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We believe that being a full human being includes the understanding
and enjoyment of music. FSM chooses to teach music that celebrates
the value and spirit of our school’s distinctive Quaker
mission. Public performance is viewed as a community service
that supports and strengthens relationships with the school
community and the broader community, as well as developing
a student’s self-confidence and motivating further
musical study.
Educational methods include: sequential instruction
in singing, percussion, Irish tin whistle, and music notation.
Orff instrumentation and Kodály developmental theory
and practices are incorporated into lessons. Tin whistle
and xylophone practice develops instrumental dexterity and
pitch. Appreciation of the diversity of world music is encouraged
through listening, learning and performing. K
Simple folk songs in unison • Singing solfege • Songs
in foreign languages • Simple dance movements • World
music • Rhythms
1 & 2
Expressive singing • Pitch matching • Orff
Instrumentation • Rounds • Simple
rhythms: whole, quarter, and eighth notes
3 & 4
Partner songs and ostinatos • More complicated
rhythm patterns, including triplets and combinations of eighth
and
sixteenth notes • Meter and time signature • Latin
American, African, and Middle Eastern rhythms • Introduction
of Irish tin whistle • Introduction to reading melody
on the staff • Improvisation • Intro to composition • Critical
listening
5 & 6
Group and solo singing • Choral music in
two and three parts • Following conductor • Irish
tin whistle • Music
vocabulary • Performance with dance and theater • Introduction
to sight reading
7 & 8
Advanced Irish tin whistle • Note names and
intervals • Simple
composition and performance • Complex rhythms • Additional
performance with dance and theater • Sight reading
Friends
School’s music program is a key component of
the school, strengthening our community and increasing cultural
awareness and understanding. Students have opportunities
throughout the year to perform in public.
The following examples
illustrate the richness of the FSM music program:
Guantnamera
(Cuba)
La Mar Estaba Serena (Chile) “The Sea Is Peaceful”
Un Moreno (Bolivia) “A Love song for a Person of Mixed
Heritage”
Kola Maka Sitomni (Lakota) “Friends Across This Land”
Ono Si Yegu (Uganda) “This is Not the Flu”
Songs from the Civil Rights and Peace Movements (United States)
Di Sini Sanang (Indonesia) “I’m Happy Here”
Nina Bobo (Indonesia) A Lullaby
Ragu Pati Raja-Ram (India) “All Gods Are the Same One”
Dalona (Palestine) “These Olive Trees”
Kuma Echa (Israel) “Come Brother”
Kalinka (Russia)
Porsaita Aiden Omme Kaiki (Finland) “We are Mother’s
Piggies”
Po Rom Pom Pom (Spain)
Vem Kan-Segla (Sweden) “Who Can Sail Without Blowing
Wind”
Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Germany) “My Thoughts are Free”
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