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Grade 8 Student Expectations + Assessment
Band instruction occurs four times per cycle for students that choose to take band as an elective in Grade 8. Students may be asked to switch instruments if instrumentation is not balanced in our band, otherwise students continue to play their previous instruments. Students in Grade 8 are also part of the Grade 8/9 Concert Band, which will perform at the Remembrance Day assembly in November and travel out of province to perform at a festival in the spring.
In Grade 8 Band, instruction is focused on the following areas:
> Reinforcing proper playing and practice habits with a focus on tone production, tuning, balance and blend, musicality and musicianship.
> Detailed rehearsals for the purpose of performance in class, at 2 band concerts (December + June), and additional travel and trip opportunities for performance (ie. Brandon workshop trip in the spring)
> Further teaching of more advanced playing concepts and fundamentals of music.
> Advanced skill and technical development.
> Sight-reading various styles of music.
Report Card Assessment in Band
Students in Grade 8 are assessed in four main areas:
1. Music Language and Performance Skills - developing understanding of concepts, elements, and techniques for making music.
2. Creative Expression in Music - collaboratively and individually generating, developing, and communicating ideas in creating music for a variety of purposes and audiences.
3. Understanding Music in Context - connecting music to contexts of time, place, and community and developing understanding of making connections to culture and community.
4. Valuing Musical Experience - analyzing, reflecting, and constructing meaning in response to their own and others' music.
> Students are assessed on a regular basis throughout the year based on individual skill growth and understanding. If students practice on a regular basis at home, they will be successful. Practice efforts are evident in a student’s playing. If a student chooses not to practice or is unprepared for class or assessments, their personal skill evaluation will be reflective of this.
> Band is a participation-based subject and students need to rely on their own skills to perform their parts. No one else can learn your part!
> Students need to participate regularly, try their best, be prepared, practice at home and set goals in order receive a “4” or a mark of 95-100%.
> Students can redo an assessment as many times as they wish to practice and try to improve their mark.
In Grade 8 Band, instruction is focused on the following areas:
> Reinforcing proper playing and practice habits with a focus on tone production, tuning, balance and blend, musicality and musicianship.
> Detailed rehearsals for the purpose of performance in class, at 2 band concerts (December + June), and additional travel and trip opportunities for performance (ie. Brandon workshop trip in the spring)
> Further teaching of more advanced playing concepts and fundamentals of music.
> Advanced skill and technical development.
> Sight-reading various styles of music.
Report Card Assessment in Band
Students in Grade 8 are assessed in four main areas:
1. Music Language and Performance Skills - developing understanding of concepts, elements, and techniques for making music.
2. Creative Expression in Music - collaboratively and individually generating, developing, and communicating ideas in creating music for a variety of purposes and audiences.
3. Understanding Music in Context - connecting music to contexts of time, place, and community and developing understanding of making connections to culture and community.
4. Valuing Musical Experience - analyzing, reflecting, and constructing meaning in response to their own and others' music.
> Students are assessed on a regular basis throughout the year based on individual skill growth and understanding. If students practice on a regular basis at home, they will be successful. Practice efforts are evident in a student’s playing. If a student chooses not to practice or is unprepared for class or assessments, their personal skill evaluation will be reflective of this.
> Band is a participation-based subject and students need to rely on their own skills to perform their parts. No one else can learn your part!
> Students need to participate regularly, try their best, be prepared, practice at home and set goals in order receive a “4” or a mark of 95-100%.
> Students can redo an assessment as many times as they wish to practice and try to improve their mark.