During the school year music instruction occurs five days a week. Each classroom (First - 5th Grade & Music Elective in Middle School) has music instruction for a minimum of 80 minutes each week.
In our music class time we work on the recently adopted California State Visual and Performance Standards in Music. The music standards are designed to enable students to achieve music literacy. There are four artistic processes that we are working towards during music class. These are as follows:
- Creating
- Performing
- Responding
- Connecting
During the school year students are working on various performances and music literacy projects. These can include learning to read and write music notation, composer research projects, playing rhythm instruments, music history units with particular emphasis on American and World Music, Recorders, and more. In addition to our class time we work on community performances such as a Winter Sing, Jazz Concert, Spring Sing, and more.
