Students will:
- Enter with the skill set established in Grade 7 Intermediate Band.
- Understand and respond to music notation, including other subdivisions (triplets, duplets, syncopation), expression marks in other languages.
- Develop the skill to play a range of one and half octaves or the complete set of rudiments (percussion), demonstrating these skills with sensitivity to blend and balance, as a member of the ensemble.
- Identify key signatures and play the corresponding scale in key signatures up to 4 sharps or flats.
- Create rhythmic or melodic improvisations, 2-4 measures in length.
- Demonstrate learning through performances and presentations of Grade I and II literature, including solo performance as appropriate.
- Sight Read two grade levels below concert literature.
Schools
Gunston Middle School
Kenmore Middle School
Dorothy Hamm Middle School
Swanson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Williamsburg Middle School
HB Woodlawn Secondary Program