Full Year Curriculum
Full Year Curriculum
Full Year Curriculum
Program Goals
● Students will develop into literate and fluent musicians
● Students will foster a lifelong love for music
● Students will perform in a variety of ensembles with proper tone, balance, and a
presence.
● Students will create a supportive environment to help foster a love for music
● Students will demonstrate level appropriate musical characteristics
Course Goals
● Students will perform a variety of cultures and styles through music
● Students will develop their craft through employing a variety of practice
techniques.
● Students will demonstrate a basic understanding of basic music theory
● Students will perform music containing a variety of meters and rhythmic patterns
● Students will play with level appropriate tone
Course Objectives
● Students will maintain a weekly practice journal providing insight into listening,
diagnostic, and prescriptive skills at both the individual and ensemble levels.
● Students will demonstrate music theory knowledge by doing worksheets with
80% accuracy
● Students will play with ensemble appropriate tone in rehearsals 90% of the time
● Students will play music from a variety of cultures while demonstrating the
proper technique 85% of the time
● Students will play in different meters and have rhythmic accuracy 80% of the
time
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● Pieces of Eight
○ Style: Sea Shanty
○ Standards
■ MU:Pr6.1.E.5b Demonstrate an awareness of the context of the
music through prepared and improvised performances.
● Creatures
○ Historical Period: Contemporary
○ Standards
■ MU:Pr5.3.E.5a Use self-reflection and peer feedback to refine
individual and ensemble performances of a varied repertoire of
music.
● Danse Infernale
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Rationale
● All of the pieces were selected with the idea of a Halloween concert for students’
first concert. Not only does this explore a variety of meters, which plays into the
objective of students playing a variety of meters. The goal of playing different
cultures is met with playing a play on Stravinsky’s Infernal Dance. This concert is
not only a chance for students to play fun literature to start the year, but it also
opens a way to have students create some form of outreach and involve other
members in the school.
Rationale
● While the normal choice for a winter concert is to do a Christmas concert, my
goal was to emanate the feeling we get during the season. Many of these pieces
create that whimsical feeling which many associate with Christmas without
making other members of the community feel isolated by playing music they
don’t relate with. I also picked two of these pieces because of the focus on the
Spanish culture in two pieces.
Rationale
● This concert has an emphasis on pieces done in a lighter style but also finding
ways to incorporate different sections having the melody. This is especially
prevalent in the piece Contrasts in E minor. For me I wanted violas to have some
form of melodic passages to get more comfortable with it. This piece also has
changing of meters which helps students get more comfortable with changing
meter, especially with it moving from a simple meter to 6/8.
Sample Lesson Plan
● Contrasts in E Minor
○ Activity: Select difficult passages and have guided practice techniques
○ Assessment: Pencil and Paper (Turned in practice journal)
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Rationale
● For the final concert I wanted to sort of create a medieval/fantasy type vibe to
draw into the interests of some students. I also could use this as a way to connect
to other types of art like literature or physical art. I also selected a piece that
explores the different cultures and musical styles of the United States. So many
of us neglect to explore that so finding a medley that has those styles
incorporated into it.
Sample Lesson Plan
● American Landscape
○ Activity: Listen to the piece and spend time in groups researching different
prevalent cultures in America to briefly present to the class
○ Assessment: Checklist/Rubric