, Ms. Sturman, and Ms. Hand's classes will see me once a week and see Dr. Heikel on Thursdays. This is her 18th year in Greenwich and second year teaching some of our classes at Riverside! :)

I am so excited. We have over 90 students signed up for chorus this year. Pre-COVID our numbers were 90-100 and we have been rebuilding, so I am so so excited for this season! Rehearsals start next week! You should have received two communications from me regarding sign ups and another one today regarding part assignments. If you didn't receive anything from me yet, please let me know so we can trouble shoot and make sure you are getting communications!

Hello Riverside!

My name is Ms. Wahlers and I am the band teacher at Riverside School this year. This is my first year teaching at Riverside and my 7th year teaching band in Greenwich.

Band lessons start the week of September 16th, 2024. Riverside band lessons will be on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this school year. Before school band rehearsals will start in October for 2nd year band students only. If your child is signed up for band, you should have received a few emails from me, if your child would like to join band this year and you have not received my emails please reach out and we’ll get you on the email list.

Students in September review skills from the prior skills, take baseline data for skills we work on for the coming year and just become acclimated to the music room again. K-1 experience John Feierabend's First Steps of Music Curriculum and Grades 2-5 learn music literacy with Conversational Solfege in addition to Recorders in 3rd grade, Bucket Drumming in 4th grade, and Ukulele in 5th Grade. Folk Dancing, Movement, and other musical instruments and vocal singing is incorporated throughout year-round.

K-1 September Musical Themes- Animal Friends and Food