Coeur d'Alene High School Band

Coeur d’Alene High School 2024-2025
Wind Ensemble, 7th Period
Jim Phillips, Director

1. Syllabus of the year – Performances (more may be added)
See website calendar for most up to date performance schedule 

At CHS, we believe that class attendance is crucial for your ability to be engaged and participate in your learning.  Absences should be minimized as much as possible.  When you are unable to be in class, please email me/check Schoology to see what you have missed in class.  If absent, you are responsible for getting assignments, notes, and other information and making up any labs, quizzes, or tests you have missed.  Planned absences (3 or more days) must be approved through the front office and make-up work discussed before you leave.   

A student who accrues ten or more days of absence during the semester (including both excused and unexcused absences) will lose credit for the semester.  Credit for the class will be reinstated when the student passes an end-of-course assessment and the student has a passing grade for the course.  School activities are exempted from the total count.  For additional information, please see the school handbook.

2. Literature
We will play a variety of music throughout the course of the year, focusing on the goals and standards set by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the National Core Arts Standards.

Idaho State Standards Covered In This Course:
L1.MU:E.1.2, L1.MU:E.4.2, L2.MU:E.3.2, L3.MU:E.2.1 , L3.MU:E.3.3, L3.MU:E.5.2, L4.MU:E.1.3, L4.MU:E.4.1

National Standards for Music Education

The Core Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student’s ability to carry out the three Artistic Processes of

• Creating,

• Performing, and

• Responding.

These are the processes that musicians have followed for generations, even as they connect through music to their selves and their societies. And isn’t competence in Creating, Performing, and Responding what we really want for our students?

Students need to have experience in creating, to be successful musicians and to be successful 21st century citizens.

Students need to perform – as singers, as instrumentalists, and in their lives and careers.

Students need to respond to music, as well as to their culture, their community, and their colleagues.

These standards provide teachers with frameworks that closely match the unique goals of their specialized classes. The standards are presented in a grade-by-grade sequence from pre-K through grade 8, and discrete strands address common high-school music classes, such as Ensembles and Music Composition/Theory. The standards are provided in “strands” that represent the principal ways music instruction is delivered in the United States. 

We will also be adhering to the Idaho and National Content Standards for Humanities: Music.  You can see those standards here:

3. Additional materials
Each student will be required to bring with them to class: an instrument, either their own or one the school is supplying for them; music which they have prepared for the rehearsal in a rehearsal folder; a #2 pencil for marking the music; instrument specific supplies i.e. mutes, reeds, valve oil, slide cream, etc.

4. Listening Experience 2024-2025 (Idaho Standard L5.MU:E.4.2)

Assignments:

There will be an assignment EACH WEEK accessible through SCHOOLOGY.  They will be assigned on Monday of each week and are all due at the end of the semester. If you do not receive a perfect score, you may re-take the assignment until you are happy with the score - up until the due date.

I will provide the list of pieces. We will be studying specific recordings by specific performers, so be sure you are listening to the right person if you search youTube or iTunes. You will have to log in to SCHOOLOGY to access each weekly assignment. There will be ten questions each week. 

 5. Scales

We will be testing scales on a regular schedule - four scales each month.

• Semester One is Major Scales/Arpeggios and Chromatic Scale

• Semester Two is Minor Scales/Arpeggios

You will need to submit these assignments electronically by video submission, using your school chromebook.
These are worth 20 points each and if you are not happy with your score, you may re-submit for full credit until the due date.

We will be using SCHOOLOGY  for this assignment. There are directions on how to upload a video posted there.

Each scale + arpeggio will be a separate single video. (one video including the scale and arpeggio)

Please meet deadlines!

• Semester One - Chromatic, Four Major Scales due Sep, Oct, Nov (I will assign which scales)

• Semester Two - Four Minor Scales due Feb, Mar, Apr (I will assign which scales)

Let me know if you have questions or problems - I’m always happy to help!
6. Traveling
Each student in this ensemble will sign a form stating that they will adhere to the School District Policies regarding their behavior while traveling anywhere off school grounds as a representative of Cd'A HS. These policies will be enforced to their full extent. Each student in this ensemble is requested to pay the $25 transportation fee to the Activities Secretary. Students may be required to register through "Register My Athlete" for tracking purposes.

