Intermediate Band

Students will:

• Enter with the skill set established in Grade 7 Beginning Band and or meet the criteria for intermediate band.
• Understand and respond to music notation, including articulations, compound meters, even subdivisions and key signatures with several accidentals.
• Develop the skill to play a range of one and half octaves and basic rudiments (percussion), demonstrating these skills as a member of the ensemble.
• Develop the ability to tune the instrument by ear.
• Create rhythmic or melodic improvisations, 2-4 measures in length.
• Respond to conducting gestures involving changes of tempo, articulation, and style.
• Demonstrate learning through performances and presentations of Grade I literature, including solo performance as appropriate.
• Sight Read two grade levels below concert literature.