Boise Schools Curriculum

Music - Band 3 - 8th Grade

District Course #1013

Content:
Students will continue to progress as musicians and consumers of music. They will learn grade level appropriate music theory, vocabulary, and be able to play alone and as a group through sequenced learning activities preparing them for successful participation in band at the high school level. Students will also prepare and perform in concerts and festival, and will be given the opportunity to perform in the district solo and ensemble festival.

Philosophy:
“ Scientists looking at the effects of studying music have found that it can mean a higher IQ, a better grasp of mathematics, science and languages. It can also result in better reasoning power.”
Paul Gallagher
Monday, 17th June 2002
The Scotsman

The Music Department’s philosophy is based on the belief that experiences with music are fundamental to the education of children. Music has a powerful ability to affect the hearts, minds, and souls of our children. It gives children the opportunity to gain self-esteem by learning new skills and talents. It also gives children the sense of satisfaction that comes from working with a group to perform and create a piece of music with beauty and unity. Recent brain research shows music can tremendously boost the efficiency and performance of the brain. Music is a powerful purveyor of culture, both American and other world cultures. In today’s increasingly global society, knowledge of other peoples and cultures, as well as our own past, is a necessary part of a good education.

Band gives students the opportunity to experience instrumental music in an enriched atmosphere. Through active participation in the band students will have the opportunity to explore and develop their talent. Participation in the band provides the opportunity to develop their skills on a musical instrument and to explore their artistic heritage and history through the pathways that music provides. In addition, music is of great value in the development of students’ higher order thinking skills and aesthetic awareness.

Course of Study:

August – review and refine previously learned concepts
September – review and refine previously learned concepts
October – Junior High Music Clinic Concert; parade preparation
November – parade preparation Veteran’s Day Parade/Holiday Parade
December – winter concert preparation and performance
January – continued study in student band method book and supplemental materials
February – BSU Honor Band Clinic
March – District III High School Band Solo and Ensemble Festival
April – Jr. High Large Group Festival; preparation for Jr. High Solo and Ensemble Festival
May – Jr. High Solo and Ensemble Festival; spring concert preparation and performance
June – concluding activities; final evaluations

Copyright Resources

Band Resource References

Course Scope

Unit 1	Music Literacy	Ongoing
Unit 2	Musicianship	Ongoing
Unit 3	Performance Skills	Ongoing

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Note: The Resource References are merely suggestions of a few of the many possibilities of music educator resources.

Note: Standard References with the letter N denote a reference to the National Standards. Those without a letter are references to the Idaho State Standards.

Unit 1

Music Literacy

Ongoing

Instructional Objective 1013.01 Students will demonstrate knowledge of musical words and symbols appropriate to the level.			Standard Reference N- 2: a, b, e, 5: a, b, c, e 938.01a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Review and refine previously learned concepts	Student Band Method		TO
02	Demonstrate ability to identify twelve major key signatures	Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory, Surmani		TMA
03	Demonstrate ability to read, understand and perform twelve major scales in two octaves, where applicable	Treasury of Scales, L.B. Smith		TMA TO
04	Demonstrate ability to identify diatonic intervals up to one octave with reference to tonic	Student Method Book		TMA TO
05	Identify, write and perform a chromatic scale throughout the practical range of his/her instrument	Student Method Book		TMA TO
06	Identify the name of any note in both bass and treble clefs up to two ledger lines above or below the staff	Standard of Excellence Music Theory & History Workbooks, Elledge		TMA
07	Demonstrate an understanding of music vocabulary consistent with grade 2 ½ band literature	Instructional Literature, Kvet		TMA TO
08	Correctly sight read and perform grade 2 band literature	Selective Music Lists,NBA		TO

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Unit 2	Musicianship	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 1013.02 Students will understand and demonstrate good musicianship.			Standard Reference N- 9: a, b 936.01a, 938.03a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Review and refine previously learned concepts	Student Band Method		TO
02	Demonstrate awareness of the advantages of upgrading his/her instrument	Area professionals and music businesses		TO
03	Demonstrate awareness of how performance repertoire applies to the four historical periods (Baroque through 20^th Century)	Instructional Literature, Kvet		TMA
04	Demonstrate an understanding of the ethical issues involved in music			TMA TO

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Unit 3	Performance Skills	Ongoing

Instructional Objective 1013.03 Students will understand and demonstrate proper rehearsal and performance skills.			Standard Reference N- 2: a, b, e 940.01a
No.	Performance Objective	Resource Reference		Assessment Correlation
01	Review and refine previously learned concepts	Student Band Method		TO
02	Demonstrate appropriate tessitura of his/her instrument, including lowest note possible through upper range encountered in grade 2 to 2 ½ band literature	Rehearsal Handbook, Garofalo		TO
03	Demonstrate ability to use alternate fingerings	Area instrument specialists, published fingering charts		TO
04	Increase aural acuity to adjust and tune pitches using knowledge of pitch tendencies and technical means to correct them	Rehearsal Handbook,Garofalo		TO
05	Demonstrate basic marching techniques as currently used in the high school	Marching Band Fundamentals, Wright		TO
06	Perform solo, ensemble, and band repertoire in the meters encountered in grade 2 to 2 ½ literature	Concert and Contest Collection, Rubank/Hal Leonard; Selective Music Lists,NBA		TO
07	Percussion: Demonstrate single-stroke roll from pianissimo (pp) to fortissimo (ff) on timpani	Guide to Teaching Percussion, Holloway; Primary Handbook for Timpani, Whaley		TO
08	Percussion: Demonstrate ability to play basic timpani etudes and to independently and quietly tune multiple pitches	Primary Handbook for Timpani, Whaley		TO
09	Percussion: Demonstrate grade level appropriate rudiments, including extensions of rolls, flams, diddles and drags from the Percussive Arts Society International Drum Rudiments	PAS International Drum Rudiments; Flams, Ruffs & Rolls for Snare Drum, Beck		TO

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