MAMS Marching
Concert Music:
Please use this to listen and/or practice our music.
Marching Skills to be Assessed:
Tutorial videos will be available in Google Classroom
Attention
How to hold instrument
Step Size
Bringing instrument up
Bringing Instrument down
Guiding
Items you will need for Marching in 8th Grade:
Flip Folder - $5 (Flute $12)
Clarinet Lyre $8.50
Saxophone Lyre $5
Black tennis shoes and black socks
Music Standards:
Performing - 35%
Select/Analyze Concert Music
Evaluate/Refine Individual or Ensemble Performance
Present Music to Others
Responding - 20%
Evaluate Performance of Others
Connecting - 10%
Personal Connection to the Music
Cultural/Historical Connection to the Music
Creating/Composing - 5%
Imagine/Brainstorm
Plan/Make
Evaluate Refine
Present Composition to Others
Responsibility - 30%
Attends Weekly Lessons
Attends Band Concerts
Essential Questions:
Performing:
How do performers select repertoire?
How does understanding the structure and context of musical works inform performance?
How do musicians improve the quality of their performance?
When is a performance judged ready to present? How do context and the manner in which musical work is presented influence audience response?
Responding:
How do we judge the quality of musical work(s) and performance(s)?
Connecting:
How do musicians make meaningful connections to creating, performing, and responding?
How do the other arts, other disciplines, contexts, and daily life inform creating, performing, and responding to music?
Creating/Composing:
How do musicians generate creative ideas?
How do musicians make creative decisions?
How do musicians improve the quality of their creative work?
Responsibility:
How do musicians show responsibility to the ensemble?
How do musicians show responsibility to the director?
How do musicians show responsibility to the environment?