This paper deals with extracurricular musical activities of pupils in elementary schools. In the first part of the paper it was clarified what extracurricular activities are in general, what their purpose in elementary school is, how extracurricular activities encourage lifelong learning and have a positive impact on the development of students' competences and skills. Then, the role of the teacher in guiding, directing and encouraging students in extracurricular activities was clarified. In the second part we deal exclusively with extracurricular musical activities. These are the most common extracurricular music activities and explainthe competencies that the child develops by dealing with music. In the third part of the paper, an empirical study of extracurricular musical activities in elementary schools of the island of Brac was conducted. Data has been collected through discussions with principals and pedagogues and on the Internet. Based on the collected data from 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 school year, analysed and compared extracurricular music activities as well as the proportion of students participating in these activities. The data suggests that teachers in some schools on the island of Brac motivate students to attend extracurricular music activities and in some schools of the island of Brac, more efforts are needed to encourage their students to participate in extracurricular music activities. Likewise, it is necessary to invest more resources in organizing such activities to provide higher quality education for students. In the schools of the island of Brac, extracurricular music activities are partially developed and represented in the student's free time. The causes can also be found in the fact that, apart from extracurricular activities on the island of Brac, there is also a wide range of extracurricular activities in which pupils are also involved. In elementary schools of the island of Brac, it is still necessary to work on raising the quality and expanding the offer of extracurricular music activities to meet the needs of students for quality musical expression.