Students receive much individual attention and each learner's needs are met within this framework throughout the school. The music program introduces students to a variety of musical styles, periods, cultures and forms of musical expression while cultivating an awareness, curiosity, and appreciation for music. It is the objective of the program to foster within each student an interest in a wide range of musical expression and to instill the desire to continue exploring these interests into adulthood. Students in kindergarten through fourth grades meet for music twice a week. Students in the Upper School meet once a week.
Performance is both individual and group.
Individual performance is comprised of the children playing piano, rhythm instruments or an instrument brought from home, or singing a song. Group performances consist of a rhythm band, class singing, recorder and handbell performance. Music appreciation consists of an extensive audio and video library containing stories and music from ballets, operas and composers' lives. Music theory instruction is limited to that which can be incorporated directly into rhythm band, recorder and handbell performance. Instrumental music lessons are offered starting in the fifth grade.