Music Memory - Grade 3  
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In it's second year under the sponsorship of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra,  Music Memory gives children the opportunity to learn 16 pieces of classical music each year. This means when a student completes four years of this program, they will be able to identify and appreciate 64 pieces of classical music! They will also all have the chance to come to a live concert given by the orchestra where they will be tested on their knowledge of the selections.

Goals Aligned With the Massachusetts and National Standards for Arts Education Music Memory is designed to help children:

• Listen and respond actively to music
• Acquire knowledge of music terms and definitions
• Learn about composers, the periods they live in and the cultural significance of their music
• Make connections from the music to other disciplines
• Enjoy a meaningful cultural experience with their peers

 The acquisition of focused listening skills in the course of exposure to a carefully selected, diverse repertoire is key to the learning process. Students, guided by their music teachers, engage in a wide range of artistic activities including creative and structured movement, singing, and performing on rhythm and melody instruments. As the children become aware of the structure of each piece, its melodic, harmonic and rhythmic patterns, and the instrumentation or voices used, they delight in their newly acquired ability to identify works and composers upon hearing only a few bars.

This program continues in grades 4 - 6 at Wixon Middle School