Music Curriculum
Classes are taught by Mrs. Ginn
Classes Include:
Junior High Band-Junior High Band will consist of two or three, fifty-minute, classes per week. A thirty-minute private lesson, once a week, is available for those students, who require, or desire, extra help. Scheduling does not allow for all students to take private lessons during the school year but six pieces. Emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of good tone quality, intonation, balance/blend, articulations, dynamics, phrasing, key signatures, precision, and rhythmic accuracy. Students will begin the study of marching band fundamentals. Students will also begin the study of materials suitable for use as a pep band in support of athletics in the school
Senior High Band - Senior High Band will consist of five, fifty-minute, classes per week. Private lessons are available to any student who desires or requires extra help. A six-week summer session is open for lessons to the ambitious student. Students will continue to study literature from a variety of styles and musical periods. Increased sensitivity to pitch, melodic line, tone quality, articulations, dynamics, phrasing, key signatures, precision, balance/blend, and more complex rhythmic patterns will be the focus of the class. A pep band will provide students the opportunity to study the pop/rock/swing idioms as well as support athletics within the school. The senior band will include the study of performance in marching band, concert band, jazz band, and small groups, as well as, solo work for the highly motivated student.
Junior High Music - Junior High Music will consist of two or three, fifty-minute, classes per week. A thirty-minute private lesson, once a week, is available for those students, who require, or desire, extra help. Scheduling does not allow for all students to take private lessons during the school year but a six. week summer session does provide time for the ambitious student. Students will begin the study of music from a variety of styles, genres, and musical periods and will program representative pieces. Emphasis will be placed on the fundamentals of good tone quality, melodic line, pitch accuracy, balance/blend, vowel formation, dynamics, phrasing, diction, and rhythmic accuracy. Junior High Music will include the study of performance in mixed chorus, swing choir, women’s choir, and men’s choir, as well as, solo work for the highly motivated student.
Senior High Choir- Senior High Choir will consist of five, fifty-minute, classes per week. Private lessons are available to any student who desires or requires extra help. Students will continue to study literature from a variety of styles and musical periods. Increased sensitivity to pitch, melodic line, tone quality, vowel formation, dynamics, phrasing, diction, balance/blend, and more complex rhythmic patterns will be the focus of the class. The senior choir will include the study of performance in mixed chorus, swing choir, women’s choir, men’s choir, and small groups, as well as, solo work for the highly motivated student.