Intermediate Band Syllabus

   The Intermediate Band Curriculum is designed to resume where the Beginners left off.  This class will spend more time working on orchestrated pieces of music, but will still spend about 75% of class time in the text book.  The seventh grade players are now eligible to audition for the IMEA District Festival.  For specific information, ask your child or e-mail the staff. 

All Junior High band students are required to attend four lessons per grading period.  Please see the grading requirements.

 We use "Accent on Achievement," Book II and supplementary materials.  The additional curriculum is need-driven and worksheets will be used to supplement our weaknesses.  Written test are given semi-quarterly and will assess technical progress on a personal basis.  Scores from skill evaluations are used for grading as well as chair placements. 

   State Goal #25:  Know the language of the arts.

•      Identify and describe basic musical terms and signs as they relate to form (e.g., dal segno coda) and     expression (e.g., crescendo, ritardando, fermata, time signature, key signature, dynamics, etc.).
•     To play Bb, Eb, Ab, G, C, and F concert scales with companion harmonic and melodic minor scales. 
•     Chromatic scale is to be played--one-octave from memory.

   State Goal #26:  Through creating and performing, understand how works of art are

                               produced.

•      Describe the processes involved in performing music.
•      Play with expression and accuracy a variety of music of various genres and cultures appropriate to the intermediate junior high musician.

   State Goal #27:  Understand the role of the arts in civilizations, past and present.

•      Identify and describe various careers and jobs in the arts.
•      Understand the societal function of a particular performance piece (i.e. entertainment, ceremony).
•      Know and describe how music of a particular period reflects its historical and cultural importance.

        70 %  tests, quizzes, and evaluations

        10 %  practice log with 90 or 120 min/wk and signed by a parent

        10 %  attending prescribed number of lessons/quarter

        10 %  attending the performance (concert) that is required

      100 %

        Students are encouraged  to seek help from the instructors when needed.  Please

        ask for help.

                                                                                                                            see grading

   The band will play at two concerts and one parade.  The performance dates are listed on the Intermediate Band Index.  Performance dates will steer many of the class projects and performances should be viewed as a final assessment for large units of material.  All performances are mandatory, please view the grading section of this page.  The Memorial Day Parade is the event that suffers the most from absent musicians.