Music

Children love music! Developing each child’s music potential to the fullest is a focus at The Wood Acres School. 

Early Childhood students enjoy the MusikGarten curriculum to introduce songs, instruments, movement, activities and stories which form a foundation for future musical endeavors.

Students in The Grammar School and The Upper School learn how to read and write simple songs, create melodies, harmony and timbre through singing, games and composition.

Wood Acres Chorus performing on the campus quad Students in The Grammar School are exposed to various instruments and participate in listening activities. Third grade students learn the recorder and fourth grade students learn guitar. Fifth and sixth graders “strike up the band” with formal instruction in brass instruments as well. These students learn to play together as an ensemble, focusing on blend. They continue the study of greater musical literacy through more difficult staff reading and the ability to follow a conductor. 

Cultural field trips enhance their fine arts studies and culminate in a fully staged musical production by The Wood Acres School fourth and fifth graders. 

Wood Acres also offers private, on-campus after school music lessons to K-6 students via our partnership with Music In Your School. 

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