Kindergarten Music Overview
Kindergarten students will be introduced to basic music concepts: beat, rhythm, and melody through movement, listening, playing and singing. Students will also prepare for and sing in church during the school year.
Grade 1 Music Overview
Grade 1 students continue to develop music concepts of beat, melody, and rhythm, tone color, and expression through simple songs, playing instruments, guided movement, and listening activities. Students also prepare for and sing in church several times during the school year.
Grade 2 Music Overview
Grade 2 students continue to develop music concepts using pentatonic melodies, adding half, whole and sixteenth notes and rhythms. Students listen for form and tone colors; dancing and playing more difficult instrument parts is included in the second grade music curriculum. Students prepare for and sing for several worship services during the school year.
Grade 3 Music Overview
Grade 3 students continue building on previous studies. Additionally, Grade 3 students participate in an in-depth study of learning to play the recorder. This study includes reading the various notes of the treble clef and correctly interpreting musical symbols and rhythms, as well as playing songs in a group with a conductor. In the spring students participate in a field trip to see and hear the Columbus Philharmonic. Students prepare for and sing for several worship services during the school year.
Grade 4 Music Overview
Grade 4 students continue building on previous studies, adding more rhythms, dotted notes, and time signatures. Playing chords and written accompaniments on a variety of instruments, along with dancing, is part of the Grade 4 music curriculum. Students learn to improvise and compose simple parts and songs, along with analyzing and discussing musical selections from a variety of styles. Grade 4 students also learn how to play the recorder and attend the Columbus Philharmonic concert each school year.
Grade 5 Music Overview
Grade 5 students continue building on previous studies, adding more rhythms dotted notes, and time signatures. Students participate in dancing, along with playing chords and written accompaniments on a variety of instruments. Students learn to improvise and compose simple parts and songs, also learning to analyze and discuss musical selections from a variety of styles. Grade 5 students continue further instruction in choral singing. In addition, Grade 5 students learn to understand and use dynamic and expressive markings and vocabulary. Students in grade 5 also learn how to play the ukulele and participate in a trip to The Indianapolis Symphony.