| | | Beginning Band Beginning Band is for those students who want to eventually participate in band. It is structured like a private lesson and also provides some important practice time to develope skills so that individuals can be prepared for Concert Band. Sometimes the individuals are brought together to play together. The teacher monitors some of the students progress at school. Outside of class practice, as with the other groups is required. Please contact either director for more information.
Cretin-Derham Hall Beginning Band Syllabus
Goal: Beginning Band is a class designed for introductory level band student at the high school level. The primary goal of Beginning Band is to prepare you for eventual placement and participation in Concert Band or Wind Ensemble. The instructor determines the timing of entering Concert Band or Wind Ensemble, based on how your musicianship skills progress through the school year.
Grading: Grades will be determined primarily on progress of skills on your instrument. Other factors on grading will include daily participation (practice and preparation for lessons), concert reports, Smart Music activities and recordings and occasional quizzes. You may be asked to participate with the concert band at a performance. You teacher will determine this and inform you well in advance. Please check the date of the concert selected and make sure you have nothing scheduled that might conflict at that time.
 Daily work: Beginning Band works like a private lesson as an independent study. There will be a lesson with a teacher one day and a day of practice on the alternating day. Lessons can cover a variety of things including: scales, arpeggios, tone production, tonguing, vocabulary, rhythm, reading music and other related topics. Progress for each week is expected on your instrument. While a practice day is provided for you, it is expected that you will also practice at home on the appropriate materials for the next class session. The teacher will determine the best use of the student’s time as progress is made on your instrument. Make a plan for bringing your instrument home almost everyday.
Concert participation: Depending on progress assessed from the instructor, you may even participate with the concert band on a few songs at the next concert.
Concert Attendance: There are no beginning band concerts; however attendance at Cretin-Derham Hall Band concerts is mandatory. Remember that your goal in Beginning Band is to eventually be a part of the Concert Band or Wind Ensemble and what a better way to see what our music program is all about by seeing and listening to what it is all about. Please check in with the instructor before performances begin.
 Attend one band concert per trimester.
The dues dates will be determined by Mr. Fairweather and are usually due a few days after the concert.
Mr. Fairweather can be contacted for questions or concerns by telephone or email:
(651) 696-3370 or sfairweather@cretin-derhamhall.org
Concert Report: Please write a 1 page minimum report on your experience at the concert. You can use some of the guidelines outlined on the band website to help you organize your paper. Please use musical terms when describing your experience. In the last paragraph, please write about how your listening experience relates to your development of skills. Good grammar should apply and please turn in your paper one week after the concert. Concert reports apply only if you are not performing in the concert.
Other important information
Sometimes the band webpage will have important information for band members. Stay on top of it by checking back here often.
Academic Integrity Statement
In this class you will neither give nor receive unauthorized aid without specific permission for collaboration or without proper citation. This includes class work, quizzes, examinations, preparations of reports or projects, or in any other work that is used to evaluate you. You can expect that any papers or projects you turn in will be checked to assure originality and accuracy of citations. At Cretin-Derham Hall we uniformly deplore cheating, lying, fraud, misrepresentation, plagiarism, copying other students' work, and other dishonest behaviors that jeopardize the rights, welfare and integrity of Cretin-Derham Hall.
Consequences:
First Documented offense: Zero Credit for work. Teacher will call parents and the Dean of Students will be notified. The Dean of Students will be responsible for assigning additional consequences.
Second Documented Offense: Academic board of Discipline will recommend consequences, which may include loss of credit for the class or a recommendation for a Board of Review. These consequences are not limited to cheating in one class; they are cumulative.
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