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The Atlanta Public Schools Music Program is designed to provide standards-driven, sequential, and comprehensive music instruction that will offer experiences necessary to develop an appreciation for, and skills in, music.

Vision Statement

The study of music is important to the child's personal feelings, intellectual, physical, and social growth, and is a significant part of the cultural heritage of all peoples. Through music, children have the opportunity to develop keener insights into the dignity and worth of mankind, to enjoy a more human educational environment, and to know what they feel and feel what they know.

A complete music program should include experiences in listening to, producing, and performing music. It should:

• Foster the development of children who are actively engaged in learning.
• Contribute to a creative, committed, and exciting school culture, and build bridges to a broader community culture.
• Help generate a dynamic, coordinated, and cohesive curriculum.
• Humanize the learning experience.
• Allow students to value and appreciate the contributions of other students, of history, and of other cultures.

Fundamental skills established in the primary grades are deepened and expanded upon each year so that high school students graduate with an appreciation of, skill in, and understanding of music. The curriculum is designed to provide the experiences necessary to develop and prepare our students in each of these stated aspects, working together with the other subjects towards the development of the total child.

First Semester

Hosted the Pre-Planning Meeting at North Atlanta High School

• Reginald Colbert
• Rushia Evans
• Natalie Colbert
• Adam Brooks

GMEA Event Hosts

• Jennifer Hutton, Grady High School
• Kevin Hill, Grady High School

Participated in the GMEA High School Honor Choir

• Students from Carver School of the Arts: Weldon Williams, Director
• Students from Grady High School: Kevin Hill, Director
• Students from Southside High School: Lydia Williams, Director

Participated in the Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir

• Students from Mays High School: Garnetta Penn, Director

Participated in the Spivey Hall Treble Choir

• Students from Bunche Middle School, Dr. Adrianne Rensburg, Director

Facilitated Beginning-of-the-Year Meeting

• Elementary Choral: Marcia Simmons
• Middle/High Choral: Garnetta Penn
• Band: Mary McGowan
• Orchestra: Natalie Colbert

Participated in APS Marching Band Festival

• Washington HS: Dale Williams
• Southside HS: Everard Harris
• South Atlanta HS: Jamont Lane
• North Atlanta HS: Adam Brooks
• Mays HS: William Earvin
• Douglass HS: Vanable Moody

Grady High School Orchestra (Jennifer Hutton) performed at the Governor's Mansion

Clinitians for Sight Reading Workshop for Middle/High School Choral Teachers

• Garnetta Penn, Mays High School
• Tommy Ross, Retired Choral Teacher

Performed at Teacher of the Year Celebration

• Jasmine Ice, Vocalist: North Atlanta High School
• Jean C. Young Middle School Jazz Band: Robert Jeffrey, Director

Performed for Principal For a Day Celebration

• North Atlanta High School Chamber Orchestra

Performed at APS 2007 Convocation

• Ryan Bolton, Vocalist: Sutton Middle School
• Ralph Bunche Middle School Jazz Band: Mary McGowan, Director

Five violins were donated to Tull Waters Elementary School Strings Program (Susan Van Wick) by Mark Pullem, owner of North Fulton Violins

Southside High School Choral Students (Lydia Williams) performed at the Atlanta Hawks game on December 20, 2007

Jasmine Addison, Samone Turner, and Angelo Evans, students at Southside High School, performed during half-time with the Atlanta Hawks Holiday Choir

Sarah Parker a student at North Atlanta High School performed in the First Flute Section of the All District Honor Band, on February 8 and 9. Adam Brooks is her director.

The APS teachers listed below erformed with Tara Winds , a metro Atlanta adult concert band, at the National Band Association/College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Biannual Conference in Columbus, Georgia on February 28, 2008:

• Marissa Knaub, Harp Instructor: Carver School of the Arts
• Susan Van Wick, French Horn: Tull Waters Elementary School
• William Dyson, Tuba: Retired APS Orchestra Teacher

APS 2008 Governor's Honors Program Semi-Finalists