GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Curriculum Guide
Course Title: 7th Grade
Concert Band
Subject: Instrumental Music
Grade Level: 7
Department/School: Music/High School
Duration: Full Year
Number of Credits: N/A
Prerequisite: Student
must be able to read music and create a sound on their instrument of choice
Elective or Required: N/A
Author: Kevin Lagos
Date Submitted: Summer 2005
Course Description
Concert Band, for all wind and percussion instrumentalists,
provides students with group instruction and will begin to explore music
performance through literature of a higher-grade level. This music is longer in duration and more
technically demanding than the compositions performed at the elementary
level. Band will be scheduled during one
of the cycle periods (Block 1 for grade 7) for the students who choose to
participate. It will be necessary for
the band to meet outside the school day prior to any performances. The band director will schedule these rehearsals. There is a prerequisite requirement of one
year’s experience in band to be able to participate. Please check with the band director if you
have questions about eligibility.
GLEN RIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MUSIC
The making of music is a thoughtful practice involving
formal and informal knowledge. It
requires the development and practice of sensory skills, the manipulation and
translation of complex symbols, and the understanding of the component parts
and the big picture within the composition.
The Glen Ridge Music Department strives to show that one
cannot understand music without the awareness of size, shape, physics and
mechanical functioning of the instruments.
Personal physical involvement and the development of skills in
breathing, projection, and intonation are intimate personal activities that
most people give little notice to but which are essential skills if we are to
be able to be clearly understood.
The Glen Ridge High School Concert Band is an opportunity
for mutual effort and success. The
knowledge that the group’s successful performance is reliant on the practice
and perfection of each individual’s contribution is an asset to the family, the
school and later in the workplace.
MUSIC
STANDARD 1.1:
(AESTHETICS)
STANDARD 1.2: (CREATION
STANDARD 1.3:
(ELEMENTS
STANDARD 1.4:
(CRITIQUE)
STANDARD 1.5: (HISTORY/CULTURE)
Curriculum Description
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Perform
with correct posture.
2. Use
proper embouchure placement.
3. Demonstrate
proper breathing techniques.
4. Play
with good tone and intonation.
5. Demonstrate proper articulations.
Content Standards: 1.1,
1.2, 1.3
Duration of time: Full Year
Activities
-
Teacher demonstration and aids
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Physical exercises from Methods Books (Standards of
Excellence etc.)
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Classroom warm-ups and drills
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Record, playback and analyze student performance
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Perform the various elements of music as found in the composition with pitch, rhythmic, and stylistic accuracy (Music Level 1-3).
2. Discuss
the various elements of music as found in the composition (Music Level 1-3).
3. Sight
read in different keys (C, F, Bb, Eb, G, D, A).
Content Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Duration of time: Full Year
Activities:
-
Classroom rehearsal of level 2 pieces on a 1-6 scale
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Classroom discussions
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Student solos, outside performances
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Teacher provided material
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Participate
as a performer in a musical ensemble (Music Level 1-3).
2. Perform
appropriate music in correct style (Music Level 1-3).
3. Compose
original melodies with others.
4. Create
chord progressions and improvise over the progression.
5. Play
with correct dynamics, articulations, and rhythmic accuracy.
6. Demonstrate
through performance correct interpretation of conductor’s patterns and
directions.
7. Demonstrate
proper rehearsal and performance techniques.
Content Standard: 1.1,
1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
Duration of time: Full Year
Activities
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Instrumental material provided by the teacher
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Recordings provided by the teacher
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Evaluation worksheets
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Small ensembles
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Improvisation concerts
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Ensemble playing of students’ written music
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Develop
and utilize a set of criteria to evaluate their performance.
2. Distinguish by performing, analyzing, and listening to various styles of musical literature.
Content Standards: 1.4, 1.5
Duration of time: Last two weeks of each marking period
Activities
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Teacher and student developed rubrics
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Adjudication tapes – Great Adventure Festival
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Performances for main ensemble
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Performances for small ensembles
Texts, Resources, and/or Literature
·
The band chooses music from a library of over
700 pieces of music. The difficulty
ranges from a level 1-6. The musicians
in the 7th Grade Concert Band will be playing music with a difficulty rating of
1-3.
·
Bruce Pearson’s “Standards of Excellence”
·
Voxman Duet Vol. 1