Concert Band

This course is open to any student who plays a woodwind, brass, or percussion instrument. Students will work to develop and refine their technical and musical skills, and will play a wide variety of band literature. Performances include school and community events throughout the year and attendance is required at all scheduled performances. Students must be a member of Concert Band to participate in and/or audition for Jazz or Classical All State music festivals. Students are expected to have a minimum of one year of experience playing a band instrument to participate in the ensemble.

Credits

1

Grades

9-12

School Competencies
  • Readiness (Awareness - Foundational)
  • Self-Expression (Communication - Foundational)
  • Interpretation (Problem Solving & Analysis - Foundational)
  • Visual & Artistic Performance (Communication - Advanced)
Course Competencies

Creating - Students will apply the skills and language of concert band to conceive and develop artistic ideas and work by generating, conceptualizing, and organizing artistic ideas, refining and completing artistic idea.

Presenting - Students will apply the skills and language of concert band to convey meaning and communicate ideas of completed works by analyzing, interpreting, and selecting artistic works for presentation, realizing, developing, and refining artistic works for presentation

Responding - Students will apply the skills and language of concert band to evaluate how artworks convey meaning by perceiving and analyzing artistic work & interpreting intent and meaning of artistic work, furthermore, applying criteria to artistic work

Connecting - Students will apply the skills and language of concert band to relate personal meaning and external context to specific works of art and during the art-making process by synthesizing and relating knowledge and experience to artistic ideas and artistic work. Then, applying societal, cultural, and historical contexts to artistic ideas and artistic work.