Music

at Growing Up Green Middle School

Long Island City

MUSIC PROGRAM

Welcome to the GUGMS Music Page!

"Music is the one thing that brings people together" (6th grader in 2019)

"Music teaches you about many other things, too" (6th grader in 2015)

At GUGMS, we experience music as a way to get know ourselves, to share our cultures, to collaborate and welcome new ideas, to express our beliefs, to practice activism.

Our GUGMS music program includes coursework throughout the grades, as well as a school band and school chorus.

Our cultural and historical units often culminate with special musician guests from the New York City and international music communities, reminding us of the unity and the enduring understandings that music gifts us with.

6th grade

Instruments: Ukuleles, Orff Schulwerk instrumentarium, songwriting and poetry.

Music & Culture: World music, music we love, music from our cultures.

7th grade

Instruments: Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Bass, E.guitar, Bass.

Songwriting: Identity, Friendship, Environmental Justice

Music & History: Freedom Songs of the Civil Rights Movement, Music from the Underground Railroad, Native-American music.

8th grade

Instruments: Music tech and music production. Students' choice.

Songwriting: Social Justice, Community. Music & Activism.

Music & History: The Blues, Jazz, Rock, Hip-Hop.

GUGMS Chorus

GUGMS chorus meets once a week as an after-school club. Students can audition to be part of the school chorus.

GUGMS Band

GUGMS band meets once a week as an after-school club. Students can audition with the instrument of their choice. The band has performed at school events and at the Little Kids Rock NYC Jamfest.