General Music

General Music is a Unified Arts class taught at Wells Road School!

There are 6 UA's (music, art, PE, Spanish, library and technology) and each homeroom has music on a specific letter day once every six school days. Here are some units that are covered in General Music:

3rd Grade: music literacy, recorder playing

4th Grade: The Star Spangled Banner, instruments of the orchestra, world music

5th Grade: Colonial music, spotlight on composers, theme and variation, music technology and composition

The Gilded Recorder Award

Each year in March, 16 teachers submit songs to go head to head in a March Madness style bracket to win the coveted Gilded Recorder Award! Each class spends time listening to each song match up and voting on their favorites until one song wins. Previous winners include Bye, Bye, Bye by N'Sync, Mmmbop by Hanson, and Yellow by Coldplay. Students are already looking forward to the fourth year of competition (80's songs this year!).