Intermediate Concert Band
STANDARD	SKILLS and CONCEPTS	VOCABULARY
Standard 1-  Playing an instrument alone and with others.
	I.1.1- Perform on an instrument with appropriate posture, playing positions, and control of breath, stick, or fingers.	embouchure, lip-up, lip-down.
	I.1.2- Play accurately and in tune while maintaining a steady tempo and following the director.	Sharp, flat, center of tone.
	I.1.3- Maintain an independent instrumental part (at a group II level) while others play different parts.	Balance, blend, melody, harmony, accompaniment.
	I.1.4- Play expressively, incorporating appropriate contrasts of dynamics, phrasing, and articulations in the style of music being performed.	pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff,stagger breathe, staccato, legato,marcato.
Standard 2- Reading, notating, and interpreting music.	I.2.1- Accurately perform a musical score by observing all symbols pertaining to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation, and expressive details. (At a group II level)	Allegro, Andante, largo, allegretto.
	I.2.2- Read and perform musical excerpts never before seen, in the necessary clefs, in major and minor keys. (at a group III level)	sight-reading, numeric counting.
	I.2.3- Notate rhythms and melodies in simple and compound meters.
	I.2.4- oralize rhythms using a numeric counting system.
	I.2.5- Identify all major scales and relate them to the keys played within a piece of music.	Formula for major scale, circle of fifths.
Standard 3- Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.	I.3.1- Compare two performances of a piece being learned and discuss differences in choices of tempo, dynamic variety, balance of instruments, and uses of expressive features.
	I.3.2- Describe the musical and compositional features of a piece being studied, including it's orchestration, use of various instruments for effect, and use of melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements within the work.	Timbre, general effect, musical score, transposition, arrangement, transcription.
Standard 4- Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and discplines outside the arts.	I.4.1- List several skills learned in ensembles and relate them to those skills needed in areas such as the work force, church or community group, and other school groups.	Real life teaching.
	I.4.2- Analyze another art form for use of its; form, texture, contrast, or use of thematic material, and compare it to a similar analysis of a work of music.	Interdisciplinary unit.
	I.4.3- Explain how the roles of composers, performers, and others involved in the arts resemble and differ from one another in the various arts disciplines.
Standard 5-  Understanding music in relation to history and culture.	I.5.1- Upon hearing works that have been studied, name the genre, style, and historical background for each including the composer.	Genre, Musical periods
	I.5.2- Describe the origins and development of American genres such as Jazz, the Broadway musical, and rock music, including well-known composers and performers within each genre.
	I.5.3- Describe musical characteristics that make certain works suitable for certain situations.	programming
	I.5.4- Document times and places within a recent time period where you have heard music, and write down the function the music was serving, the type of performance and performance medium, and personal reactions to each.	emotional involvement,
Standard 6- Evaluating music and music performances.	I.6.1- Name specific criteria to be used in evaluating the quality of a musical work or performance.	rubric, ISSMA judging sheets.
	I.6.2- Write or present a critique of a performance, composition, improvisation, or arrangement.
	I.6.3- Take part in a class discussion of appropriate concert behavior, attend a concert, and evaluate your own behavior as well as that of the audience.