| Instructor: | Kenney Polson |
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| School: | Cleveland HS |
| School year: | 2011-12 |
| Course number: | 1120B |
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| Course title: | ADVANCED JAZZ BAND |
| Subject: | Fine and Performing Arts |
| Grade level(s): | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Credits: | 1 |
| Course description: | |
| A performance based course in the techniques used in Jazz Big Band music as well as pop music. This group also performs at football games and basketball games. | |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Students must have 1 or 2 years experience playing an instrument and must be able to read music. | |
| Priority standards and final proficiencies: | |
| A student with a fundamental knowledge of jazz should be able to read a lead sheet, play the chord changes, and be able to engage in discussion about jazz by the end of this course. | |
| Schedule of topics/units covered: | |
| Topics include jazz history, listening skills, chord scales, modes, chords, melodic concepts, basis harmony, and rhythmic exercises. | |
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| District adopted materials: | |
| There are no district adopted materials for this course. | |
| Supplemental resources: | |
| Students should listen to jazz in order to emulate what it should sound like. Students have access to a suggested list of recordings on the band website: www.clevelandband.pps.k12.or.us | |
| Differentiation/accessibility strategies and support (TAG, ELL, SpEd, other): | |
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The differentiation strategies used in this course are based on the evidence (data) received through multiple forms of pre, ongoing, and formative assessments. Described here are the types of assessments used and specific differentiation strategies in place to meet the needs of ALL learners (including TAG, ESL, Special Ed...)
Highly-able students can gain extra credit by participating the in solo and ensemble festival that is offered by OSSA. Performing a solo there offers a wealth of experience as well as additional credit in this course. |
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| Essential Skills and required Work Samples: | |
| Assessment/evaluation/grading policy: | |
| Exams/Jury = up to 100 points Performance = up to 100 points Graduation Performance = up to 160 points |
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| Behavioral expectations: | |
| students are expected to arrive to class on time, be prepared with their instrument at all times, keep their hands to themselves, be polite to all other students in the class. | |
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Approved by Juanita Valder on 10/5/2011.