Vocal/Instrumental Music
Mr. John Huie - jhuie@basdschools.org
Mrs. Denise Parker - dparker@basdschools.org
Mr. Brian Rupnik - brupnik@basdschools.org
Click here for the Northeast Band and Orchestra organization website (NEBOPO) http://nebopo.weebly.com/
NEMS Music Curriculum
6th Grade Music:
Melody in music (movement by steps, skips, repeated notes), performed with the voice or instruments
Reading/understanding music notation
Creating music/projects with technology (Noteflight, Incredibox, Soundtrap, WeVideo)
Musical Theatre
Evaluating/assessing/critiquing musical styles and performances
Using a vocabulary to express facts/opinions about music
6th Grade Integrated Arts:
-Study of the Star-Spangled Banner
-My Flag Project (exploring who we are visually, using symbols that represent ourselves)
-Study of world cultures, through the arts: language, art, music, readings
China (Project: artwork using Chinese pictographs, the Ballad of Mulan)
India (Project: Raga/Tala in music - composition)
Africa (Project: Creating a Kente cloth)
Google Slides project on the country of your child's choice
7th Grade Music:
Introduction to basic guitar chords (G, C, D, e:minor) and tablature (I, vi, IV, V)
Expanding upon knowledge foundations developed in 6th grade (voice, piano, percussion)
Expanding upon knowledge foundations developed in 6th grade in music technology (composition, improvisation)
Expanding upon knowledge foundations regarding music notation
Study of experiences and ideas through the arts throughout time and across our culture:
Spirituals (Call and Response)
Ragtime (Syncopation)
Blues (Blues Scale, 12 bar Blues form, chords and lyrics)
Jazz (Swing and improvisation)
Evaluation and critique of musical styles
Expanding music vocabulary
7th Grade Integrated Arts:
-Human Bingo (team building, developing a safe/comfortable environment for learning)
-Text/lyrics analysis of libretto/script
-Assessing talent, understanding subjective and objective responses both aurally, verbally, and visually
-Use of voice and body in acting
-Study of the opera Carmen
-Carmen soundtrack project
-Study of the musical West Side Story
-WeVideo Project: Favorite 3 Scenes
8th Grade Music:
Guitar Chords: Building upon the G, C, e:minor, and D chords - key of A major: A, D, E, f sharp minor)
Music Technology: expanding upon reading music notation, creating music, improvisation
Expanding performance on piano and percussion instruments
Music in time of revolution (social change) - WeVideo, study of music that tells a story, understanding how history changes music (and music changes history), identifying similarities/differences in musical styles/cultures/eras
Video blogs about favorite subjects/hobbies
Performance and evaluation of music
8th Grade Chorus:
Score identification and study/Sight singing/Interpreting text/Music theory
Study of styles and genres of music
Preparations for auditions
Expression in music
Concert performance
Extracurricular Music/Dance Activities at Northeast
After School Vocal Groups (Boys Group, Girls Group, Northeast Singers)
Chorus (6th and 7th/8th Grade)
Dance Team and Step Team (Mr. Huie)
NEMTC Musical
NafME (National Association for Music Education website - music standards)
