Fine Arts department

Grade 9-10 Advanced Band

The Advanced Band is comprised of 9th and 10th grade Music elective students. Advanced Band members study music performance, theory and history in a more focused setting than in previous years, building on the knowledge and skills acquired in Beginning and Intermediate Band.  Advanced Band is an IB-Middle Years Program Arts course, and is intended to prepare students for the International Baccalaureate Music course in 11th and 12th grades.  As an IB-MYP class, Advanced Band emphasizes both the process of making music and the connections between Music and other subjects.  Content includes complex and compound meters, syncopated rhythms, Major and Minor keys, Major and Minor scales, multi-movement works, and pieces from many time periods and places.

Advanced Band Members are required to practice at home at least six days per week.  The Advanced Band Members also rehearse and perform with the CIC Wind Orchestra at concerts, school ceremonies and community events, providing musical and interpersonal leadership for the ensemble.

Advanced Band Syllabus

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After-school rehearsal schedule

Advanced Band repertoire