Music The music curriculum is carried out in the seventh through tenth grades. It begins with individual recorder performance and an introduction to music theory in the seventh grade. Students perform in recorder ensembles in the eighth grade and are introduced to composition skills. Recorder performances are judged in the J.S. Bach Competition. In the ninth grade, students perform in a choir and compose in four-part harmony. In the tenth grade, they again perform in a choir and compose in sixteenth-century counterpoint. Selected student compositions are performed at a Fine Arts Night.