Music

Embodying Joy and Beauty as a Community

We are a singing community. We created our songbook to reflect and celebrate all of who we are. Throughout the year, we join in song to celebrate the seasons, the natural world, the religious faiths that comprise our families, and the diverse range of languages and cultures represented at school. We have favorite rounds that we sing to experience the harmonies formed by different voices singing different notes simultaneously. 

Class plays and the all-school musical provide children with opportunities to experience and create musical theater together. Every child grows in comfort with performing in front of an audience. 

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Every grade enjoys music class twice a week. The program is a balance of age-appropriate music theory and appreciation. In the fall, the focus is on singing as we prepare for our holiday concert in December. The past year's concert's theme was "Come Darkness, Come Light." In the second half of the year, students learn to perform on a variety of instruments, including guitars, ukuleles, marimbas, drums, boomwhackers, maracas, and more, to embody and reinforce musical concepts. The music classroom is a place where every student is a creator, performer, and critical thinker. All of our performances are demonstrations of learning.  

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The music program is hands-on, voice-on, and body-on. Students collaborate within and across grades to embody joy and beauty as a community.