The goals of this curriculum have been synthesized into educational strands. These strands have been created after analyis of the National Standards for the Arts, The Massachusetts State Frameworks, The American School Band Directors Association Curriculum and countless public school music curriculums.
These strands will serve as a thread weaving the curriculum together from Kindergarten through 12th grade for instrumental, choral and vocal music.
Each strand will require a different set of skills, levels of cognition, experiences and/or understandings to be presented and owned by the students. By including all strands at all levels it is hoped that the goals of the curriculum will be more easily attained and monitored throughout both the districts diverse staff and classrooms of learners. Due to the obvious diversity of ages and content areas, certain strands will receive more attention at different levels of a students educational career.