HS Band Benefits & Requirements '13-'14.pdf - NCSBands
HS Band Benefits & Requirements '13-'14.pdf - NCSBands
HS Band Benefits & Requirements '13-'14.pdf - NCSBands
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(music or instrument), or inappropriate behavior. Participation and behavior<br />
points can be earned (or lost) in each of the following categories:<br />
present on time = 2 pts.<br />
instrument present & functioning properly = 2 pts.<br />
pencil & music = 2 pts.<br />
full participation (no exits for bathroom, forgotten supplies, etc.) = 2 pts.<br />
positive behavior, effort & attitude = 2 pts.<br />
Practice Sheets, Assignments & Assessments<br />
Each student will receive a practice sheet regularly. One side contains important<br />
information regarding band, the band vision, curriculum, and dates. The other<br />
side may contain practicing tips, the assignment, and a calendar to record the<br />
minutes practiced with the grading scale. Students are to turn in their practice<br />
sheet on the due date listed. Or, instead, the student may earn an "Honor Pass."<br />
Practice sheets will be available at the band website. Written and performance<br />
assessments are made for music vocabulary, theory, notation, and performing<br />
regularly, or at any time.<br />
Honor Pass<br />
An honor pass allows a student to not turn in a practice sheet. Any student can<br />
earn an honor pass by performing the honor pass composition for the date listed.<br />
They can perform in master class for Mr. Lyons, at home using the iPAS software<br />
or on SmartMusic. In either case, a 90% or higher earns an honor pass. Email or<br />
print and deliver the results to Mr. Lyons.<br />
Performances (Required)<br />
Performance attendance is required for many reasons. The nature of a band or<br />
music group is to perform. <strong>Band</strong> is a fine art, part of the performing arts. The<br />
nature of the band class is to teach students how to communicate and perform<br />
with each other to recreate a musical work to present to an audience. All the<br />
instruction, rehearsal, and practice time culminates in accomplishing the goal of<br />
musically performing as a team the learned concepts and skills. Performances<br />
are celebrations of concepts and skills mastered. Missed performances are<br />
impossible to make up and earn a zero.<br />
Because a band or performing ensemble involves two or more performers, each<br />
performer is intrinsically essential and indispensable, with each part and<br />
performer depending on the others. A performance missing a performer will be<br />
inevitably substandard, in no way achieving the composer’s goal of recreating<br />
their musical conception. The band is a community and communities value and<br />
depend on their members to serve one another. Our attendance at others'
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