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Music at McCarthy-Towne focuses on not only the product of music, but also the process. There are four major ways that students playfully experience musical materials- through imitation, exploration, improvisation, and creation and four different major medias of music- singing, saying, moving and playing. As students are taught new songs, speech pieces, dances, rhythmic pieces and more they are asked to play with the material and explore the different ways in which music can be expressed. This process begins as early as kindergarten, when students are asked to find different ways to keep the beat and continues through sixth grade, where students are asked to take a body percussion piece and create percussion ensemble.
The McCarthy-Towne music curriculum focuses on the following music standards:
Singing
Playing
Moving
Reading
Listening
Creating
The Elementary Band Program is offered to fifth and sixth grade students. Click on the link to learn more about the lessons offered, the instrumental teachers, and how to join.
The Elementary Strings Programis offered to fourth, fifth and sixth grade students. Click on the link to learn more about the lessons offered, the instrumental teachers, and how to join |