Title: Academic Course in General & Instrumental Music
Location: US
Company: Education
Academic Course in General & Instrumental Music
The General Music Program at Brookside is built upon Orff-Schulwerk and Music Learning Theory. These philosophies include ways to teach and learn music. Natural childhood inclinations form the basis of activities, including songs, chants, rhymes, dances, movement, and developing beat awareness and competency. These instincts are directed into learning music by hearing and making music first - then reading and writing it later.
At Brookside, music happens in a non-competitive atmosphere where one of the rewards is the pleasure of making good music with others. The special Orff barred instruments include wooden xylophones, metal glockenspiels and metallophones. The melodic instrument used is the recorder.
Many performances highlight the musical life at Brookside. These include a Grandparents' Program in November, grade level performances for grades one through five, and a Spring Festival of the Arts. Instrumental Music Instrumental music is offered in the curriculum to every student in the fourth and fifth grades. At the end of the third grade, all students are introduced to the standard instruments traditionally found in a band or orchestra. A student's placement in instrumental music is based on: recommendations from the instrumental and general music teachers, balanced instrumentation numbers within each ensemble, and parent decision. Classes meet twice each six-day cycle. Fourth graders meet once a cycle by instrument and once a cycle by homeroom. Fifth grade classes meet twice a cycle by homeroom.
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