The Lower School music program encourages a broad appreciation
of music across grades. The curricular focus is on choral and
general music instruction, including skill building around
listening, rhythm, notation, movement, dictation, music history,
improvisation, composition, analysis, and performance. All
students are exposed to a variety of musical tools designed to
foster musical growth, including Orff instruments, hand
percussion, recorded music, notation software, and theory
coursework. The music schedule provides students frequent
opportunities for skill building and group musical experiences,
including general music for grades preK–1 twice a week. Students
in grades 1–4 have general music instruction once a week and
choir twice a week. The choral portion of the Lower School music
program begins in second grade, including the second- and third-
grade choir and the fourth-grade choir. These large ensembles
sing a variety of works from multiple cultural and musical
perspectives, including classical, folk,