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

 

 

 

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Music Racer
Games for learning note names and fingerings!
Music Theory
Games for learning all sorts of musical things!

 

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