| Instructor:
Mr. White
Text: Method book, individual music handouts
Grade Level: 9-12
Course Credit: 1/2 credit per semester
Prerequisite: Concert Band or, in special
cases, middle school band
Course Outline:
Students who enroll in Symphonic Band should have sufficient
background and motivation to participate in advanced in-depth
instrumental music activities. The course is designed to
provide students with the opportunity to develop and refine
technical skills which will enable them to perform music
at the Grade 4-6 level of difficulty. Some musical arrangements
from a variety of historical eras will be studied, but the
emphasis will be on the study of literature composed originally
for the band/orchestra during the 20th or 21st century.
Analysis of the repertoire will provide students with an
understanding of contemporary musical forms, music for mixed
media, chance music, and the various approaches to modern
harmony. The cultural backgrounds, personal history, and
social and intellectual influences on the work of all composers
will be researched and discussed. Some harmonic dictation,
transposition, and experiences at musical composition and/or
arranging may be included. Individual responsibilities at
meeting performance obligations and leadership roles will
be defined. Additional experiences include, but not limited
to, pit orchestra and chamber and solo performances. This
course may be repeated for credit. The Symphonic Band represents
the school in public performances.
Course Outcomes:
The student will be able to:
1. follow classroom rehearsal procedures;
2. meet individual responsibilities for care and preventive
maintenance of a musical instrument;
3. follow concert performance procedures;
4. meet performance obligations as indicated on the
school's comprehensive instrumental calendar;
5. care for a concert uniform where applicable;
6. demonstrate basic competencies of instrumental
performance in the areas of tone production, intonation,
articulation/bowing, range, and memorized scales (refer
to specific performance criteria outlined in the handbook);
7. identify and perform instrumental works from the
Renaissance to the 21st century, including works with an
ethnic or cultural orientation other than Western European,
employing the correct style and performance practices of
the period;
8. investigate and summarize the social, historical,
and intellectual influences on a variety of Renaissance
to 21st century composers and their works;
9. identify special 20th century compositional techniques
and perform works which are aleatoric and/or utilize some
mixed media;
10. demonstrate basic skills in harmony, structure,
form and musical composition as they may relate to a particular
piece of music;
11. identify types of expanded musical forms to include
music for instruments with voices, explain the structure,
and perform representative works from instrumental repertoire,
e.g., opera, oratorio, musical theatre;
12. identify types of large musical forms, explain
their structure, and perform representative works in the
instrumental répertoire, e.g. sonata, suite, symphony,
concerto, etc.;
13. identify and illustrate the use of some basic
musical terms and symbols in Grade 4-6 music;
14. construct and demonstrate major and minor scales
and arpeggios;
15. identify aurally and visually major and minor triads,
arpeggios, and diatonic intervals within an octave;
16. apply aesthetic evaluate criteria to live musical
performances and professional recordings;
17. demonstrate mature musical judgment in selecting
music for performance and leisure activities.
Grading policy, calendar of events, procedures, etc.
are provided on separate pages in the Instrumental
Music Handbook.
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