May 8, 2024

With strong storms in the forecast this afternoon, MICDS is canceling all after-school activities today, May 8. This includes all extracurricular activities and athletic practices and games, both at home and away. The Middle School ASAP program and Lower School Extended Day program are also canceled. Please make arrangements to pick up your children at our usual dismissal time today (3 p.m. for Lower School, 3:15 p.m. for Middle and Upper School). Campus will be closed at 4:00 p.m. Please note: the Band Concert scheduled for this evening will be rescheduled for tomorrow night, Thursday, May 9, with the 6th/7th Grade Band Concert beginning at 6 p.m. and the 8th Grade/Upper School Bands performing at 7:30 p.m. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Bernard Berry.

02.21.20

2nd Graders Experience “Beethoven’s New Groove” at Symphony

Second graders were delighted to venture to Powell Hall this week to attend a concert by the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. The concert was called Beethoven’s New Groove and featured pieces that used a variety of meters (patterns of two, three, four and five). Students were invited to pat, clap and snap along with the different patterns as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra played.

“Our young Beasley musicians were enthralled with the concert. It was exciting for students to see the instruments of the orchestra with each instrument family dressed in a different color shirt, and hear the variety of timbres produced,” said Barb Spieler, Lower School Music Specialist. “Crowd favorites included In The Hall of the Mountain King and The William Tell Overture. We even got to hear pieces by Bach and Beethoven that were updated with the percussion section playing rock, Latin and samba accompaniments.”