• Band

     

    Mr. Maule—Instrumental Band Director

     

    COURSE CONTENT:

                The band course is comprised of group lessons, full band rehearsals, one concert band competition and four performances.  Band students will experience instrumental instruction through one small-group lesson every six days, as well as one 45-minute large-group rehearsal once a week.

    The purpose of the Hopewell Band is to give each instrumental student a place in which he/she can musically mature, perform as a part of a large ensemble, and develop their current skills while learning higher-level concepts.  The Oxford Area School District Instrumental Music Faculty follows the National Standards for Music Education. 

    5th Grade students will learn to play 2 Major scales, play a range of  an octave and a third, recognize and use articulation, rhythms divisible by the 8th note (drummers the 16th note,) time signatures of 4/4 & 2/4, some dotted rhythms, use of proper breath control, consistent embouchure, proper instrument care and sight-reading.

    6th Grade students will learn to play 3-4 major scales, recognize and use dynamics, recognize and use articulation markings, rhythms divisible by the 16th note, time signatures of 4/4-3/4-2/4, dotted rhythms to the 8th note, use of proper breath control, improved tone quality, to play expressively, to play in-tune, proper instrument care and sight-reading.