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I remember we had a holiday concert for all our parents in the second grade, and my music teacher let me be the person to ring a bell in the middle of one of the songs. It might be lame, but that is my favorite memory of elementary music because I was kind of a shy kid, and I was not super comfortable being up on stage, but being able to ring the bell made me excited to be there the whole concert. So much so that I forgot about my nerves and I had a lot of fun.

My least favorite memory of elementary music was being forced to sing in front of my whole class by myself, because a few of us were misbehaving. I hated having to do anything in front of the class, let alone sing. I remember it really making music class feel like a punishment.

Katie Betts

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My first music memory was singing the days of the week songs in kindergarten.
I remember we would sit cross legged on the carpet and Ms. Goodlett, my teacher would put on an old record player recording with that song and the months of the year song and we would all sing along.
My least favorite memory would be perhaps, when the music was over and we had to continue to other things.
-A.G.

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My favorite elementary school music memory was when I got a chance to play the flute at around 4th-5th grade. We had a class full of people who played together and in small short duets as well. I never got a chance to pursue this instrument as much as I wanted to. My least favorite elementary music memory was a lot of the singing that we had to do often in class as well. Sometimes we were asked to sing for everyone by standing up and just doing a simple children's song, but it was horrifying at the time to perform, and even today it still is horrifying to perform in front of people, so it goes a long way!

-C.M

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My favorite memory of elementary music was playing the violin in 5th grade. I really enjoyed playing the violin and I would go home to play for my family. My least favorite memory would be singing because I don’t like to sing in front of an audience. 

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My favorite memory of elementary music was playing the violin in 5th grade. I really enjoyed playing the violin and I would go home to play for my family. My least favorite memory would be singing because I don’t like to sing in front of an audience. 

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VH

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My favorite memory of elementary music was playing musical chairs. Friendly competition is always fun for the soul and the fact that music was included made it more entertaining.  My least favorite memory would be singing Christmas carols to the rest of the school.

EM

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My favorite memory of elementary music was doing the holiday concerts for our families. I honestly always thought music class was fun and a nice little break from the core subjects. I never had a bad experience or memory from music class.
-F.L.

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My favorite memory was singing in the school choir and performing and I also loved my teacher. My least favorite memory was having to sing by myself for an audition or "test."

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My favorite memory was singing in the school choir and performing and I also loved my teacher. My least favorite memory was having to sing by myself for an audition or "test."

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-BH

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My favorite memory from my elementary school music class was my teacher. I remember her being so friendly and so caring that it excited me to go to her classroom. What I did not enjoy was learning how to read music. I found it really difficult and struggled learning how to learn the recorder. 

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My favorite memory from my elementary school music class was my teacher. I remember her being so friendly and so caring that it excited me to go to her classroom. What I did not enjoy was learning how to read music. I found it really difficult and struggled learning how to learn the recorder. 

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VL

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My favorite memory of elementary school music was our annual concerts. We would get to sing and play the recorder, and I remember everyone really looked forward to it each year. It was so fun getting to preform what my classmates and I had been practicing in front of our friends and family. My least favorite memory was having preform alone in front of my class. I messed up one time, and I got extremely embarrassed.
-MP

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My favorite memory of music in school was when my sixth grade teacher would have us pick from a drawer of instruments and we would pick the beat and song for the whole class. My least favorite memory is when I had to sing in front of the whole grade and I was super off key.
-C.S

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My favorite memory about elementary music was choir and musicals. I went to a private and public school and each spring and winter our school would have musicals. I always loved these because we were able to audition and get the music sheets before our auditions. We also would practice weekly with the whole school from K-6 so it was a great experience to meet everyone in the school and see the talent. My not so favorite memeory was going to public school we didn’t really have a music class. We would meet with the instrctour and learn about notes but we never got to play anything.
NS

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My favorite memory of music in elementary school was in 5th grade when we learned an instrument other than the recorder, I picked the flute. My least favorite memory would be having to audition for our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Musical.
-KM

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My favorite memory about music classWhen I was eight years old, I got into the school choir. We went to different competitions around the state and luckily, we won most of them. The trips were fun. Staying in hotels, spending time with my mom and trying different foods while I was doing something that I loved felt great. I truly enjoyed rehearsal time and competing. It did not matter if we lose or win. I was thankful that I was doing something exciting for me. I have always like to listen to music. I am constantly singing during my whole day. My sister makes fun of me because of that. I love music and I am glad that music classes exist.My least favorite memory about music class.I used to get really stressed out about learning how to play different instruments. I did not like when It was my turn to play them in front of everybody. I would usually get a good grade, but the whole thing caused me to feel anxious. My music teacher was very nice and patient. I remember that I forgot my recorder on the day that I had to play it by myself which happened to be the day of the United Nations. I found that out when I was already at school, so I could not communicate with my parents. I explained to my teacher what had happened, and she immediately told me to calm down. My older sister happened to have hers with her since she rarely cleaned her backpack, so I got to borrow it. I did good, but I still remember being all dress up and in the line for presenting and without a recorder. I still do not like to remember that day. 

