Course Title: Advanced Band / Advanced II

Course Number:  95810 /         

Teacher: Mr. Mendoza

The best time to contact me is: 1:30 – 2:30 PM

Teacher CPS Email : cjmendoza@cps.edu 

Website: http://teacherweb.com/IL/Steinmetz/mendoza/index.html

School Phone #: 773-534-3030 and leave a message for the teacher to return your call.

 

Course Description: Advanced Band is the third level of the band program at Steinmetz Academic Centre.  In this class students will have the opportunity to continue with their chosen woodwind, brass or percussion instrument in a group setting.  The specific aim of the band program is to enable students to communicate effectively through instrumental music and to understand and value a variety of musical and cultural expressions throughout life.

Course Objective:  By participating in the Steinmetz Academic Centre band program, students will:  

• Continue and improve the skills every musician needs such as assembly and care of their chosen instrument, proper playing posture, tone production and playing techniques for their instrument.
• Advance in the playing of their instrument to a grade 3 level by the end of this school year.
• Be able to perform, from memory, eight major scales and four minor scales with arpeggios.
• Be able to perform a chromatic scale from memory two octaves.
• Be able to sight-read at a grade 3 level.
• Continue to learn and review more advanced music theory and music vocabulary such as reading and understanding more complex musical notation and symbols.
• Continue the acquisition of the skills, abilities, understandings and attitudes necessary to express themselves musically as individuals and as members of an ensemble.
• Perform in at least 2 Concerts / Perform as Marching Band at school events and parades
• Be able to make informed decisions both as producers and consumers of music
• Value and appreciate music from a variety of cultural and historical contexts and understand the role of music in daily life.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Beginning Band & Intermediate Band or previous experience on a band instrument

Instructional Materials:  Standard of Excellence Book 2, handouts, and worksheets.

 

Student Materials: Standard of Excellence Book 2 (Blue Book), 2 pencils  Woodwinds: At least three working #2 or 2 1/2 reeds Brass: Mouthpiece, Valve Oil.  Percussion: Sticks, mallets, stickbag.  Rental instruments are highly recommended but not required.

 

Assignments: As assigned from the Standard of Excellence book 2.

 

Homework: Practice instrument, worksheets and vocabulary as assigned.

 

Grading: 

Daily Participation Points: 25%

In-class Assignments and Assessments 25%

Performances: 50%

 

Grading Scale: 

90 and above=A     80-89=B      70-79=C      60-69=D      Below 59=F

 

Formative Assessments: Performance of assignments from book, (MIMS); bell ringers;

 

Summative Assessments:  5 week common course assessments; Playing tests; unit examinations; weekly vocabulary quizzes;

 

Attendance:  It is extremely important that students attend class every day and are on time. 

“March to Music” will be in full effect this year! The doors to the Bandroom and the Choir side will be locked after the second bell rings and the music stops. After this, only students with tardy passes will be admitted. This will also cause you to lose your daily points for the day and repeated offenses can result in a failure for the course.

  Students who have an excused absence must make up any work missed within one week of return (excluding extended excused absence).

Attendance Policy:  Per CPS attendance policy, “Students who have unexcused absences in 20% [18 days] of the classes in a particular course during the period for which a unit of credit is earned shall not pass the course and shall receive no credit towards promotion.” Therefore, 18 days of such absence will result in failure of the course.