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SCS offers elementary, middle, and high school students a core education in music through learning the elements of music making and music literacy. We focus on musical traditions from around the world and explore cultural connections locally and globally. Our innovative approach uses recorders, ukulele, and percussion as introductory instruments, universal in nature, which are learned easily and may complement many different classroom curricula. Singing and vocal arts are also central to SCS programs. Every program culminates in a joyful concert for the full school community.

All programs follow guidelines set by New York State Learning Standards in the Arts as well as the NYC DOE Curriculum Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Music.

SCS tailors programming to best fit each partner school’s needs by having our teaching artists work alongside the classroom teachers and administration every step of the way. After-school options are also available.

Song from Students’ Family TraditionsGrades K-2 — **Songs from Students’ Family Traditions**
Grades K-2

The Musical Time MachineGrades K-2 — **The Musical Time Machine**
Grades K-2

Alegría Musical: Latin American StoriesGrades K-3 — **Alegría Musical: Latin American Stories**
Grades K-3

Build and Play a DrumGrades K-4 — **Build and Play a Drum**
Grades K-4

**United We Sing! Songs from Around the World**
Grades K-5

**Ya Habibi: A Musical Journey through the Arab World**
Grades 1-5

Jazz and the World of Black American MusicGrades 2-5 — **Jazz and the World of Black American Music**
Grades 2-5

Recorders without BordersGrades 2-5 — **Recorders without Borders**
Grades 2-5

Ukulele! Strumming through the AmericasGrades 3-6 — **Ukulele! Strumming through the Americas**
Grades 3-6

Violin and American Folk MusicGrades 3-6 — **Violin and American Folk Music**
Grades 3-6

Beat ScienceGrades 6-8 — **Beat Science**
Grades 6-8