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• How to Design and Teach a Successful School String Program,
  by Dillon and Kriechbaum
• Classic Tunes and Tales, by Kline
• All For Strings, by Anderson and Frost
• Suzuki Strings Method, Book I
• Various music history and appreciation texts (i.e. Grout, Machlis, Groves

• To cultivate an understanding of music as a gift from God intended to be
  used as an aesthetic manifestation of His goodness, truth and beauty.
• To cultivate a desire to image God in our creative endeavors, for His glory
  and mankind’s pleasure.
• To explore and recognize the fundamental elements of music—rhythm,
  melody, harmony, texture, and form.
• To build a working vocabulary of musical terms.
• To identify the symbols used in music notation and develop a f uency in
  reading music.
• To expose students to the flow of music history through the biographies
  of various composers.
• To explore the role of music in various cultures, current and past.

• Violin ensemble
• Imitation and analysis of cultivated skills
• Integration with other disciplines as expedient
• Performances and field trips

• Holy Bible
• Voice for Life workbooks, published by Royal School of Church Music
  choral literature
• various music history and appreciation texts (i.e. Grout, Machlis, Groves)

• To cultivate an understanding of music as a gift from God intended to be
  used as an aesthetic manifestation of His goodness, truth and beauty.
• To cultivate a desire to image God in our creative endeavors, for His glory
  and mankind’s pleasure.
• To explore and recognize the fundamental elements of music—rhythm,
  melody, harmony, texture, and form.
• To build a working vocabulary of musical terms.
• To identify the symbols used in music notation and develop a fluency in
  reading music.
• To expose students to the fl ow of music history through the biographies of
  various composers.
• To explore the role of music in various cultures, current and past.
• To train students in the techniques of choral singing.

• Choral rehearsal
• Lecture
• Assigned work
• Performances and field trips