Music
Music making is one of our oldest, most intimate, and basic forms of communication and cultural expression. Singing, movement, or playing an instrument provides students with the means of learning musical and developmental skills. Learning to make music enables students to attain individual and group goals, acquire self-discipline, exercise diverse problem solving skills, and opens avenues of success for all students. Growth in singing and playing music occurs by applying skills to increasingly challenging music literature. The unique combination of intellect, artistry, and emotion required for musical expression distinguish it from other human endeavors, and ranks music among the highest of cultural accomplishments. Music has been an important part of education since at least the time of ancient Greece, and it continues to be a central subject in school curricula.
The Music curriculum is established to encourage the emotional and communicative development of students. The purpose of the study of music is to develop an understanding of musicology and to acquire knowledge of historical and cultural developments that have occurred in this field. In so doing students will experiment with the communication of their own ideas and be encouraged to make wise choices for the presentation of their own work.
Cultural diversity is valued and reflected in our Music curriculum and students. Cultural diversity lends itself to the enrichment of Music. Music contributes to the total development of the students’ overall creative potential, both as performers and as individuals. The Music curriculum provides an exploration of career opportunities to encourage personal enjoyment through both process and performance.
Through engagement with each of four strands, we hope to develop the full potential of each student as creative and imaginative individuals. The first three strands: Knowledge, Understanding and Appreciating; Investigating, Designing and Creating; Communicating, Presenting and Critiquing are specific to Music, while the fourth strand Inspiration, Enjoyment and Enrichment is an integrating strand across the Arts.
Students will be engaged in all aspects of the creative process from creating to critiquing. Through participation in experiences such as acting, designing, other theatre forms, devising, critiquing, the Music curriculum contributes to the self-identification of each student, encouraging them to find their place in theatre and life. Through both student-initiated and teacher-facilitated experiences, students take part in all aspects of the creative process: investigating, designing, reflecting, directing, devising, presenting and critiquing. Students will experience a variety of forms, ideas, and skills in Music in order to apply musical elements, techniques and conventions to create, present, and perform works of art for a variety of audiences and purposes.
The Music curriculum is established to encourage the emotional and communicative development of students. The purpose of the study of music is to develop an understanding of musicology and to acquire knowledge of historical and cultural developments that have occurred in this field. In so doing students will experiment with the communication of their own ideas and be encouraged to make wise choices for the presentation of their own work.
Cultural diversity is valued and reflected in our Music curriculum and students. Cultural diversity lends itself to the enrichment of Music. Music contributes to the total development of the students’ overall creative potential, both as performers and as individuals. The Music curriculum provides an exploration of career opportunities to encourage personal enjoyment through both process and performance.
Through engagement with each of four strands, we hope to develop the full potential of each student as creative and imaginative individuals. The first three strands: Knowledge, Understanding and Appreciating; Investigating, Designing and Creating; Communicating, Presenting and Critiquing are specific to Music, while the fourth strand Inspiration, Enjoyment and Enrichment is an integrating strand across the Arts.
Students will be engaged in all aspects of the creative process from creating to critiquing. Through participation in experiences such as acting, designing, other theatre forms, devising, critiquing, the Music curriculum contributes to the self-identification of each student, encouraging them to find their place in theatre and life. Through both student-initiated and teacher-facilitated experiences, students take part in all aspects of the creative process: investigating, designing, reflecting, directing, devising, presenting and critiquing. Students will experience a variety of forms, ideas, and skills in Music in order to apply musical elements, techniques and conventions to create, present, and perform works of art for a variety of audiences and purposes.