Choir and Guitar
The arts enable personal, intellectual, social, economic,
and human growth by fostering creativity and providing opportunities
for expression beyond the limits of language.
- New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for Visual and Performing Arts (2009)
Active participation in the performing arts is a critical component in every child’s education. Music performance programs enrich students’ lives and provide a vehicle for them to communicate and express human emotion and ideas. In addition, the study of the arts prepares students to be successful in a twenty-first century world that demands innovative thinking and creativity in an increasingly competitive global society.
We believe that all students are capable of growth in the performing arts and that there are skills and concepts inherent in the performance of music that cannot be taught in other disciplines. Participation in an musical performance program allows students to make connections across content areas and cultural boundaries.
