Las Vegas Youth Orchestras

Las Vegas Youth Orchestra 

Symphonic Band Program

SCHOOL GRADES:   6-9     PLAYING YEARS: 2

 

GOAL:  Develop and improve basic musicianship skills through participation in a full band ensemble setting.  Students will refine articulation patterns, vibrato, perform scales and learn music in more difficult key signatures.  

All Symphonic Band students should expect:

 

• To demonstrate proper posture, embouchure, hand position, and playing position. 

 

• To produce a characteristic tone that is clear, free of tension, sustained, or unwavering in pitch. 

 

• To adjust intonation and match pitches.

 

• To incorporate tempo changes and a variety of rhythms and meters in materials being studied.

 

• To use dynamic contrast and technical skills as means of expression

 

• To demonstrate musical phrasing through the use of dynamics, tempo, and melodic contour.

 

• To learn and understand ensemble skills:  blending instrumental timbres, match dynamic levels, style, and intonation.

 

• To respond to conducting gestures in simple and compound meters. 

 

• To maintain attendance with required materials. 

 

• To demonstrate completion of assignments and/or practice.

 

• Will participate in all concerts or other known performances. 

 

• Demonstrate concert etiquette as a performer and listener.