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The cultivation and pursuit of beauty is foundational to a classical Christian education. Martin Luther writing in his “Table Talk” states: “Music is an outstanding gift of God and next to theology. I would not want to give up my slight knowledge of music for a great consideration. Youth should be taught this art; for it makes fine, skillful people.” Music forms a central and important role in education as well as in the life of every Christian. The study of music is a tool to unlock the beauty and mysteries of the world God has made.

1st – 2nd Grade Music: Music is the art and science of combining vocal and/or instrumental sounds into melody, harmony, and rhythm for the purpose of emotional expression, the highest of that expression being worship. This class encourages students to worship God through music as it teaches them rhythm, vocal harmony, beginning instruments, and choreography. A Christmas program and a Spring Concert provide the students with opportunities to perform their learned skills as an expression of worship.

3rd – 6th Grade Fundamentals of Music: The grammar of music and musical concepts begins in the third grade and continues through the sixth grade. These include the qualities of sound: pitch, timbre, volume and duration, as well as the elements of music: melody, harmony, rhythm, form and the expressive elements of tempo, dynamics and articulation. The course also includes the musical developments of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods by meeting the composers of those periods and listening to their great works. Lastly, the recorder is the classroom instrument taught that integrates the grammar of music with musical notation and performing skills.

7th – 8th Music Appreciation: Music appreciation focuses primarily upon classical music, its composers, and their contributions to the goodness and beauty in the world beginning with Gregorian chants and culminating in the modern era of classical music. Students will be able to identify, by ear, the different types of classical music as well as significant composers. Students will be able to identify instruments by sight and sound. They will be able to draw a classical symphony map. Basic music theory will be introduced to the students. Students will be able to draw and label the Grand Staff, notes (whole, half, quarter, eighth), and time signatures. Students will be able to write several measures of 6/8 and 4/4 music and understand dynamics and tempo designations.

3rd – 12th Choir: Choral arts teach students how to use their singing voices, prepare them for concert performance, and develop their tonal audiation. Music, performance, and audiation have parallel meanings. Music is the result of the need to communicate. Performance is how this communication takes place. Audiation is what is communicated. There are two important instruments that are taught in choir: the actual instrument of the voice that is to be used and the audiation instrument that is inside the head (musical understanding and interpretation). It is critically important to educate students to become musically intelligent listeners as well as performers. This gives us the hope for a future intelligent audience to respond to artists’ performances. A Christmas and Spring Concert provide the students with opportunities to perform their learned skills to glorify God.

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