- Sugarland Elementary School
- Overview
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Welcome to the Sugarland Elementary Music Web Site!
Our musical activities in Loudoun County cover four areas: singing, playing instruments, listening, and moving. A major emphasis is placed on the development of every child's singing voice. Students in grades K - 5 receive one fifty-minute period of music per week. Our Loudoun County Music Curriculum is aligned with the National and State Standards of Music Education.
The National Standards for Music Education
- Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
- Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
- Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
- Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines
- Reading and notating music
- Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
- Evaluating music and music performances
- Understanding relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts
- Understanding music in relation to history and culture
- Cantando, sólo y en conjunto, un repertorio variado de música
- Tocando un repertorio variado de música, sólo y en conjunto
- Improvisando melodías, variaciones, y acompañamientos
- Componiendo y arreglando música dentro de guías específicas
- Leyendo y anotando música
- Escuchando, analizando, y describiendo música
- Evaluando música y rendimientos de música.
- Comprendiendo la relación entre la música, las otras artes, y disciplinas fuera de las artes.
- Comprendiendo la música en relación a la historia y la cultura.