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A large orchestra performs on stage, with musicians playing various instruments such as violins, cellos, and other string instruments, while a woman in a patterned dress stands in the foreground conducting the ensemble.

ASM Music Program

The ASM Music Department believes that every person is born with the ability to be artistic, creative, and musical and that instilling healthy musical habits is vital for continued music-making throughout one’s life.
 
From Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 12, ASM’s Music Teachers seek to nurture musicians who are skilled, expressive, confident, and comfortable performers and who experience various types of performance settings (alone and with others, instrumental and choral, formal and informal). At ASM, we develop musicians who love and consume music and appreciate music from all time periods and world cultures. 

The music curriculum provides a balanced and sequential program of vocal and instrumental instruction in a developmentally and age-appropriate manner. All Lower School students take music classes as part of their regular schedule. From 6th grade through 12th grade, music classes can be chosen as electives including Band, Orchestra, and Choir. Additionally,  Band students in Grades 9-12 may audition for the ASM Jazz Ensemble. Classes in IB Music are offered in Grades 11 and 12.

A young man is seated at a Roland keyboard, playing music in front of a colorful, graffiti-covered backdrop.
The Middle School Choir is performing in a concert
Joy Edenfield, Upper School Music teacher conducting a concert
Lower School students are playing percussion on a big ball.
A young boy with a friendly expression is sitting on a chair and playing an acoustic guitar on a stage with a microphone in front of him.
A group of young women, dressed in black, appear to be singing or performing together on a stage or in a performance setting.