CCS Vocal Program

Elementary Music

Emphasis is placed on music as a God-given expression of praise and worship. Students learn to appreciate all types of music. Songs and dramatic readings are chosen on the basis of their content and quality. Scripture songs are woven throughout the fabric of school life. Various methods of instruction, such as vocal, instrumental, and rhythm are used. Examples of the type of music included are patriotic, character and appropriate fun songs. As the fundamentals of music are taught, students learn the importance of individual and group praise, artistic performance, and excellence in accuracy and quality. Students in all grades experience Orff instruments and bells. Recorders are a part of the experience of 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students.

Secondary Music

CCS Performing Arts provides students a stage to reflect the glory of their Creator.

Students become proficient in elements including: kinesiology, technique, expression, stage etiquette, communication, musical language, cultural studies, and performance practice. Students will develop a lifelong love of music, performance, and study through participation in the musical arts.

What a Secondary CCS student will know and be able to do in Music:

• Sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments
• Compose and arrange music within specific guidelines
• Read and notate music
• Listen to, analyze, describe music
• Evaluate music and music performance
• Understand the relationship between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
• Understand music in relation to culture and history
• Apply appropriate personal and Christ-centered evaluative criteria to music and musical performances that acknowledge music as an art form embracing diversity
• Apply appropriate etiquette as an audience member and/or performer
• Research and explain, using various technologies including print, electronic, and recordings, the relationship between music, history, and culture
• Use music as a personal and interpersonal expression to honor God