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Cambrian Elementary Mc

WHAT IS GENERAL MUSIC?

General Music is a means of helping ALL students understand the basic principles of music such as beat, melody, harmony, tempo, etc. Using the First Steps in Music, Conversation Solfege, Orff-Schulwerk approach to teaching music, we focus on fostering creativity, conveying musical knowledge, and evoking and cultivating musical skills through singing, movement, body percussion, improvisation, and playing pitched (Orff xylophones) and un-pitched (drums, shakers, etc.) instruments. Recorder instruction begins in 3rd grade and continues through 5th grade. Depending on the grade level, the general music program culminates with either a music sharing or concert, during which the children demonstrate some of the performance skills they have acquired during the school year.

Students attend a weekly music class at each of our elementary school sites. Our general music teachers are:

Dave Sanchez

K-5th Grades Music Teacher

Farnham, Bagby, and Fammatre

Email: sanchezd@cambriansd.com

Emelynn Montoya

TK-8 Grades Music Teacher

Steindorf, Bagby, Fammatre, and Farnham

Email: montoyae@cambriansd.com

MUSIC DATES:

General Music Classes begin: 8/13

Bagby TK, K, & 1st grade Music Sharings - Late April (Tentative)