Kindergarten

• creative exploration using classical music listening activities
• learn to match pitch
• learn to move to a steady beat
• learn the concept of melody and rhythm
• learn the musical concepts of high/low and fast/slow
• introduction to the core instruments of the orchestra

First Grade

• learn to identify a variety of musical instruments
• learn the four instrument families: Brass, Percussion, String, and Woodwind
• introduction to rhythm instruments
• keep a steady beat using a variety of rhythm instruments
• introduction to various famous classical composers
• introduction to the concept of dynamics

Second Grade

• introduction to reading music using instrument symbols on a rhythm chart
• Students will play simple meters using a variety of rhythm instruments.
• learn the concepts of time signature, measure, tempo, meter, and rest
• learn healthy singing techniques: posture, body warm-ups, vocal exercises, breath support, phrasing, and tone production
• sing various folk, spiritual, and patriotic songs

Third Grade

• Students will learn music note and rest values (music math)
• Students will learn to read simple rhythm notation and demonstrate rhythm exercises using a variety of rhythm instruments.
• sing various folk, spiritual, and patriotic songs

Fourth Grade

• Students will learn to read more complex rhythm notation and demonstrate playing multiple layers of rhythms together as a rhythm band.
• Students will learn to read the notation of the lines and spaces on the treble clef staff.
• learn tempo terms, dynamic terms and markings, and other music symbols

Fifth Grade

• Students will learn to read music and play the recorder.

Sixth Grade

• Composer Journals: Students learn about music in the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods and study important composers from each period.
• Students will learn to read the notation of the lines and spaces on the bass clef staff.
• Students will learn how to build I, IV, and V chords.
• Students will learn the basic rules of composition and compose their own music.