OCG - Percussion

Students must complete middle school band or demonstrate an equivalent skill set.  Students must also complete an audition with the band director prior to registering.

• Standards:  Long-range learning and developmental goals were designed in conjunction with objectives and goals addressed in the National Standards for Music Education and the South Carolina Academic Standards for the Visual and Performing Arts.  The goals are designed to enhance a progressive course of study as students continue in the music program.

   

  National Standards for Music Education

  1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
  2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music
  3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
  4. Composing and arranging music within specific guidelines
  5. Reading and notating music
  6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music
  7. Evaluating music and music performances
  8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
  9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture

   

   

  South Carolina Academic Standards for Visual and Performing Arts

  • The national standards 1 and 2 are combined into the 2010 South Carolina standard 1: “Music Performance.” Indicators previously listed under the two national standards are now listed under two subheadings: “Singing” and “Performing on Instrument.”
  • The national standards 3, “Improvising,” and 4, “Composing and Arranging,” are combined into the new South Carolina standard 2, “Creating Music.”
  • The new South Carolina standard 3, “Music Literacy,” is comprised of indicators previously listed in the 2003 standard 5, “Reading and Notating.”
  • The national standards 6 and 7 are combined into the new South Carolina standard 4: “Critical Response to Music,” with indicators organized under the subheadings “Analyzing” and “Evaluating.”
  • The new South Carolina standard 5, “History and Culture,” correlates with the national standard 9, “Relating to History and Culture.”
  • The new South Carolina standard 6, “Making Connections,” correlates with the national standard 8, “Making Connections.”

   

   

Other Standards:  (List national or local standards students are expected to master in this course)

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Required Instructional Materials and Resources:

• Foundations for Superior Performance – text
• Portraits in Rhythm by Anthony Cirone
• One pair of Vic Firth General SD1 snare drum sticks, or approved equivalent
• Two pair of Mike Balter Basics BB5 keyboard mallets, or approved equivalent
• One pair of Vic Firth T1 General timpani mallets, or approved equivalent
• One pair of Vic Firth T3 Staccato timpani mallets, or approved equivalent
• One basic stick bag to hold sticks and equipment

Optional Materials and Resources: 

• Electronic Tuner
• Metronome
• Drum key for tuning battery instruments
• Set of tuning forks