Music is selected based on the ability of the incoming fifth grade students. The emphasis is placed on beginning rehearsal techniques and developing a concert band sound. Band students interested in also taking chorus will be scheduled for chorus class on Friday of each week in lieu of reading class. The grade 6 chorus consists of male and female voices. The students rehearse two days per week until the parts are learned.
Music is selected based on the ability of the students.
The content of this course will consist of music notation, expression of music using aural techniques to recognize dynamic levels, tempos, moods and styles, form, analysis, and music history, multicultural awareness, and curriculum integration. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of music, which will include classical, opera, Broadway, and contemporary. This course will relate to the state standards by asking students to demonstrate originality and artistic expression in the creation and performance of music, to critique and evaluate their own and others' music, and to evaluate the techniques of media in the creation of music. They rehearse as a separate band until a scheduled performance. Then the 7th graders combine with the 8th graders to form the concert band.