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Lower School Music

Children fully realize their innate musical instincts in our Lower School Music Program, and learn to be tuneful, "beat-ful", and artful.  That is, they sing tunefully, feel the pulse of the music, and respond to the expressiveness of the music.
  • Instruments: Extensive instrumental exposure, including pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments, handbells, tone chimes, recorders, and ukuleles.
  • Performances: Multiple musical performance opportunities developing poise, confidence and a love of music.  
  • Pedagogy and methodology: Research-based curriculum and developmentally-appropriate pedagogies (including Orff and Kodaly methodologies) that draw from quality literature including authentic folk songs and folk dances.
  • Lower School Chorus: The Lower School Chorus is open to any student in grades two to four who loves to sing. The Chorus performs at the Holiday Concert, The Sing: A Celebration of the Holidays, and the Spring Sing.

Upper School Music

Peck's Gr. 5-8 music program balances exposure to classical composers with artists from contemporary and world music genres. Students also learn to compose their own music, first as a class and then individually. 

  • Instrumental Music Program: Students learn to play a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument in a band ensemble setting. This program is available to students in Grades 5-8 and no prior experience or ability to read music is required. For maximum growth, participants should expect to practice 25 minutes a day, 7 days a week. Students are given group lessons and participate in full ensemble rehearsals that culminate in two public concerts at the end of the school year in May.
  • Handbell Ensemble:  The auditioned US Handbell Ensemble is a unique performing art group where each member is responsible for ringing assigned bells for some particular notes in a piece of music. Ringers learn how to properly play handbells with a variety of techniques, and work as a team to create music as one ensemble. Each ringer is an integral part of the Handbell Ensemble and significantly contributes to the enjoyment and success of music-making.  
  • Unusual Instrument Project: Students learn about different regions of the world, different instruments of those regions, and see how creativity can spawn new music. Each develops a Padlet presentation about an unusual instrument of their choice.
  • Upper School Chorus: Students in grades five to eight who have a special interest in singing may choose to audition for the Upper School Chorus which meets weekly during the school day.  Students learn to sing in parts, refine diction, and work together to achieve a unified choral sound.

Tuneful - "Beat-ful" - Artful


 

THE PECK SCHOOL

247 South Street  |  Morristown, NJ  07960
973-539-8660
Northern New Jersey's timeless and transformative co-ed independent elementary and middle school education for grades K-8.

 

 
The Peck School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.