Five
students from Virgo Middle School auditioned and made the Eastern
All-District Band!
Josh
S.
3rd Chair Baritone
Concert Band
Ellie
K.
12th Chair Flute
Concert Band
Savannah
B.
11th Chair Trumpet
Concert Band
Kiera
A.
7th Chair Trumpet
Concert Band
Emily
R.
6th Chair Trumpet
Concert Band
Jack
Stamp is a renowned composer and clinician, and is a native of Wilmington!
In
this presentation, he demonstrates the importance of music in public
education. Please take the time to listen! I think you'll be impressed!
Band
6-8 Standard Course of Study
GOAL 1: The learner will sing, alone and with others,
a varied repertoire of music.
GOAL 2: The learner will play on instruments, alone
and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
GOAL 3: The learner will improvise melodies, variations,
and accompaniments.
GOAL 4: The learner will compose and arrange music
within specified guidelines.
GOAL 5: The learner will read and notate music.
GOAL 6: The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe
music.
GOAL 7: The learner will evaluate music and music performances.
GOAL 8: The learner will understand relationships between
music, the other arts, and content areas outside the arts.
GOAL 9: The learner will understand music in relation
to history and culture.
The
following information is from the book "The Music and Literacy
Connection", Dee Hansen, Elaine Bernsdorf, Gayle M. Stuber,
pub. MENC, The National Association for Music Education.
Figure
6.1
Reaching Comprehension: Common Reading Strategies, Activities,
and Parallel Music Activities
Reading
Strategy
Reading
Class Activity
Music
Class Activity
Finding
the Main Idea
Find critical
facts and details in narrative (stories) or expository (informational)
literature.
Identify
themes, melodies, or motifs through repeated rhythmic and melodic
patterns, tonal centers, etc.
Sequencing
Identify
the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
Determine
the form through repetition of cadential patterns, melodic
and rhythmic structure, phrase structure, climactic points,
etc.
Summarizing
Pull together
information in a meaningful way through written or oral presentations.
Analyze
compositional elements, discuss historical context, create an
original piece in the style of a given composer or style period.
Making
predictions
Reach conclusions
and predict outcomes based on prior knowledge combined with
knew knowledge.
Explore
the effects of key changes or changes of modality, meter, style,
and tempo on existing music. Write a new ending or change the
affective elements in the music.
Using imagery
Use imagination
to create pictures in the mind about what the students have
read or studied and then communicate what they "see."
As children
rehearse music, imagine elements of nature (birds soaring, a
thunderstorm, etc.) to tranform note playing into the music
making.
Retelling
Respond
to stories by retelling, role-playing, drawing pictures, and
storyboards.
LIsten
to and describe musical performance. Move to music, sight read
and reread for precision, improvise on an existing melodic or
rhymic motif.
Writing
Construct
meaning through written expression. Reread and write about a
story, or create a new story based on given story elements.
Compose
and arrange music. Reflect on evaluations of performances or
write about music in journals for persuasive writing assignments.
From
Kansas State Department of Education. 2000. Literacy Instruction
Now: Knowledge for Teachers Implementing State Standards (LINKS).
http://www.ksde.org/outcomes/links.pdf
