Saint Clement School has for years provided its students with a cultural education. The children receive regular art classes, which cover the widest variety of mediums. They also come to the music room twice a week for instruction in the musical arts.
The curriculum is geared to progressively teach music, from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade, and follows the Saint Clement guidelines that the school has previously published, along with state and national curriculum norms.
Each student learns how to read music. They also learn the history of music, with an emphasis on Western Music and the works of great composers from Palestrina to John Adams.
Popular music is not ignored. Each class has a theme for the year and included in the overall program are topics such as Broadway theater tradition, the development of American Jazz, Twentieth Century Music, Opera, the Beatles, etc.
Throughout the year we prepare for vocal performances at special liturgical services, and, of course, the annual Christmas Concert and Spring Concerts.
We also make time for students studying their instruments to showcase their talents with classroom performances.
In the music room several instruments are available for hands on experience. These include a complete drum kit, a violin, a variety of keyboards, guitars and percussion instruments for the children.
We also record and put on-line as much of the music we create as possible.
The curriculum is geared to progressively teach music, from pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade, and follows the Saint Clement guidelines that the school has previously published, along with state and national curriculum norms.
Each student learns how to read music. They also learn the history of music, with an emphasis on Western Music and the works of great composers from Palestrina to John Adams.
Popular music is not ignored. Each class has a theme for the year and included in the overall program are topics such as Broadway theater tradition, the development of American Jazz, Twentieth Century Music, Opera, the Beatles, etc.
Throughout the year we prepare for vocal performances at special liturgical services, and, of course, the annual Christmas Concert and Spring Concerts.
We also make time for students studying their instruments to showcase their talents with classroom performances.
In the music room several instruments are available for hands on experience. These include a complete drum kit, a violin, a variety of keyboards, guitars and percussion instruments for the children.
We also record and put on-line as much of the music we create as possible.
The music class is taught by Jesse Roe. A graduate of Marquette University, Mr. Roe studied piano with Julliard and Manhattan School of Music teachers. He studied composition with John Downey. He was one of the first white artists to be offered a contract with Motown records, later signing with Warner Brothers/Elektra/Asylum records and released an album with that label. He has performed at The Arie Crown, Constitution Hall and Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center, among other venues. Mr. Roe also coached basketball at Saint Clement for twenty years, while producing and arranging for a variety of local artists; their songs, not their lay-ups.