Middle School: Music

Listed below are the standards/guidelines for the particular areas of the St. John Middle School Music program.

6th Grade

Exploratory Classes or Extracurricular Activities:

  • Beginning Band
  • Beginning Orchestra
  • Choir
  • Bell Choir
  • Music Appreciation

Music Appreciation is an exploratory course that emphasizes the following:

  • Individual and group work
  • Music theory and history
  • Basic composition and notation
  • Planning music for liturgy
  • Western music study (composers, genres, American music, musical theater)
  • Journal writing about musical examples
  • Non-Western music study (culture, history, differences from Western music)
  • Improvisation skills
  • Comparing music with art

7th Grade

Exploratory Classes or Extracurricular Activities:

  • Beginning/Advanced Band
  • Beginning/Advanced Orchestra
  • Choir
  • Music Appreciation

Music Appreciation is an exploratory course that emphasizes the following:

  • Individual and group work
  • Music theory and history
  • Intermediate composition and notation
  • Planning music for liturgy
  • Western music study (composers, genres, American music, musical theater)
  • Journal writing about musical examples
  • Non-Western music study (culture, history, differences from Western music)
  • Improvisation skills
  • Comparing music with art

8th Grade

Exploratory Classes or Extracurricular Activities:

  • Beginning/Advanced Band
  • Beginning/Advanced Orchestra
  • Choir
  • Music Appreciation

Music Appreciation is an exploratory course that emphasizes the following:

  • Individual and group work
  • Music theory and history
  • Advanced composition and notation
  • Planning music for liturgy
  • Western music study (composers, genres, American music, musical theater)
  • Journal writing about musical examples
  • Non-Western music study (culture, history, differences from Western music)
  • Improvisation skills
  • Comparing music with art