High School Music Handbook
High School Music Handbook
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High School Music Mission Statement
High School Music Mission Statement
The primary intent of the high school music program is to provide interested students with the opportunity to experience and perform a wide variety of instrumental and choral music styles. Course content is designed to promote increased student accuracy in sight-reading; consistent tone quality and intonation; appropriate use of expression, articulation/diction, phrasing, and dynamics; performance of medium to advanced level repertoire. Upon completion of the senior high music program, students will have demonstrated above average music reading skills and will have communicated an accurate understanding of instrumental/choral music as an art form through performance and academic assessment mediums.
High School Music Program Goals
High School Music Program Goals
Provide students with the opportunity for creative expression, aesthetic response, and a sense of personal and social accomplishment through instrumental and/or vocal performance
Provide an atmosphere which promotes understanding and application of self-discipline necessary for musically effective ensemble communication and participation
Provide a safe environment for students to discover and grow their musical ability
Foster student understanding and application of the necessary skills for effective ensemble musicianship:
Consistently active listening
Appropriate sense of ensemble balance and blend
Accurate sense of intonation
Consistent application of dynamics and tempi
Appropriate expression
Understanding and application of articulation, phrasing, and style
Instrumental facility
Sight-reading ability
Promote student appreciation for understanding of high quality instrumental/vocal music literature
Enable all participating students as intelligent consumers and producers of instrumental/vocal music
Convey (to audiences) the musical and emotional effect inherent in each piece of performed literature
Maintain the WASD reputation as a county leader in musicianship/performance
High School Music Program Objectives
High School Music Program Objectives
Maintain a positive learning environment
Develop musical ensemble balance and blend
Develop appropriate individual and ensemble tone production
Develop accurate ensemble and sectional intonation
Develop appropriate expressive qualities
Develop appropriate use of phrasing, articulation/diction, and dynamics
Develop accurate interpretation and application of style
Develop sensitivity and accurate response to conducting
Develop accurate application of musical terminology
Develop correct playing posture and breath support
Develop acceptable levels of sight-reading proficiency
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