Listed below are some of the core concepts studied in each grade level through a required curriculum that includes singing, movement, listening activities, and playing classroom instruments.

Grade One

Includes the study of steady beat, long and short; ta, ti-ti; quarter rest; AB and ABA form, phrases; sol, mi, la

Grade Two

Includes the study of duple and triple meter, barline, quarter note, whole note and rest, half note and rest, dotted half note, do, re, step and skip

Grade Three

Includes the study of simple meter signatures; ti-ri-ti-ri and ta-i-ti; low la, low sol; pitch letter names, treble clef; round; D.C. al Fine

Grade Four

Includes the study of metric counting; ti-ti-ri and ti-ri-ti; high do, fa; partner songs; rondo; overture

Grade Five

Includes the study of syn-co-pah, dotted eighth note followed by the sixteenth; high ti, low ti, scales C, G, F; descant; chord building for I, IV, V in the keys of C, G, and F

Choral

Demonstrate correct posture and breath support when singing; perform vowels and consonants with a unified sound; perform Kodaly hand signs while singing; identify and perform songs in simple meter; identify ascending and descending melodies, perform unison and two part harmony; identify soprano voice and its range

Instrumental (Winds, Strings, and Percussion)

Produce a characteristic tone on the instrument; perform necessary fingerings to produce a one octave range; perform the rhythmic notations through quarter rest; identify 2/4 and 4/4 meters; sight read as an ensemble, four measure patterns using notations up to a quarter note (winds and strings) or an eighth note (percussion), play a multiple bounce/buzz roll (percussion)