At St. Agatha Academy, the music curriculum focuses on sacred music, chant, and the theoretical aspects of music as a liberal art, integrating it with the faith through hymns and liturgical participation to cultivate beauty and order in students’ souls. The curriculum aims to develop deep musical listening, structural understanding, and performance skills, while also exploring the history of great composers and the spirituality of music within a Catholic worldview. This approach grounds music in the wisdom of figures like Boethius, Aristotle, and Aquinas, preparing students intellectually and spiritually rather than just for performance.
Students in grades 4 and 5 take beginning band class. Students in grades 6, 7, and 8 take Advanced band class. Musical instruments can be rented through a local provider for a nominal fee, or they may be brought from home if available. The school participates in the diocesan-wide band concert in the Spring, in which all band students play together, along with the Lexington Catholic High School bands.