Music is an integral part of the Monticello curriculum. Students learn foundational skills in lower grade levels then focus on instrumental or vocal music in upper grade levels. The history of classical, folk, and other musical traditions is also woven into the Core Knowledge curriculum.
Kindergarten through 4th grade students are taught using the Kodály method. Kodály is an ear training method from Europe that focuses on building a strong sense of pitch and rhythm. It is familiar to most people due to the use of the Do-Re-Mi scale. For a list of the primary musical works students explore, see below.
In 5th grade (at Highbury), students transition to musical performance, choosing between choir, band, or orchestra. As 7th and 8th graders, these students, in the third and fourth year of music performance, consistently receive ratings of Excellent and Superior at Utah music festivals. Monticello alumni have also been selected as Sterling Scholars in Vocal Performance and Instrumental Music.
In addition to musical performance, students in all grade levels learn about the history of music, including the following topics:
Grade Level | Examples of Genres and Classical Works | Songs |
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Kindergarten | Grieg - In the Hall of the Mountain King Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals | The Bear Went Over the Mountain Bingo The Farmer in the Dell |
1st | Jazz - Improvisation, Louis Armstrong | American the Beautiful Take Me Out to the Ball Game There’s a Hole in the Bucket When the Saints Go Marching In Yankee Doodle |
2nd | Vivaldi - The Four Seasons Back - “Jesu, Joy of Man’ Desiring” Beethoven - “Pastoral” Symphony | Buffalo Gals Casey Jones Do-Re-Mi Follow the Drinking Gourd Swing Low, Sweet Chariot This Land Is Your Land |
3rd | Tchaikovsky - Suite from Swan Lake Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man; “Hoedown” from Rodeo; Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring | Alouette America (“My country, ‘tis of thee”) Down in the Valley Simple Gifts This Little Light of Mine |
4th | Handel - “Hallelujah Chorus” Haydne - “Surprise” Symphony Mozart - The Magic Flute Gregorian Chant | Auld Lang Syne I Love the Mountain (Round) Walting Matilda Songs of the U.S. Armed Forces |
5th | Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition Music from the Renaissance Mendelssohn - selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Battle Hymn of the Republic Danny Boy Greensleeves Havah Nagilah |
6th | Baroque
Classical
Romantic
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7th | Classical Music
American Musical Traditions
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8th | Classical Music
Vocal Music
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