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School:
Class: Concert Band
Hour: 1st (8:20 AM 9:40 AM)
Date: March 3rd, 2015
Age Group: 10-12th Grade
Objective:
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Students will perform alone and as an ensemble in proper style for given work
Students will utilize proper technique for their instrument to accurately perform selected
works
- Students will be able to evaluate group performances based around intonation and
ensemble style
- Students will be able to demonstrate through performance that they have comprehended
and understand the basics of ensemble performance
Skills Taught:
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Ensemble Performance
o Proper Ensemble Balance
o Ensemble Listening
o Tuning
o Ensemble Dynamics
o Ensemble Direction and Phrasing
Standards:
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MU:Cr3.1 Evaluate and refine selected musical ideas to create musical work that meets
appropriate criteria.
- MU:Pr4.3 Develop personal interpretations that consider creators intent
- MU:Pr5.3 Evaluate and refine personal and ensemble performances, individually or in
collaboration with others.
- MU:Pr6.1 Perform expressively, with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy,
and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context.
- MU:Re9.1 Support personal evaluation of musical works and performance(s) based on
analysis, interpretation, and established criteria.
Materials:
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Andrew Sowatzke
Lesson:
- Begin with warm up out of Foundations for Superior Performance
o Warm Up Set 3 Option 1
Brass on Mouthpieces
Woodwinds on full horn
Focus on producing full bodied sound out of the brass section as a whole,
if need be single out certain sections.
o Warm Up Set 3 Option 2
Brass and Woodwinds in horn
Warm gentle tones throughout, focus should be emphasized upon proper
harmonic series in brass, and proper accurate notes in woodwinds.
o Warm Up Set 3 Option 5
Brass still focusing on proper harmonics and accuracy
Woodwinds on accurate fingerings throughout chromatic exercises, if
repeated woodwinds should change articulations to slur 2, tongue 2.
o Chorale Bach 95
Rich Warm tones from previous exercises should follow over here
Introduction of Ensemble Listening and Ensemble Dynamics as skills for
the lesson
How does the group react to conductors gestures? Does the group have
differing ideas of how the phrases should be played?
o Chorale 6
Ensemble Listening can be played with here
Identify differing sections for the ensemble to pay attention to
during the performance of the selection
Change which section the ensemble is listening to, and instruct the
ensemble to change their Ensemble Dynamics to match that of the
specified section
Ensemble Direction and phrasing
Conduct slower or faster to identify which phrases can be moved
Using Formative assessment, give feedback to students who are
not following the conductor
Ask for student evaluation of the phrases, what was good and what
was not? Which did they prefer?
Andrew Sowatzke