Lessons will follow NJ Student Learning Standards in Visual and Performing Arts and the Holmdel Township Curriculum Guides.
Course Goals
1. To make music alone and with others
2. To improvise and create music
3. To use the vocabulary and notation of music
4. To respond to music aesthetically, intellectually, and emotionally
5. To become acquainted with a wide variety of music
6. To become familiar with the role music has played, and continues to play, in the life of man
7. To gain confidence in performing alone and with others -- singing, moving, playing instruments
8. To demonstrate an understanding that music is a basic form of communication
9. To discuss the historical, social, cultural, and economic influences and traditions on the creation and value of music
10. To demonstrate an awareness and respect for musical performance
11. To demonstrate knowledge of music criticism
12. To develop a commitment to music