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HOWARD SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM
Jo Enke
Vocal Music Teacher
The Howard School vocal music program involves approximately 250 students in grades 4, 5 and 6. In each grade students sing songs and play musical instruments from a variety of areas and cultures.
VOCAL MUSIC GOALS:
Students will:
· realize that music is an expressive art;
· value involvement as a music-maker and as a listener;
· use communicative tools of language and musical notation to interpret the music of others, and to express his or her own ideas;
· develop the ability to use nonverbal skills to interact with the musical whole;
· recognize that the same musical components have been combined in many ways, expressing the ideas of people of many times and places;
· gain the ability to make musical judgments based on a bank of knowledge developed out of many sensory experiences.
GRADES:
Music grades will be given according to the following priorities:
1. A student’s willingness to learn, demonstrated by his/her full cooperation and attention to the lesson at hand.
2. A student’s willingness to participate, therefore trying to develop skills and contribute to class discussions and group learning experiences.
3. A student’s demonstration that they are growing in their understanding of musical concepts and are acquiring skills for manipulating their own musical environment.