7. Dress Standards
For this ensemble, All Black (Black Long sleeve shirts and Black Pants. Women may choose to wear a long sleeve black dress), BLACK SOCKS AND BLACK SHOES.

8. Grading
Grades for this ensemble will be broken up into four categories;
1. Performances/Exams (25% - Summative Assessment)
2. Listening Experiences (25% - Formative Assessment)
3. Daily Rehearsal (25% - Daily Work)
4. Online Work/Scales (25% - Formative)

9. Marching/Pep Band
All students of this ensemble are given the option to participate as part of the MARCHING/PEP BAND. Rehearsals will be held Tuesday and Thursday from 2:40 to 4:00 during football season and in the spring semester until the end of basketball season. 

Coeur d’Alene High School  2024-2025
Symphonic Band, 6th Period
Jim Phillips, Director

1. Syllabus of the year – Performances (more may be added)
See website calendar for most up to date performance schedule

At CHS, we believe that class attendance is crucial for your ability to be engaged and participate in your learning.  Absences should be minimized as much as possible.  When you are unable to be in class, please email me/check Schoology to see what you have missed in class.  If absent, you are responsible for getting assignments, notes, and other information and making up any labs, quizzes, or tests you have missed.  Planned absences (3 or more days) must be approved through the front office and make-up work discussed before you leave.  

A student who accrues ten or more days of absence during the semester (including both excused and unexcused absences) will lose credit for the semester.  Credit for the class will be reinstated when the student passes an end-of-course assessment and the student has a passing grade for the course.  School activities are exempted from the total count.  For additional information, please see the school handbook.

2. Literature
We will play a variety of music throughout the course of the year, focusing on the goals and standards set by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the National Core Arts Standards.

Idaho State Standards Covered In This Course:
L1.MU:E.1.2, L1.MU:E.4.2, L2.MU:E.3.2, L3.MU:E.2.1 , L3.MU:E.3.3, L3.MU:E.5.2, L4.MU:E.1.3, L4.MU:E.4.1

National Standards for Music Education

The Core Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student’s ability to carry out the three Artistic Processes of

• Creating,

• Performing, and

• Responding.

These are the processes that musicians have followed for generations, even as they connect through music to their selves and their societies. And isn’t competence in Creating, Performing, and Responding what we really want for our students?

Students need to have experience in creating, to be successful musicians and to be successful 21st century citizens.

Students need to perform – as singers, as instrumentalists, and in their lives and careers.

Students need to respond to music, as well as to their culture, their community, and their colleagues.

These standards provide teachers with frameworks that closely match the unique goals of their specialized classes. The standards are presented in a grade-by-grade sequence from pre-K through grade 8, and discrete strands address common high-school music classes, such as Ensembles and Music Composition/Theory. The standards are provided in “strands” that represent the principal ways music instruction is delivered in the United States.

We will also be adhering to the Idaho and National Content Standards for Humanities: Music.  You can see those standards here:

3. Additional materials
Each student will be required to bring with them to class: an instrument, either their own or one the school is supplying for them; music which they have prepared for the rehearsal in a rehearsal folder; a #2 pencil for marking the music; instrument specific supplies i.e. mutes, reeds, valve oil, slide cream, etc.

4. Listening Experience 2024-2025 (Idaho Standard L5.MU:E.4.2)

Assignments:

There will be an assignment EACH WEEK accessible through SCHOOLOGY.  They will be assigned on Monday of each week and are all due at the end of the semester. If you do not receive a perfect score, you may re-take the assignment until you are happy with the score - up until the due date.

I will provide the list of pieces. We will be studying specific recordings by specific performers, so be sure you are listening to the right person if you search youTube or iTunes. You will have to log in to SCHOOLOGY to access each weekly assignment. There will be ten questions each week. 

5. Scales

We will be testing scales on a regular schedule - four scales each month.

• Semester One is Major Scales/Arpeggios and Chromatic Scale

• Semester Two is Minor Scales/Arpeggios

You will need to submit these assignments electronically by video submission, using your school chromebook.
These are worth 20 points each and if you are not happy with your score, you may re-submit for full credit until the due date.

We will be using SCHOOLOGY  for this assignment. There are directions on how to upload a video posted there.

Each scale + arpeggio will be a separate single video. (one video including the scale and arpeggio)

Please meet deadlines!

