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Students in grades 4th - 8th can take instrumental music lessons at OCS.  Both private and group lessons are available.  The sign up form can be found on the "Student Backpack".  In the past students have learned piano/keyboard, percussion, trumpet, trombone, flute, guitar, saxophone, ukulele... If your son/daughter is interested in lessons check out the form for more information.  If you have any questions you can reach me at sfirling@oxfordcentral.org .

Winter concert - Wednesday, December 11th. Snow date - Wednesday December 18th.

We start the year with what do we learn in general music class, procedures, etc.  Here's just a basic list:     Music History - composers, music, instruments from Medieval to Present day          - 3B's, Music written for children, classical, jazz, pop, country, just to mention a few     Music notation - rhythm, pitch, harmony          -notes - quarter notes, half notes, rests...., ABCDEFG, chords,          - playing notes on instruments (guitar, bells, recorders, and rhythm instruments)     Terms - musical terms and what do they mean (rhythm, beat, meter, unison, harmony, metronome...)          - can we use terms to describe the music      Instruments, ensembles, famous musicians (past and present day)      Singing - Singing in unison, harmony, pitch, diction, tempo...      Performance - k-5 and some of our 6th-8th grade participate in 2 concerts every year.            -singing, moving and playing instruments Looking forward to a great year of music.