Vocal Music

Welcome to Vocal Music at Diamond Path!

Music is an essential part of the curriculum at Diamond Path. Classroom music is offered on a six-day cycle for 25 minutes, twice during the cycle, to all students in Grades K-5. The curriculum incorporates various teaching styles and focuses on the National Standards for Music Education. There is a strong emphasis on singing and building good solo vocal and choral singing techniques. The goal of the program is to produce musically literate students who can function successfully in a variety of musical situations:

• Singing, alone and with others.
• Performing on instruments, alone and with others.
• Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
• Composing and arranging music.
• Reading and notating music.
• Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
• Evaluating music and music performances.
• Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
• Understanding music history and culture.