Derek Suzuki instructs our Keyboard Lab, for fourth and fifth grade students, incorporating technology and keyboard instruction while utilizing the latest hardware and software technology.

Mrs. Terry, our band teacher, inspires students to explore their musical potential and find their own passion for playing musical instruments!

Chorus & Midi Keyboard Lab

Chorus is taught by Lisa Williams and is operated as a serious rehearsal and performance group. This focus provides a foundation for life long music appreciation and prepares our young singers to work with other more formal singing ensembles as they progress through secondary education and beyond.

Music Coaches

The fourth and fifth grade band students study with professional coaches, receiving both small group and large group lessons each week.

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Carl Orff (1895-1982)

Orff Curriculum: The Orff philosophy combines the elements of speech, rhythm, poetry, nursery rhymes, movement, dance, and song. And at the heart of all this is improvisation - the instinct children have to create their own melodies, to explore their imaginations.

Oak Park Tigers show respect to everyone by:

School Description and Mission Statement

Oak Park Elementary Music Conservatory Magnet is a 2008 Title I Achieving School. The school comprises grades kindergarten through 5, and enrollment for the 2007–08 school year was 823 students. Teachers use assessment and data to create an instructional program that is standards-based, challenging, engaging, and motivating for all children. Students are held to high expectations academically and behaviorally.

The school’s ethnic and cultural diversity is an asset. All children and their parents are valued at Oak Park School. Our diverse school community believes Oak Park is a special place for children. Therefore, our mission is to provide a nurturing and academically stimulating program to develop the whole child and recognize each individual’s abilities, talents, and needs.