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The Primary and Elementary Music Program at St. Bonaventure's College offers comprehensive classroom and choral instruction for all students in Kindergarten through Grade 6. Classroom music starts in Kindergarten where the children are introduced to singing through folk songs, nursery rhymes, and the Kodaly approach to Music Education. All children participate in a Kindergarten choir and perform in school concerts, Kiwanis Music Festivals and Rotary Music Festivals.

The Primary grades (1-3) build on the foundations of Kindergarten music program and also include a recorder program starting in Grade 3. Christmas plays are an integral part of the music program at St. Bonaventure's College and every child is given the opportunity to perform on the stage in school productions.

Commitment to community service is also very important. During the Christmas season, the children sing at hotels, the airport and hospitals to share their talents and the music of the Christmas season.

Elementary music (Grades 4-6) includes classroom music instruction as well as Elementary Choir and Elementary Chamber Choir. Membership in the Elementary Chamber Choir is voluntary and this group has been invited to participate in Festival 500 in 2007 and 2009 putting the young students from St. Bonaventure's College on the international singing stage!