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The primary goal of the music program
is the enrichment of each child: by encouraging each student
to express him or herself in new ways, finding enjoyment in
learning new skills, and providing an overall awareness of
the dynamics, fun, and excitement of music.
Every grade level has opportunities for creative
expression, rhythmic play, group singing, listening games,
movement to music, and making music!
Self-confidence can be built by continual
encouragement of each student as they enjoy this participation-filled
curriculum.
The very earliest concepts and activities
are built upon with the progression of grade levels. Some
of the favorite units of a previous grade can be resumed at
a more challenging level.
The Music Education Curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten:
Musical games, finger plays, rhymes, short
imaginative skits, rhythmic imitation, movement to the beat,
marching band, learning new songs and enjoying old favorites
are the focus of the Pre Kindergarten classes. Allowing the
students to give the inputs in songs and games where choices
can be made to build their confidence in expressing themselves
in a group situation.
The Music Education Curriculum for Kindergarten
Recorder Class:
In the recorder classes, students will learn
recorder maintenance and care, finger placement, and not association.
Visual aids will be used to help the students understand fingerings
and notes on a staff.
The Music Education Curriculum for 1st Grade
Recorder and Keyboard class:
Students will expand their recorder knowledge
on what they learned from last year, many students will participate
in a solo or play a duet with another student.
The beginner keyboard class will learn basic
theory for example: low keys are usually played with your
left hand and high keys are usually played with the right
hand. The students will learn sets of black keys understand
that music has low and high sounds. The teacher will play
low and high sounds on the keyboard while they will color
the lion if the music sounds low and color the bird if the
music sounds high.
The Music Education Curriculum for the 2nd
Grade Keyboard:
All students will learn how to read treble
clef and bass clef. They will learn correct hand positions
for each piece and play chords with melodies. Some basic theory
will be introduced such as reading notes on each clef, understanding
intervals when playing a piece, and note values.
In second grade the students will continue
to learn Music Theory. They will learn about the "Musical
Alphabet", the staff, clefs, notes, note value, and rests.
They will make up different rhythmic patterns that they will
be able to perform for their class. They will continue to
build on their repertoire of songs.
The Music Education Curriculum for 3rd Grade Band & Instruments:
One of the first skills a student will learn
is how to put their instrument together. In addition to skills
being taught in grades 4th - 6th, third graders will learn
music fundamentals in their lesson groups and understand how
to blend sounds together in band.
The Music Education Curriculum for 4th Grade
Band and Instrument:
Students will continue what was learned previously
in band. Students in these grades will continue to develop
good posture, learning how the process of breathing works,
beginner rhythms of o, d, and d, pitches, learning differences
of a slur and tie and accuracy of tonguing o whole, d half,
and quarter notes.
The Music Education Curriculum for 5th Grade
Band and Instrumental:
Students will continue building on accuracy
of notes, rhythm articulation, and musicianship. Students
will work on counting out loud in band for control of rhythms
and keeping a steady even beat. During instrumental lessons
students will be given theory sheets to focus on the correct
duration of sounds and rests, reviewing correct pitches and
finger placement, and a students may also have a chance to
play a level one NYSSMA solo in the spring.
The Music Education Curriculum for 6th Grade
Band:
All students will already have knowledge
and instrumental continue building rhythms, tone quality,
notes, articulation and musicianship when performing with
the band. Many students will be performing band pieces that
are rates NYSSMA(New York State School Music Association)
Levels I & II.
A student that excels with their instrument
may have the opportunity to participate in NYSSMA and be adjudicated
on what they perform. Instrumental lessons will be given once
a week and students will review band music, lesson book exercises,
and etudes or warm-ups from the Accent on Achievement books
to help improve technique.
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