Music

Students in the music education program experience a comprehensive and sequential curriculum taught by certified music specialists. Course offerings are established based on the standards contained in the Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks. Standards for Music include singing, reading and notation, playing instruments, improvisation and composition, critical response, and music technology. Courses and extracurricular offerings within the department support the core values identified in the Silver Lake Mission Statement, as well as providing opportunity for students to demonstrate many aspects of the Student Expectations.

  • Select Choir

    Select Choir

    Select Choir performs at the Winter Concert

  • Concert Band performs at the Winter Concert

    Concert Band performs at the Winter Concert

  • Combined Concert Choir and Select Choir perform at the Winter Concert.

    Combined Concert Choir and Select Choir perform at the Winter Concert.

  • Band plays at the Pep Rally.

    Band plays at the Pep Rally.

Music Department Course Offerings
Performance Ensembles:

Select Choir ~ Concert Choir ~ Freshman Girls Choir
Concert / Marching Band ~ Percussion Ensemble

Elective Courses:

Intro to Guitar ~ Guitar Reading & Notation ~ Music Tech

History of American Popular Music ~ Intro to Music Theory
AP Music Theory

Extra - Curricular Ensembles:

Bella Voce ~ Silver Linings (a cappella) ~ Fella Voce ~ Jazz Band

Faculty

Ms. Kelly DePasqua
Department Chair / Choir Director
kdepasqua@slrsd.org


Mr. Greg Dube
Band Director
gdube@slrsd.org