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Music
TLC
students experience music with their entire bodies.
Singing, rhythm chants and games, movement, playing rhythmic and
melodic instruments, composition, and performance provide the means by
which students learn the fundamentals of music.
These basics include pitch, melody and harmony, beat and rhythm,
music reading, and musical expression. Formal instruction in recorder and guitar is offered to 3rd
- 8th grade students. All students participate in choral and instrumental performance
four times per year, including the school’s spring musical.
In addition, TLC supports students studying music privately
outside school by providing opportunities for them to perform for the
larger TLC community throughout the year. Music lessons are led by
Ms. Aline, a former TLC parent.
In 2006, TLC enjoyed participating in LEAF in
Schools and Streets (LSS) for the first time! LSS is
an outreach program that sends performing artists into local
communities and schools for hands-on workshops and
residencies. The experience provides opportunity for our
students to attend the Lake Eden Arts Festival and to perform
alongside resident artists on a national stage, with their
parents in the audience. Our first residency was with
Heather Taft from the Asheville Arts Center in downtown
Asheville, who led Irish step-dancing lessons for
our students. Joe Adams of Hunab Kru, a local breakdancing
troupe, led our second residency in hip hop dance. We look
forward to participating in our third residency in the fall of
2007.
 
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