Music at Northfield Elementary🎵🎶

Hello families,

My name is Julia Beck and I am a new face at Northfield Elementary! I have the pleasure of being your student's music teacher. I am originally from Northeast Ohio but have spent the last 10 years teaching elementary music in South Carolina. I am happy to have returned back home to Ohio and even happier that I get to work at Northfield Elementary with such a wonderful community of students, families, teachers and staff. I am looking forward to a wonderful, joyful, music-filled school year!

All students in each grade level are exploring the many elements of music that include listening, singing, moving, creating, dancing, and playing a variety of instruments. While each grade level is learning many aspects of music each day they come to class, each grade has a specific learning focus.

Here are the music learning focuses for each grade level for the first weeks of school...

Kindergarten: Beat; and the 4 Voice Types (singing, speaking, whispering, shouting)

First Grade: Steady beat vs. No Beat; developing singing voice

Second Grade: Beat and meter; vocal technique

Third Grade: Beat and meter; vocal technique; music literacy

Fourth Grade: Concert preparation; vocal technique; music literacy

Fourth graders will need to bring their recorder to school. We will start back up with recorder in September! If you have any questions or concerns about your fourth grader's recorder, please reach out to me.

Fourth grade families: Save the Date for Winter Arts Fest... our fourth grade students will be performing in the morning!

Saturday, December 12, 2026 at Nordonia High School

If you ever have questions or need to reach out, I’m happy to connect!

Mrs. Julia Beck
Music Teacher, Northfield Elementary

📧 Email: julia.beck@nordoniaschools.org
📞 Classroom Phone: (330) 467-2010