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Welcome to the AAS Music Website!
Welcome to the AAS Music Website!
Tabs for helps and lessons are located by grade at the top of the page. Find below information regarding class format, objectives, procedures and grading.
Tabs for helps and lessons are located by grade at the top of the page. Find below information regarding class format, objectives, procedures and grading.
Curricular Lessons
Curricular Lessons
The lower school music program aims to foster enjoyment of music through the active experiencing of established composers' works, music theory, and musical production. From first grade through fifth, lower school music lessons will incorporate solfeo and song singing as well as the use of the piano as primary instruments for understanding and creating music. Each grade will also work towards two special performances, one a Christmas performance, and the second a spring concert held towards the end of the school year.
The lower school music program aims to foster enjoyment of music through the active experiencing of established composers' works, music theory, and musical production. From first grade through fifth, lower school music lessons will incorporate solfeo and song singing as well as the use of the piano as primary instruments for understanding and creating music. Each grade will also work towards two special performances, one a Christmas performance, and the second a spring concert held towards the end of the school year.
Program Goals
Program Goals
Primary goals:
1. To be able to accurately and knowledgeably create and recreate music, knowing that my music can lift spirits, soothe, comfort, energize, and bring people together
2. To understand that music's effects on people are not just superficial or momentary, but that it positively affects our cognition and is, in a sense, medicinal
3. To relate how previous musicians have impacted others with their music to my and others' ability to do so today
Class Expectations
Class Expectations
Students will be encouraged and expected to bring their best to the classroom in every way, showing respect towards those around, responsibility with time and equipment, safety within their environment, and kindness towards all!
Grading
Grading
80 % of students' grade is based on their participation
20 % of their grade comes from formal assessment
YOUR MUSIC INSTRUCTORS
YOUR MUSIC INSTRUCTORS
Ms. Natali Castillo
Ms. Natali Castillo
Head of music department
Music Academy
castillo@aquinasmadrid.es
Mr. Karsten Krahn
Mr. Karsten Krahn
Lower school music
Music Academy
krahn@aquinasmadrid.es
Music Academy
Music Academy
Looking for an opportunity to sharpen your skills with an instrument or to perform? Starting in 3rd grade, students are encouraged to join Music Academy, where they will have such an opportunity to hone their ability with musical instruments as well as to perform for others.
Lower School: Find resources at Music Academy. You can practice and send us your videos for feedback and support.
Middle School: Find resources at Music Academy. You can practice and send us your videos for feedback and support.
High School: Find resources at Music Academy. You can practice and send us your videos for feedback and support.
Our School Hymn
Our School Hymn
Welcome to a beautiful new school year!
Music is a very important part of our school community.
NON NOBIS DOMINE is our school hymn, a hymn based on the first verse of Psalm 115: “Not unto us, O LORD, Not unto us, but to Your name, may all the glory be.”
Over the years, students have sung this Latin hymn a cappella with blended parts, producing beautiful harmonies that highlight the reverence of the words being sung.
Music and worship speak to the soul.
It was once expressed that “Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our hearts, minds, and spirits.”
During this year you will learn beautiful things about music.
You will have a unique and special place in our class.
We would also encourage you to join the Music Academy program to expand your musical abilities by mastering an instrument and by playing and performing with other Music Academy students.
Music will make you stronger, happier, kinder, more peaceful and filled with love.
All the best in this year!
"It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception."
- Albert Einstein
[when asked about his theory of relativity]
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