December 1, 2014 Monday All County Band Auditions at Patrick Henry 5:00
December 11, 2014 Thursday Damascus Middle School Band Concert 7:00
December 13, 2014 Saturday All District Auditions at John Battle 8:30 – 12:00
7th and 8th Grade Band Class Information
Students will need a pencil for this class: It is suggested that you keep one in your instrument case and one in your folder.
Music Folders and Music will be provided.
Students will need to purchase a book: Books will be needed for class by August 29th. 7th grade will be using Essential Elements 2000 Book 2 (Red Book). 8th grade will be using Essential Technique Book 3 (Green Book). Percussion Books are $16.00, all other books will be $8.00. Books come with a music cd to play along with and a DVD. We will use our books from last year to review until the new books arrive.
Our Class will meet every day. Be prepared for class, with all materials that are needed. Grades will reflect a student that does not have needed materials for class.
Practice Sheets will be due at the end of every week. 100 minutes of practice per week is recommended. Practice time should be logged and turned in on an index card, piece of paper or supplied practice sheet.
There will be weekly quiz grades for playing or written work. Be prepared.
Student seating arrangements will be determined by class room performance.
Students will be responsible for participation in All County Band Auditions (Dec 1st at Patrick Henry HS), All District Band Auditions (Dec 13th at John Battle HS), a Winter Concert (Dec 11th), Our Pre-Festival Concert (Feb 15th), District Concert Festival (March 11th & 12th). (There will be some extra practice in preparation for this competition.) The Spring Concert will be May 14th. Solo and Ensemble will be May 5th at Holston HS. If a student is selected to the all county honor band the practice and performance dates are January 9th and 10th. If a student is selected to the all district honor band the practice and performance dates are February 6th and 7th.
Students and parents should know that scheduled practices and performances are important. Students should make every effort to attend, but should something be missed students can maintain good grades by doing make up work and doing home practice. Please communicate with your teacher when conflicts arise.
Eighth Grade Band Students should note that Camp is schedule for July 12 through the 16 at UVA Wise. Cost will be $185.00 for food, housing, and instruction.
Email: udaniels@wcs.k12.va.us
DMS Band Directors site: http://www.quia.com/pages/dmsband.html
DMS Band Phone: 276-739-4108
Band Directors: Uley Daniels and Bob Ballengee
Virginia State Instrumental Music SOLs
Instrumental Music: Intermediate Level
Developing basic musicianship skills continues to be a priority at the Intermediate Level. Students will begin to use more articulations and bowings, perform scales and music in more difficult key signatures, demonstrate shifting and vibrato, and perform music at an intermediate level of difficulty (VBODA Solo Repertoire, Level 2-4). Ensemble skills will become more developed as students participate in band and orchestral settings. Students will describe concepts common to music and other disciplines, and will be involved in discussing various cultures, styles, composers, and historical periods.
Performance and Production
II.1 The student will demonstrate proper posture, embouchure, hand position, and playing position.
II.2 The student will produce tones that are clear, free of tension, sustained, and unwavering in pitch.
II.3 The student will adjust intonation and match pitches.
II.4 The student will incorporate tempo changes and a variety of rhythms and meters in materials being studied.
II.5 The student will demonstrate a variety of articulations or bowings.
1. Play staccato, legato tongue, accent, marcato, and tenuto on wind instruments.
2. Play staccato, brush stroke, hooked bowings, martelé, marcato, tremolo, and multiple-note slurs on stringed instruments.
II.6 The student will perform major scales, ascending and descending, in eighth notes (M.M. quarter note = 72).
1. Play D, G, C, F, B-flat, E-flat, A-flat, and D-flat one-octave scales on wind and mallet instruments.
2. Play C, G, D, A, B-flat, and A-flat two-octave scales on violin.
3. Play C, G, D, E, F, and E-flat two-octave scales on viola or cello.
4. Play C, G, D, A, E, F, B-flat, and A-flat one-octave scales on string bass.
II.7 The percussion student will perform multiple bounce roll, five stroke roll, nine stroke roll, flam, single paradiddle, drag, drag paradiddle, flam accent, flam tap, flamacue, single drag tap, double drag tap, and lesson 25 from the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) International Drum Rudiments, open-close-open.
II.8 The wind/mallet student will perform a chromatic scale, ascending and descending, in eighth notes (M.M. quarter note = 72).
II.9 The student will use dynamic contrast and technical skills as means of expression.
1. Use vibrato, alternate fingerings, trills, and grace notes when performing on wind instruments.
2. Use multiple mallets technique on two timpani, and techniques on auxiliary instruments when performing on percussion instruments.
3. Use shifting (violin or viola—up to third position; cello or bass—up to fourth position), alternate fingerings, and vibrato when performing on stringed instruments.
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Music Standards of Learning
II.10 The student will demonstrate musical phrasing through the use of dynamics, tempo, and melodic contour.
II.11 The student will demonstrate ensemble skills.
1. Blend instrumental timbres.
2. Match dynamic levels, style, and intonation.
3. Respond to conducting gestures.
II.12 The student will sight-read music of varying styles and levels of difficulty, in accordance with VBODA Level 2-4.
II.13 The student will sing a part while other students sing or play contrasting parts.
II.14 The student will perform music from a variety of cultures, styles, and historical periods.
II.15 The student will identify and repair minor problems of the instrument being studied.
II.16 The student will demonstrate increased learning through a variety of music activities.
1. Maintain attendance with required materials.
2. Demonstrate completion of assignments and/or practice.
3. Participate in concerts, performances, cross disciplinary activities, and co-curricular activities.
4. Demonstrate concert etiquette as a performer and listener.
Cultural Context and Music Theory
II.17 The student will embellish four to eight measures of a folk song by creating rhythmic and melodic variations.
II.18 The student will compose an eight-measure melody, using available technology, within teacher-specified parameters.
II.19 The student will read and notate music.
1. Use a syllable, number, or letter system to read and write simple melodies in the appropriate clef, individually and in large ensembles.
2. Use a syllable, number, or letter system to read and write rhythmic patterns that include whole, half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth notes, rests, and dotted notes, and triplets in simple and compound meters.
3. Identify, define, and demonstrate standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expression.
II.20 The student will identify career and avocational options in music.
II.21 The student will identify and analyze cultures, styles, composers, and historical periods from materials being studied.
Judgment and Criticism
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Aesthetics
II.23 The student will describe concepts common to music, the other fine arts, and other disciplines.
II.24 The student will demonstrate concert etiquette as an active listener.
II.25 The student will discuss musical performance and its value to the community.
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