• Semester One - Chromatic, Four Major Scales due Sep, Oct, Nov (I will assign which scales)

• Semester Two - Four Minor Scales due Feb, Mar, Apr (I will assign which scales)

Let me know if you have questions or problems - I’m always happy to help!

6. Traveling
Each student in this ensemble will sign a form stating that they will adhere to the School District Policies regarding their behavior while traveling anywhere off school grounds as a representative of Cd'A HS. These policies will be enforced to their full extent. Each student in this ensemble is requested to pay the $25 transportation fee to the Activities Secretary. (Students will be required to register through Register My Athlete for tracking purposes)

7. Dress Standards
For this ensemble, ladies will wear a black skirt or pants, and a white LONG SLEEVE blouse. Men will wear a white LONG SLEEVE dress shirt (with a collar and buttons), black pants, black socks, and black shoes.

8. Grading
Grades for this ensemble will be broken up into four categories;
1. Performances/Exams (25% - Summative Assessment)
2. Listening Experiences (25% - Formative Assessment)
3. Daily Rehearsal (25% - Daily Work)
4. Online Work/Scales (25% - Formative)

9. Marching/Pep Band
All students of this ensemble are given the option to participate as part of the MARCHING/PEP BAND. Rehearsals will be held Tuesday and Thursday from 2:40 to 4:00 during football season and in the spring semester until the end of basketball season. 

Coeur d’Alene High School 2024-2025
Jazz Band
Zero Period (6:40 – 7:30)
Jim Phillips, Director

1. Syllabus of the year – Performances (more may be added)
See website calendar for most up to date performance schedule

At CHS, we believe that class attendance is crucial for your ability to be engaged and participate in your learning.  Absences should be minimized as much as possible.  When you are unable to be in class, please email me/check Schoology to see what you have missed in class.  If absent, you are responsible for getting assignments, notes, and other information and making up any labs, quizzes, or tests you have missed.  Planned absences (3 or more days) must be approved through the front office and make-up work discussed before you leave.  

A student who accrues ten or more days of absence during the semester (including both excused and unexcused absences) will lose credit for the semester.  Credit for the class will be reinstated when the student passes an end-of-course assessment and the student has a passing grade for the course.  School activities are exempted from the total count.  For additional information, please see the school handbook . 

2. Literature
We will play a variety of jazz music throughout the course of the year, focusing on the goals and standards set by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the National Core Arts Standards.

Idaho State Standards Covered In This Course:
L1.MU:E.1.2, L1.MU:E.4.2, L2.MU:E.3.2, L3.MU:E.2.1 , L3.MU:E.3.3, L3.MU:E.5.2, L4.MU:E.1.3, L4.MU:E.4.1

National Standards for Music Education

The Core Music Standards are all about Music Literacy. The standards emphasize conceptual understanding in areas that reflect the actual processes in which musicians engage. The standards cultivate a student’s ability to carry out the three Artistic Processes of

• Creating,

• Performing, and

• Responding.

These are the processes that musicians have followed for generations, even as they connect through music to themselves and their societies. And isn’t competence in Creating, Performing, and Responding what we really want for our students?

Students need to have experience in creating, to be successful musicians and to be successful 21st century citizens.

Students need to perform – as singers, as instrumentalists, and in their lives and careers.

Students need to respond to music, as well as to their culture, their community, and their colleagues.

These standards provide teachers with frameworks that closely match the unique goals of their specialized classes. The standards are presented in a grade-by-grade sequence from pre-K through grade 8, and discrete strands address common high-school music classes, such as Ensembles and Music Composition/Theory. The standards are provided in “strands” that represent the principal ways music instruction is delivered in the United States.

We will focus on the process and procedure of learning how to read jazz chord symbols, an elementary understanding of jazz harmony and an appreciation of a number of styles of jazz music.

We will also be adhering to the Idaho and National Content Standards for Humanities: Music.  You can see those standards here:

3. Additional materials
Each student will be required to bring with them to class: an instrument, either their own or one the school is supplying for them; music which they have prepared for the rehearsal in a rehearsal folder; a #2 pencil for marking the music; instrument specific supplies i.e. mutes (straight, cup, harmon, bucket, plunger), reeds, valve oil, slide cream, etc.

