The student will perform at her or his own best level of achievement for the concert. The student will demonstrate attentiveness, self control and proper concert manners during the performance of other musical groups as well as her or his own. The student will demonstrate a working knowledge of musical terms, music theory and history as it relates to music performed in rehearsals. This may involve class discussion, worksheets and quizzes. The student will perform assigned vocal exercises and other technical exercises with consistent execution and full tone.
Students are also responsible for all organizational music currently under rehearsal.
Satisfactory completion of this optional unit requires active participation in one or more of the extra credit activities listed above or, in order to aid the student in gaining a deeper knowledge of music in nonperformance areas, students may elect to work on special projects such as concert reviews, musical composition or arranging, music-theory computer drills, computer music notation or a research paper on any approved music topic. Membership in an extra credit activity will be valid only with evidence of full participation during a grading period. Projects will be evaluated as to content and presentation. Projects must be approved by the Director at the beginning of each grading period and should be turned in one week before the end of the grading period to gain credit for that period. Units I and II will be averaged every nine weeks to determine your letter grade.