Music
Music
All Hilltop Country Day School students participate in instrumental and vocal music classes every week. This comprehensive curriculum encourages self confidence and active and creative participation for all students in Preschool through Grade 8. Both the vocal and instrumental curriculum are age appropriate and include a variety of musical experiences.
Hilltop alumni continue outstanding high school, college, and professional careers in music as instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers. Alumni have performed as soloists, with professional pit bands, on Broadway and with the N.Y. American Ballet Theatre.
Early Childhood
Elementary School
Middle School
Ensembles
Chorus
Chorus is a performance based class where students learn to use their vocal instrument to create a healthy, unified singing sound and develop team building and leadership skills. Our focus is to develop vocal repertoire while addressing tone, pitch, enunciation and projection. A wide variety of music is explored throughout the year.
Instrumental Ensemble
The Instrumental Ensemble is a performance based class where students continue developing skills on their individual instruments. Our focus is to develop performance repertoire while addressing the ensemble blend, tone, phrasing, dynamics and the fundamentals of music theory. Weekly lessons reinforce fundamentals while addressing technical demands of the instrument.