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My favorite memory about music classWhen I was eight years old, I got into the school choir. We went to different competitions around the state and luckily, we won most of them. The trips were fun. Staying in hotels, spending time with my mom and trying different foods while I was doing something that I loved felt great. I truly enjoyed rehearsal time and competing. It did not matter if we lose or win. I was thankful that I was doing something exciting for me. I have always like to listen to music. I am constantly singing during my whole day. My sister makes fun of me because of that. I love music and I am glad that music classes exist.My least favorite memory about music class.I used to get really stressed out about learning how to play different instruments. I did not like when It was my turn to play them in front of everybody. I would usually get a good grade, but the whole thing caused me to feel anxious. My music teacher was very nice and patient. I remember that I forgot my recorder on the day that I had to play it by myself which happened to be the day of the United Nations. I found that out when I was already at school, so I could not communicate with my parents. I explained to my teacher what had happened, and she immediately told me to calm down. My older sister happened to have hers with her since she rarely cleaned her backpack, so I got to borrow it. I did good, but I still remember being all dress up and in the line for presenting and without a recorder. I still do not like to remember that day. 

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-A.M

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My favorite memory from elementary music was when we learned how to play the recorder, I already knew how to play on the piano so learning a different instrument was very exciting to me. I can't remember if I have a least favorite memory of elementary music but the sound of 20+ recorders making various pitches with no melody was probably not appealing to my ears.
-M.Y.

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My favorite memory of elementary music besides learning the guitar, was participating in a Lewis and Clark musical. I enjoyed learning all the dances and having to sing and dance at the same time. My least favorite memory of elementary music was learning the recorder in 4th grade. The sound of 30 recorders going off at the same time was just not pleasant to me.
-R.B

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My favorite memory of elementary music was when my whole class learn how to play the violin in 4th grade.
However, my least favorite memory of elementary music was when my class put on a violin performance for family and friends and the kid who was standing behind me on the bleachers throw up all over me and the other classmates.
- K.C

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My favorite memory music of elementary was the clarinet with my brother. Cesar Chavez School, offer music classes after school. Is my favorite memory because my brother and I would practice the same instrument, and enjoy it together by performing on the stage. We were foolish and immature, we did not knew the importance of music and told our mother that we were all done playing it. I regretted.  My least favorite memory is none. I actually enjoyed all the music they taught us. I was in fourth/fifth grade (Foster Elementrary) when we went inside the auditorium as a whole class to learn several instruments, one each month, (drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, and violin.)
- C.H.

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I love and have always loved listening to music; I recall having to learn songs like the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, the ABC’s and the Wheels On The Bus which I didn’t mind. On the other hand, whenever the teachers wanted us as students to sing out loud individually, that I didn’t like because all attention is on me which I don’t usually like. If we sang a song together or listened to music I really enjoyed it. In addition, listening to instruments play is great but having to learn to use and play certain instruments can be very tough. For example, playing the trumpet is exhausting; I would much rather learn to play something lighter in regards to weight and less exhausting to use.

- MM

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My favorite memory from elementary music was when in every kinder class we got to learn the abc song, the calendar song, and the color song. I also remember when I was on 5th grade I got to play the violin for my music class we got to play "Cielito Lindo" although it was hard for me to play it was fun. I also enjoyed the talent shows. My least favorite memory from music was being in class and the teachers will teach you the part but they will have students that know the most teach the part.
~A.D

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My favorite memory from elementary music was when we had the opportunity to play mini Taylor guitars. Our teacher had a connection with someone at the factory here in San Diego and provided them for the class. I remember being so excited that the guitars were small and easier to use with my little hands. My least favorite memory from elementary music was practicing at home. My young self would have rather been playing sports outside than practicing music.
~KK

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My favorite memory in music class would be learning songs and being introduced to new instruments. It was fun to sing along with peers and nice that everyone could participate regardless of singing voice. My least favorite memory would be learning to use the recorded because teaching a class of 30+ never went well

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The first music class I took was 5th grade band, and I started on trombone.My favorite memory from that time is probably watching my teacher, Mr. Wentz, turn all the colors of the rainbow while holding out a high note on his trumpet. I loved band right away, and overall my experience was remarkably positive. The only thing that I can recall being frustrating is having to do scales, slowly, at the start of everyclass. 5th grade me didn't enjoy the monotony.
-HB