4. Listening Experience JAZZ BAND (Idaho Standard L5.MU:E.4.2)

Three jazz genres each semester (FAMOUS JAZZ MUSICIANS)
20 points each (fifteen per semester total)

Assignments:

There will be an assignment EACH WEEK accessible through SCHOOLOGY.  They will be assigned on Monday of each week and are all due at the end of the semester. If you do not receive a perfect score, you may re-take the assignment until you are happy with the score - up until the due date.

I will provide the list of pieces. We will be studying specific recordings by specific performers, so be sure you are listening to the right person if you search youTube or iTunes. You will have to log in to SCHOOLOGY to access each weekly assignment. There will be ten questions each week. 

5. Trips

Each student in this ensemble will sign a form stating that they will adhere to the School District 271 Policies regarding their behavior while traveling anywhere off school grounds as a representative of Cd'A HS. These policies will enforced to their full extent. The Jazz Band will be traveling more than other performing groups, so the expectations of behavior and commitment are higher, as we will be representing our school and our community.  Each student in this ensemble is requested to pay the $25 transportation fee to the Activities Secretary. (Students may be required to register through Register My Athlete for tracking purposes)

6. Dress Standards
For Jazz Band performances, attire is All Black (Black Long sleeve shirts and Black Pants. Women may choose to wear a long sleeve black dress), BLACK SOCKS AND BLACK SHOES.

7. Prerequisites
Students must be enrolled and participating in at least one regularly scheduled CHS music class in order to participate in zero hour Jazz Band. Jazz Band students are also expected to play in the CHS Pep Band so we have good instrumentation.

8. Grading

Grades for this ensemble will be broken up into four categories;
1. Performances (25% - Summative Assessment)
2. Listening Experiences (25% - Formative Assessment)
3. Daily Rehearsal (25% - Daily Work)
4. Online Work/Scales (25% - Formative)

Music for 2024-2025

• So, You think you know your major scales?
  Try this - the "phone book" method of improvisation

Viking Marching/Pep Band 2024-2025
Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45 - 4:00 pm

We perform for all home Varsity Football (FB) and selected Varsity Girls and Boys Basketball (BB) games.
We also perform for CHS Pep Assemblies.

Pep Band Requirements:

1. Show up on time

2. Be willing to arrange your schedule to make every rehearsal and performance

3. Be prepared with music and instrument

4. Be prepared to work hard

5. Have fun!

First Rehearsal is Thursday, September 5, 2024!!! 

2024-2025 FOOTBALL PEP BAND SEASON REHEARSALS (2:45pm - 4:00pm)
We may add or take away dates to this rehearsal schedule on an as-needed basis. 

September - all Tue/Thu (starting SEP 5th)

October - all Tue/Thu

November - all Tue/Thu

HOME FOOTBALL GAMES:

2024 PEP BAND Football Schedule (PRINTABLE VERSION)

Friday, Oct 4, 2024 CHS vs. Camas HS 6pm call time

Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 Homecoming Parade (during school)

Friday Oct 11, 2024 CHS vs Lake City HS 6pm call time

Friday Oct 25, 2024 CHS vs Raymond HS 6pm call time

Friday Nov 8, 2024 State Quarter Finals TBA

Friday Nov 15, 2024 State Semi-Finals TBA

Friday Nov 22, 2024 State Championship

2024-2025 BASKETBALL PEP BAND SEASON REHEARSALS (2:45pm - 4:00pm)
We may add or take away dates to this rehearsal schedule on an as-needed basis. 

December - all Tue/Thu

January - all Tue/Thu

February - all Tue/Thu (until the end of Basketball Season)

24/25 CHS Basketball Pep Band Schedule

24/25 CHS Basketball Pep Band Printable Version

Thursday, Nov 21, 2024 Girls BB vs. Boise HS 6pm call time

Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024 Boys BB vs. University HS 6pm call time

Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024 Girls BB vs. Sandpoint HS 6pm call time

Tuesday, Jan 7, 2025 G/B BB vs. Post Falls HS 5pm call time

Friday, Jan 10, 2025 Fight for the Fish vs. Lake City - 5pm

Friday, Jan 17, 2025 Boys BB vs Riverside HS 6pm call time

Tuesday, Jan 28, 2025 Girls BB vs. Lakeland HS 6pm call time

Tuesday, Feb. 04, 2025 Boys BB vs. Logos School 6:30 call time

PLAYOFFS TBA (Feb 6-27)

Link: Pep Band Music in the books