Students will:
- Demonstrate proper posture, breath control, and mouth shape for good tone.
- Understand the basics of reading music and corresponding musical interpretation for accurate performance of pitch, rhythm, time signature, key signature, tempo, and expressive markings.
- Develop the ability to match pitch accurately using a diatonic pitch system and maintain a part within the ensemble.
- Create simple rhythmic or melodic improvisations, 1 to 2 measures in length.
- Respond to conducting gestures.
- Demonstrate learning through appropriate performances and presentations at the level of Grade I or II.
Schools
Gunston Middle School
Kenmore Middle School
Dorothy Hamm Middle School
Swanson Middle School
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Williamsburg Middle School