Objectives:

1. Music Performance – The student will sing and perform on instruments a variety of music.
2. Creating Music – The student will improvise, compose, and arrange music within specified guidelines.
3. Music Literacy – The student will read and notate music.
4. Critical Response to Music – The student will listen to, describe, analyze, and evaluate music and music performances.
5. History and Culture – The student will examine and perform music from a variety of stylistic and historical periods and cultures.
6. Making Connections – The student will make connections between music and other arts disciplines, other content areas, and the     world.

Playing a musical instrument could benefit your child’s wider education in the following ways:

• Improves all aspects of health and wellbeing
• Promotes good discipline and organisational skills
• Boosts a sense of achievement
• Provides life-long skills
• Improves self-confidence
• Promotes fun and enjoyment
• Playing and/or performing as part of a group builds vital social skills and the ability to cooperate with others.