GOALS of THE ACADEMY’s MUSIC PROGRAM
- to teach toward understanding that one may interpret another’s music and express one’s own musical ideas through language and musical notation
- to facilitate understanding that music is a reflection of the culture and the people and acts as a‘barometer’ of the time period
- to meet the requirements of the National Standards for Music Education
- to encourage students to seek performance opportunities within the school community and the community at large
- to encourage students through positive experiences as performers and listeners to make music a part of their life for a lifetime
- to encourage students to discover their talents and develop them to the fullest
- to develop a body of knowledge which will enable the student to make judgments about his own musical efforts as well as those of others
- to encourage creativity and development and mastery of the skills that better express the creative process
- to offer experiences that lead to realization of the complexity of the art form and the beauty of fine performance
