Band During the School Year

Band During the School Year

Students are scheduled into band as part of their daily schedule. Band is a year-long class.

Band meets for 41 minutes every day.

Students receive a grade for band and it is part of their grade point average.

Beginning Band will perform four concerts during the year (Oct., Dec., March, May) and participate at the Oswego Band Festival and Solo Recital.

Goals of the Band Department

Enrich student’s lives through the understanding and study of music

Help students realize a sense of pride in the work he or she produces through complete preparation and attention to directions

Help students to develop self-control, discipline, and independence

Develop a characteristic tone

Learn and demonstrate all of the fingerings within a basic range

Read musical notation

Recognize and produce basic rhythmic values

Develop good technical habits

Beginning Band Curriculum Overview

Tone Production

Scales

Technique

Intonation

Musicality

Performance

Constructive

Listening