North High School Band

Course Syllabus

Jim McCartney  Director

Home

1st quarter

    Marching band-     Home Football games, 3 competitions, parades

    Color Guard

All-State Auditions

    Lessons -       Marching Music Memorization

Watkins Farnum

                 Gold Band Audition

                 Lesson book

2nd quarter

    Concert Band-     Winter Concert (Messiah every 3 years)

    Lessons-         chromatic scales

                          all major scales

                          perc.  mallets, scales

                         concert music

                         Lesson book

3rd quarter

    Concert Band-     Guest Artist Concert

    Pep Band         attendance

    Lessons-         Solo Contest

                          Concert music

                          Lesson book

    Required Solo Performance

    #State Solo & Ensemble contest

    #Honor bands

4th quarter

    Concert band-     Large Group Contest, spring concert

    #Solo & ensemble contest

    lessons-         Watkins Farnum

                          Lesson book

                         perc. rudiments

    Graduation       (every 2 years)

Extra Curricular- #