Music


Band-Marching/Symphonic
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # 6201,6202
Course # 620M, 621M
1 credit

This class meets daily and offers a full credit. Study includes performance stressing many styles from Renaissance to avant-garde. With primary emphasis on performance, the band participates in parades and concerts and performs at some athletic events. Emphasis is placed on the yearly local and state adjudication. After school activities and practices are an integral part of the course, and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed forty.

Instrumental Ensembles
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I - 6221, 6226, 6231, 6236
Course # Semester II - 6222, 6227, 6232, 6237
Course # Year - 6220, 6225, 6230, 6235
½-1 credit

This course is designed for instrumental students to participate in a small ensemble experience. Various styles of music are studied and performed. Some prior performance experience is desired, but all students are encouraged to participate. After school activities and practices are an integral part of the course, and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed twenty-five.

Music Theory/Composition I
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I - 6111
Course # Semester II - 6112
Course # Year - 6110
½-1 credit

This course offers a study of the basic elements of music and their application in elementary composition. Aural development is stressed throughout the year.

Music Theory/Composition II
Grades 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I - 613 M
Course # Semester II - 614 M
Course # Year - 612 M
½-1 credit
Prerequisite: Music Theory / composition I or its equivalent

This is an intensified course dealing with more advanced concepts in music theory as well as twentieth-century compositional techniques. Aural development is accelerated to include rhythmic and melodic dictation.

Music Theory/Form and Analysis III
Grades 11, 12
Course # Semester I - 616 M
Course # Semester II - 617 M
Course # Year - 615 M
½-1 credit
Prerequisite: Music Theory/Composition II

This course will use knowledge obtained in music Theory / Composition I and II combined with the teaching of various musical forms ( sonata, rondo, symphonic, etc.), enabling the student to analyze extended musical form.

Chorus
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # 6351, 6352, 6353, 6354
1 credit

This group is open to students interested in group singing, using literature for soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Various stylistic periods will be covered. After school activities and practices are integral parts of the course and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed twenty-five.

Concert Choir
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # 6301,6302
Course # 630 M, 631 M
1 credit

This group is open to any student interested in group singing. Students will have the opportunity to sing a variety of choral music. Programs throughout the year include assemblies, holiday programs, spring concert, graduation, and community programs. After school activities and practices are integral parts of the course and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed twenty-five.

Madrigals
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # 6361,
Course # 6362
Course # 636 M, 637 M
1 credit

This group offers four-part singing primarily for students interested in part singing, duets, trios, quartets, and solos. Attention is given to the development of vocal and ensemble techniques. It is recommended that madrigal students also belong to the concert choir. Audition is required. After school activities and practices are an integral part of the course, and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance in considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed fifteen.

Vocal Ensembles
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I 6381, 6386, 6391, 6396
Course # Semester II 6382, 6387, 6392, 6397
Course # Year 6380, 6385, 6390, 6395
½-1 credit

This course is designed for vocal students to participate in small ensemble situations. Various styles of music are studied and performed. Some prior performance experience is desired, but all students are encouraged to participate. After school activities and practices are an integral part of the course, and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed fifteen.

Class Piano
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I 6496
Course # Semester II 6497
Course # Year 6495
½-1 credit

This course is designed to give students basic choral knowledge and is intended for the avocational student. Learning simple melodic lines as well as chording is the desired objective.

Guitar
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I 6491
Course # Semester II 6492
Course # Year 6490
½-1 credit

This course is designed to give students basic chordal knowledge. Learning to accompany, using simple chordal structure, is the main objective. The students also compose their own melodies.

Strings
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # Semester I 6411, 6421, 644M, 647M
Course # Semester II 6412, 6422, 645M, 648M
Course # Year 6410, 6420, 643M, 646M
½-1 credit

This course is designed for orchestral students to participate in an ensemble situation. Various styles of music are studied and performed. Prior string ( violin, viola, cello, or bass ) experience is desired; however, new students may be accepted at all levels. After school activities and practices are an integral part of the course, and grades may reflect such participation. Attendance is considered part of the course requirement. The number of required non-school performances and practices during a school year may not exceed twenty-five.

Music and Society
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course # 6100
1 credit

This course is designed for students who wish to satisfy the Fine Arts requirement in a nonperformance based offering. Both contemporary and classical music will be studied in order to help students see more clearly the relationships between music and their society. This course is also designed to help students make appropriate connections with the art, dance, and drama of various styles and periods. Films and listing will be an integral part of this course.