Music
The music program at Brookstone is about the journey as well as the destination, about product as the result of process. Students will be exposed to an advanced repertoire as they participate in classes that reach students on an individual and group basis. Brookstone students have access to a myriad of extracurricular musical activities such as auditioning for the GMEA All State; competing in the Literary Meet as a soloist or part of a trio or quartet; singing in New York City at Carnegie Hall and at St. John the Divine, as well as attending UGA Choral Day, Georgia State University SingFest, and GISA All Select Honor Chorus. Our students have gone on to participate in auditioned university choral/jazz/musical theatre groups at Auburn, Georgia Tech, Mercer, Emory, Rhodes College, Furman as well as embarked on music industry careers at universities like NYU, Belmont, and Middle Tennessee.
LOWER SCHOOL
By incorporating the Orff Schulwerk and Kodaly daly approaches for building musicianship through imitation, experimentation, and personal expression, each and every class is filledwith the sound of children engaged in making music! Whether the students are singing, play ing the xylophones, experiencing rhythm on the drums, or getting ready for a class play, joy is in the air!
INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Music education is taken to the next level in the fourth and fifth grades. Students learn to read music through instruction on playing the recorder. They also study famous composers and present a mini-musical to the intermediate and lower school students. The personal responsibility and interdependence that the students learn while preparing for this performance is an integral part of the Brookstone experience.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Students in sixth and seventh grade have a unique opportunity at Brookstone to take a combined piano/chorus class. In this class, the students have direct instruction on the piano, presenting a recital at the end of each semester. Daily practice is the key to becoming proficient at any instrument, and that practice time is built into each day. Students also develop their voices as they learn proper techniques for singing and participate in concerts, on and off campus.
BEGINNING/ADVANCED PIANO CLASS
Eighth through twelfth graders may choose to concentrate solely on their piano skills. Whether a student is just beginning this musical journey or has had many years of lessons, everyone makes astounding progress in the piano lab.
CHORUS
Our students at Brookstone are multi-talented! Kindergarten thru twelth grade students are opportunity to particpate in one of our Cougar Chorus programs. Just another avenue to foster a lifelong love of singing. Throughout the year the chorus has many performance opportunities.