Music

Welcome to the Sugarland Elementary Music Web Site!

     Our musical activities in Loudoun County cover four areas: singing, playing instruments, listening and moving. A major emphasis is placed on the development of every child's singing voice. Students in grades 1 - 5 receive two thirty minute periods of music per week. Our Loudoun County Music Curriculum is aligned with the National and State Standards of Music Education.

• Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
• Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
• Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines
• Reading and notating music
• Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
• Evaluating music and music performances
• Understanding relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts
• Understanding music in relation to history and culture

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• Cantando, sólo y en conjunto, un repertorio variado de música 
• Tocando un repertorio variado de música, sólo y en conjunto
• Improvisando melodías, variaciones, y acompañamientos 
• Componiendo y arreglando música dentro de guías específicas 
• Leyendo y anotando música 
• Escuchando, analizando, y describiendo música 
• Evaluando música y rendimientos de música. 
• Comprendiendo la relación entre la música, las otras artes, y disciplinas fuera de las artes. 
• Comprendiendo la música en relación a la historia y la cultura.