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My favorite memory of elementary music was singing songs in the auditorium while our music teacher played the piano. It was the first time I actually saw and heard a piano being played which left me in awe on how great it sounded. My least favorite memory of elementary music was when the class had to play the recorder. I was not really good at it and never really enjoyed the instrument which made me uninterested whenever we had to practice it.
-C.C

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My favorite memory of elementary music was performing in all the school musicals.  We performed a dance for the Cinco de Mayo, we played the recorders, and my personal favorite was the Medieval Times performances where we performed many different nursery rhymes.  My least favorite memory of elementary music was going to guitar lessons.  Playing the guitar was never really something I enjoyed but my parents thought it would be good for me to learn.  I never wanted to go to the lessons but I'm glad I did because I still know most of the chords.
-M.M.

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My favorite memory of elementary music was when we had a small musical during the fall and my friends and I joined to be dancers. I would say my least favorite memory is sometimes during school performances I would get nervous and shy and that would get in the way of me enjoying my time.
-J.S

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My favorite memory of elementary music was learning how to play the flute in our 5th grade band. At the end of the year we got to merge with two other 5th grade bands and together went on field trips to play "concerts" at local schools for the younger kids. My least favorite memory came after that year when I realized I didn't actually have any interest in being a "band kid" in middle school, so I basically quit playing the flute and my dad was upset that he wasted money on buying my instrument instead of renting. 

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My favorite memory of elementary music was learning how to play the flute in our 5th grade band. At the end of the year we got to merge with two other 5th grade bands and together went on field trips to play "concerts" at local schools for the younger kids. My least favorite memory came after that year when I realized I didn't actually have any interest in being a "band kid" in middle school, so I basically quit playing the flute and my dad was upset that he wasted money on buying my instrument instead of renting. 

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-R.M.

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My favorite memory of elementary music was in third grade when all of the third grade classes learned Rockin’ Robbin on the recorder. We performed the song for the entire school and our parents and it was a blast. My least favorite memory of elementary music was when we had to sing in front of the class all by ourselves. It was very scary getting in front of the whole class to sing. Over all, most of my experiences with elementary music were positive ones.
-C.S.

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My favorite memory of elementary music was in the 4th grade when we learned the recorder. I thought it was the coolest thing to learn how to play an instrument and play it together with my classmates and friends. By the end of our unit the entire 4th grade class put on a concert for all of our families.
My least favorite memory is when my music teacher would have each student sing to her individually as the class was playing the music. No other students could hear the singing, but it was overwhelming as a first grader to sing to my teacher.
-SDC

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When I was in 6th grade, I was given the choice to learn how to play the violin or not. I took the offer, and it was fun learning to play! However, after 6t grade I didn't keep up the lessons, because they weren't available anymore. I also really loved any time my classmates and I had to sing, because I love singing. Sometimes my school would put on the these winter/holiday concerts. I felt like I was always late. I'd show up and be super nervous, because I was missed parts or barely made it. It sort of added unnecessary stress to something that should have been fun.
-TS

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My favorite memory of elementary school music was when we would all get in one big circle as a class and the teacher would pass out instruments such as the triangle, small hand drums, the maracas, etc. It was fun because we got to see what they sound like and perform as a whole class! It was a really fun time from what I can remember! My least favorite memory was learning how to read music because it was really hard for me It just didn't come naturally to me and still to this day its really hard for me. But overall elementary music was super fun!

-SM

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By the time I had reached my elementary school music class, I had already been doing piano lessons for a couple years. At one point, the teacher had asked us to write out a few bars of music. While everyone was still on their first or second bar, I was blasting through to my 10th bar! After she made us turn in our work, she asked “ok, who’s the piano player here?”. It felt good. My least favorite moment was the few weeks we had with the violin... we sounded pretty terrible, and even though all we could do was an out of tune hot crossed buns, we had a “concert” anyway.
ZJ

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My favorite memory of elementary school music was when we would get in a circle and sing songs. While learning the songs we would also either learn a dance or a game. I enjoyed learning new dances the most because the moves they would teach were creative and funny, but at the same time we were all having fun. My least favorite memory was playing the recorder because I wasn't good at it, and till this day its still hard but I see improvement when I practice on my own time.

-J.B

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My favorite memory of elementary school music was playing the recorder, it was my first personal instrument I got to take home, it was the most exciting instrument to play and show off to my mom. My least favorite memory of music, I guess was learning the same song over and over again. I always looked forward to singing, but some songs were so repetitive. Til this day I can probably sing all 50 states.
-VG

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My favorite memory of elementary music is probably playing my first instrument in 5th grade, it was unfortunately a flute (I have asthma). My worst memory is  my music class in 3rd grade where our teacher would call us dummies for not being able to identify different musical families. He may have been fired a year after.
-DCC