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North Cross School provides a solid foundation in vocal music for students beginning in the Lower School. Early elementary students begin with two group music lessons per week and learn to sing a variety of simple songs alone and with a group. Students in first grade learn note reading and rhythm counting and perform in the holiday concert and "Welcome to Roanoke, Flat Stanley" Program. Second grade students gain exposure to musical cultures and perform in the holiday concert, and African Program. Students in third grade receive ukulele and recorder instruction. Fourth grade students can choose between beginning band and chorus instruction twice a week, which they'll continue in fifth grade three days per week. Sixth grade students continue on in either Concert Band or Concert Choir four days per week. Beginning in the seventh grade, students choosing to continue in chorus can either stay in Concert Choir or join Show Choir. In Eighth grade, students continuing in chorus can either do so in Show Choir or join the Upper School in Chorale. Here, their skills as musicians develop further. As the students progress, they are exposed to more advanced music theory, and are given more performance and competition opportunities — not to mention more difficult musical arrangements
Lower School Chorus Fourth and Fifth Grade
Concert Choir Sixth and Seventh Grade
Show Choir Seventh and Eighth Grade
Chorale Eighth through Twelfth Grade
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Thomas Costello Fine Arts Department Chair, Musical Theatre and Choral Director South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University—B.F.A. Appointed 2022 Choir Room, Slack Hall
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Roanoke, Virginia 24018 540-989-6641 • (540) 989-7299 (FAX) HOURS: M-F; 8AM-4PM |
North Cross School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school founded in 1944 and governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees.
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