Music

Our General Music program is based on the Loudoun County Elementary Music Curriculum, which is aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning. The five strands are:
   1. Music Theory/Literacy
   2. Performance
   3. Music History & Cultural Context
   4. Analysis, Evaluation, & Critique
   5. Aesthetics  
  Heritage Cluster Information
General Music Curriculum Map 
 1st Quarter Plans 
2nd Quarter Plans

 Assessments in General Music are standards-based and performance-based. The following key should be used to indicate a student’s acquisition of skills and content taught, effort exhibited, and demonstration of appropriate behavior and safe practices:
4/E – Exceeds Standard
3/M – Meets Standard
2/P – Progressing Towards Standard
1/B – Below Standard  

The following performance opportunities are available to our students this year: 
Veterans Day Program - Fourth Grade
Monday, November 11th at 9:00 a.m.
 Winter Sing-Along – All Students
Friday, December 20^th at 8:30 a.m.
 Second Grade Program
Wednesday, March 25th at 9:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Chorus
Chorus is a singing ensemble open to all 4th and 5th grade students.
Chorus will present two concerts at Tolbert this year:
Winter Concert - Wednesday, December 11th at 1:45 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Heritage Cluster Concert - Monday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m. (snow date Wednesday, January 29th)
Harlem Globetrotters - Saturday, March 21st at 7:00 p.m. at Eagle Bank Arena
Spring Concert - Wednesday, April 1st at 1:45 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. 
Additional performance opportunities TBD