Music at OLR starts with a mixture of movement, singing, and percussion instruments in Kindergarten. This will continue in 1st and 2nd grade and will include an introduction to understanding rhythms and some note reading and writing. By the latter part of 2nd grade we like to get the students on some more substantial classroom instruments. Glockenspiel is used to teach students how and what to listen for in order to make music together. We also use recorders with the middle grades and up. These are great instruments for a class and are good preparation if the students wish to play other instruments. We recognize all the major composers such as Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart as well as a few more. When a cultural celebration or holiday comes up we expose students to the music(s) indicative of that particular culture. All classes prepare and sing Christmas songs resulting in a school singalong right before Christmas break.