CURRICULUM, MUSIC, AND COMMUNITY | PROJECT OVERVIEW

Project objectives

THE CMC PROJECT AIMS to develop close relations between the school and community by

  • linking schools with their communities
  • increasing parent and community involvement
  • involving local musicians who are part of local traditions
  • increasing students' pride in their communities and heritage

The CMC project aims to integrate music into the full range of the regular school curriculum by

  • incorporating music into regular classroom instruction
  • integrating music with other subjects
  • using music and music traditions to realize the goals and objectives of the state curriculum

The CMC project aims to place in the foreground the importance of aesthetic understanding in the modern world by

  • introducing local music and musical traditions in ways that are relevant to students' lives

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