Welcome to Music!
The Core Knowledge Program at Palmetto Prep allows students to explore the many different areas of music including theory and composition, history, and creative musical performances including both improvisation and rehearsed pieces. We use core elements of music such as pitch, rhythm, form, melody, harmony, timbre, and dynamics on a daily basis. Palmetto Prep students learn through experiencing and playing music, as well as listening to it actively.
Current Studies
What We’re Working On: June 1st – 4th
Preschool: This week we are exploring Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. We are working on detecting the emotion with with the composer wrote. Pre-Preppers and Preppers are imagining a story in which a monster knocks at Beethoven’s door. Pre-K is learning about what actually inspired the symphony: Beethoven’s tragic fate of deafness. We are moving the music with scarves, and following its form by identifying themes and emotions in each segment.
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
-Victor Hugo
