HONORS BAND
Lesson Plans
Focus: Through creative performance, students apply the expressive technical skills of music and critical-thinking skills to evaluate multiple forms of problem solving.
Broad-based Concept: The study of band wind literature and the techniques of composers with specific emphasis on performance opportunities
Generalizations: Students will perform with higher-level thinking skills and concepts.
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January 5 – Feb 28 Solo and Ensemble Music selected by private lesson instructors and/or students Solo and Ensemble Contest: February 28
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January 5-Feb 9
February 9th Concert March from Symphonic Metamorphosis, Hindemith Second Suite: Holst |
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Concepts:
Perception Creative Expression/Performance Historical/Cultural Heritage Response/Evaluation
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Concepts:
Perception Creative Expression/Performance Historical/Cultural Heritage Response/Evaluation
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Enduring Understandings:
The students understand the musical concepts at a high level as appropriate in the musical selections in a process that sequentially improves.
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Enduring Understandings:
The students understand the musical concepts at a high level as appropriate in the musical selections in a process that sequentially improves.
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Guiding Questions:
· Can the students demonstrate independently accurate intonation and rhythm , fundamental skills, and basic performance techniques on solos and/or small ensembles while performing moderately easy, moderately difficult to difficult literature (UIL grades 3,2 and 1).
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Guiding Questions:
· Can students exhibit accurate intonation and rhythm, fundamental skills, and basic performance techniques? · Can the students design and apply criteria for making informed judgements regarding the quality and effectiveness of a musical performances? · Can the students play an instrument in groups performing a varied repertoire of music?
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