| Concepts and
Skills |
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The following concepts and skills are stressed in
all band classes: |
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Performance skills, including tone, intonation, articulation,
phrasing, expression, rhythmic authority, dynamics, accents, tempo,
balance/blend, accuracy |
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Music notation reading and understanding |
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Music highlighting |
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Posture and instrument position |
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Understanding instrument care |
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Specific group performance before an audience and assessment of
music performances |
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Following conducting cues appropriately |
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Understanding musical terms |
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Music composition |
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Historical and cultural connections |
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Monitoring practice |
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| Grade Definitions |
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"A" Student :: Consistently demonstrates accurate
and complete knowledge of content and skills specified above; applies
that knowledge to solve problems in a variety of settings. |
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"B+" Student :: Regularly demonstrates accurate
knowledge of content and skills specified above, with minor needed
improvement; applies that knowledge to solve problems in a variety
of settings. |
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"B" Student :: Demonstrates knowledge of content
and skills specified above, with some improvement needed in accuracy
and/or consistency in performance; applies that knowledge to solve
problems in a variety of settings. |
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"C+" Student :: Demonstrates knowledge of basic
content and skills specified above, but requires additional practice
and instructional experiences to refine skills necessary to solve
a variety of problems. |
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"C" Student :: Demonstrates knowledge of basic
content and skills specified above, but requires additional practice
and instructional experiences to acquire skills necessary to solve
a variety of problems. |
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"D+" Student :: Needs additional practice and
instructional experiences to acquire the knowledge of and basic
content and skills specified above necessary to solve problems.
As a final mark, this grade is not necessarily sufficient to meet
the prerequisite requirements for the next level in a sequence of
courses. |
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"D" Student :: Needs significant practice and
instructional experiences to acquire the knowledge of basic content
and skills specified above necessary to solve problems. As a final
mark, this grade is not necessarily sufficient to meet the prerequisite
requirements for the next level in a sequence of courses |
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"F" Student :: Has not demonstrated the basic
knowledge of content and/or skills specified above and requires
additional practice and instructional experiences in order to succeed. |
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Students and parents should be aware that practice
reports are due to the band teacher on a weekly basis. "Work
habits" grades will be determined by the number of practice
reports received.
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Final grades are not cumulative, but reflect the student's
progress in areas of knowledge and abilities at the end of the school
year. |
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| Band Seating |
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Students are seated according to their musical and
technical proficiency on their instrument. This is done to insure
proper blend and balance throughout the ensemble. Seat placement
is relative to the abilities of those in the group. (This placement
may be referred to as what "chair" a student has, such
as, 1st chair, 2nd chair, etc.) Each student is responsible for
his or her own performance. |
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Regular attendance is a vital part of our program.
Attendance is a commitment that each individual must make to his/her
self and to the organization. Each student is expected to attend
all daily rehearsals, extra rehearsals, and performances. Failure
to do so will affect a student's grade.
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