Buffalo Public Schools Instrumental Curriculum JULY 2016 Supervisor of Music: James C. Schwanz Written by: Anna Cardarelli Cortney Chase Kilissa Cissoko Lisa Godwin Elizabeth Newton Nicole Noffsinger Jaime Pitnell
BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUSIC CURRICULUM BEGINNER (1st and 2nd Year) INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Performance Musical Elements/Notation Listening/Responding Creating History/Culture/Styles Demonstrate appropriate playing/resting posture Rhythm: Read and count: Demonstrate understanding of conductor cues by starting and stopping Multiple measures of rest together Snare Drum: sixteenth note Demonstrate understanding patterns, triplets rest of embouchure and breath Tempo: support alterations to Moderato, Allegro, Andante, improve intonation Vivace, Largo Perform songs using written Timbre: notation Intonation, Tone Percussion: Develop correct and position and grip Form: Perform long tones and 1 st & 2 nd endings Brass: Lip Slurs Round Scales & Solos: See Theme and variations Appendix Divisi Articulation: tonguing and D.S. and D.C. al fine slurring Coda Demonstrate understanding Harmony: of phrasing through Solo and Simple Duets performance Perform in an ensemble Demonstrate proper Dynamics: embouchure on instrument p, f, mf, mp, Demonstrate understanding crescendo/decrescendo of instrument assembly, Notation: cleanliness and care Introduce applicable alternate fingerings Bar line/double bar line Perform NYSSMA Level I Measure & II sight-reading Staff Perform individual part in Breath mark an ensemble Time signature: 2/4, 4/4, 3/4, Demonstrate proper Ledger Lines performance, concert, Tie lesson, and ensemble Slur etiquette Self-evaluate performances and playing technique using age appropriate music vocabulary Listen to and identify instruments in the ensemble Compare/contrast teacher and student playing Demonstrate ability to distinguish appropriate beginning level intonation in an ensemble (in-tune vs. outof- tune) Compare recordings of various professional solo and ensemble performances Create and apply a basic practice routine Improvise rhythms using set pitches Arrange/compose variations on rhythmic exercises Compose short rhythmic and melodic patterns Folk songs of different cultures Historical, geographical, and cultural connections of exercises and repertoires
BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUSIC CURRICULUM INTERMEDIATE (3 rd and 4 th Year) INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Performance Musical Elements/Notation Listening/Responding Creating History/Culture/Styles Demonstrate appropriate playing/resting posture Rhythm: Read and count: Demonstrate understanding of conductor cues by changing dynamics, tempo, Read and etc. Count: Demonstrate understanding of embouchure and breath 6/8 In 6 and 2 support alterations necessary to improve intonation Brass: Lip Slurs in order of Snare Drum: sixteenth note valves wider range patterns, triplets rest Scales & Solos: See Appendix Tempo: Articulation: tonguing and Accelerando, Ritardando, slurring combinations, Allegretto, and Maestoso accent, legato, and staccato Timbre: Demonstrate understanding Intonation, Tone of phrasing through Form: performance Trios Demonstrate understanding of instrument assembly, Medley cleanliness and care Transitions Develop characteristic tone Harmony: quality of instrument Solo and Complex Duets Develop level appropriate Perform in an ensemble breath support/management Dynamics: Introduce applicable pp, ff, fp alternate fingerings Notation: Perform NYSSMA Level II Enharmonics & III sight-reading Marcato Perform ornamentation as Order of flats and sharps required in literature Staccato Develop individual part Accent playing in an ensemble Time signature: 6/8, 3/8, 9/8, Demonstrate proper performance, concert, Ensemble music includes lesson, and ensemble key signature, time etiquette signature, and tempo Develop and maintain changes practice routine independently manage practice time Evaluate solo and ensemble performances using age appropriate music vocabulary Compare/contrast teacher and student playing Develop ability to tune in solo, section and ensemble playing with and without an electronic tuner Describe intonation using age appropriate music vocabulary (flat and sharp) Compare recordings of various professional solo and ensemble performances Improvise within an assigned scale Improvise short melodic patterns using expression, articulation, and dynamics Compose short rhythmic and melodic patterns while incorporating appropriate articulations and dynamics March Medley Folk songs of different cultures Historical, geographical, and cultural connections of exercises and repertoires
BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUSIC CURRICULUM ADVANCED (5 th Year and Beyond) INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Performance Musical Elements/Notation Listening/Responding Creating History/Culture/Styles Demonstrate appropriate playing/resting posture Perform long tones Brass: wider range of lip slurs Scales & Solos: See Appendix Demonstrate ability to improve intonation by adjusting embouchure and breath support Refine embouchure to enhance tone quality and intonation Demonstrate understanding of instrument assembly, cleanliness and care Develop characteristic tone quality of instrument add and incorporate vibrato Introduce applicable alternate fingerings Perform NYSSMA Level III-VI sight-reading (dependent upon ability) Perform exercises and excerpts to develop breath support and air management Perform ornamentation as required in literature Demonstrate proper performance, concert, lesson, and ensemble etiquette Independently manage practice time Rhythm: Read and count Form: Fugue Dynamics: Subito Notation: Caesura Tenuto Ornamentations Time signature: 5/4, 5/8, 7/8 Ensemble music includes key signature, time signature, and tempo, and style changes Evaluate solo and ensemble performances using age appropriate music vocabulary Compare/contrast teacher and student playing Develop ability to tune in solo, section and ensemble playing with and without an electronic tuner Describe intonation using age appropriate music vocabulary (flat and sharp) Compare recordings of various professional solo and ensemble performances Improvise within an assigned scale Compose longer rhythmic and melodic patterns while incorporating appropriate articulations and dynamics Improvise within a scale over chords Movie themes Programmatic music Stylized dances Show tunes Listen to and perform a variety of literature with appropriate style and techniques that reflect the culture and time period of the music
FLUTE APPENDIX Suggested NYSSMA Solos: (Levels I-III) I La Petite Danse Ralph Guenther I The Peasant Dance Dorothy Garrett I Morning Mist W. Billingsley II Gavotte F. Gossec II Night Winds S. Hahn II Two Dances Beethoven Arr. Ralph Guenther III The Magic Flute Mozart Arr. Douglas Steensland III Menuet J.P. Rameau III Siciliano J.S. Bach OBOE I Polka Arr. Frank Erickson II Allegro Handel II Minuet in G Bach Arr. Buchtel III Menuet Bach Arr. Clemens III Mosquito Dance Mendelssohn arr. Buchtel
CLARINET I Allegro Handel I Andante and Waltz Hovey and Leonard I Menuet in G Bach II Gavotte Lemoine II Musette and March Bach Arr. Halferty II Rondeau Jean-Joseph Mouret Arr. Conley III Aria and Menuetto Mozart Arr. Ayres III Divertimento Donahue III Simple Gifts Arr. Conley BASSOON I The Powdered Wig McKay II Gavotte Gossec Arr. Buchtel II The Happy Hunter Paine II Polovetsian Dances Borodin Arr. Buchtel III Sarabande (from Suite Pour le Piano ) Debussy Arr. Paine III Pavane pour une Infante Defunte Rave/Dishinger III Columbine Cook Arr. Buchtel
ALTO SAXOPHONE I Fanflairs Lennie Niehaus I Minuet J. Fox Arr. Rascher I To A Wild Rose MacDowell Arr. Coggins II Gavotte Purcell II Minuet Bach Arr. Rascher II The Swan Saint-Saens III Arioso Bach Arr. Rousseau III Pachelbel Cannon Pachelbel Ar.. Dorff III Simple Gifts Arr. Conley TRUMPET I Gladiator Arr. Buchtel I Waltz (from the Opera La Perichole ) Offenbach Arr. Buchtel I The Powdered Wig - Minuet McKay II Minuet in G Bach II Gavotte and Hornpipe Purcell II Gavotte in Rondeau Lully III Canzona Pergolesi III Centaurus Vander Cook III Hail the Conquering Hero Handel
FRENCH HORN I Greensleeves Polyhar I The Water is Wide and Wonderous Love Canadian Brass Book of Easy Horn Solos II Ancient Ayre Barrett II Little March Mozart II Romance Scriabin III Sarabanda and Gavotta Corelli III Attempt from Loves Sickness to Fly Purcell III Andante and Rondeau Mozart TROMBONE I Belwin Master Solos Easy Vol. I Snell (Choose any 1 piece) II Menuet in G Bach II Trumpet Voluntary Clarke II Saraband Handel III Aria Scarlatti III Arm, Arm, Ye Brave Handel III Let s Rag: 10 Ragtimes Joplin and Heger
BARITONE I The Powdered Wig McKay I Winter Carousel Bigelow I The Sailor s Song Couperin II Bouree Handel II Trumpet Voluntary Clarke II Saraband Handel III Pachelbel Canon Pachelbel PERCUSSION I and II Winning Snare Drum Solos - Beginners Thomas Brown III Winning Snare Drum Solos - Intermediate Thomas Brown Suggested District Method Book: Accent on Achievement