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INSTRUCTIONAL LEADER: Mr. James Stanley
     
Ms. Anderson Ms. Newman
 
 
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Music Elective
Course Offerings

 

PERCUSSION (Grades 9 - 12)

Prerequisite: Approval of Instructor

  • Reading Music
  • Playing techniques for the different percussion areas (snare, timpani, mallet, drum set, and accessories)
  • Public performances
  • In class and after school rehearsals

SYMPHONIC BAND (Grades 9 - 12)
  • Ensemble comprised of woodwinds, brass, and percussion students
  • Music reading, terms, vocabulary
  • Performance techniques for individual instruments
  • After school rehearsal attendance required
  • Performance attendance required
  • Participation in Marching Band expected

BAND AUXILIARY (Grades 9 - 12)

Prerequisite: Entrance by Audition Only

  • Non instrumental ensemble
  • Perform with marching ensemble(s)
  • DAnce techniques
  • Flag techniques
  • Rifle techniques
  • After school rehearsals required
  • Performance attendance required


STAGE BAND (Grades 9 - 12)

  • Woodwind, brass and percussion ensemble
  • Emphasis on jazz and jazz idioms
  • Individual instrument performance techniques
  • Improvisation techniques
  • Instructor permission for entrance into ensemble
  • After school rehearsal attendance required
  • Performance attendance required

MUSIC APPRECIATION (Grades 9 - 12)

  • 1 semester course (1/2 credit)
  • Explore a wide variety of musical styles
  • Learn about significant composers and musicians
  • Connect history to music
  • Gain a rudimentary understanding of the elements of music

 


Choral Elective
Course Offerings

 

MIXED CHOIR (Grades 9 - 12)

  • Reading traditional music notation
  • Basics of vocal music production
  • Large ensemble rehearsal and performance
  • Variety of musical styles
  • Attendance at after school rehearsals and performance required

 

CONCERT CHOIR (Grades 10 - 12)

Prerequisite: Previous Choir Experience

  • Perform chamber music, traditional choral music, contemporary music and jazz
  • Intermediate-advanced vocal performance techniques
  • Attendance at after school rehearsal and performance required

SOPRANO I, II and ALTO CHORUS (Grades 9-12 Females)

Prerequisite:Consent of Instructor

  • Basic choreography and vocal performance combined
  • Variety of musical styles and difficulty
  • Attendance at after school rehearsals and performances required



Art Elective
Course Offerings

DESIGN

  • Study the elements and principles of art
  • Develop skills using a variety of media
  • Develop imagination
  • Develop observational skills
  • Expand vocabulary and writing skills
  • Analyze and critique artwork
  • Explore art history and aesthetics
  • Maintain an art notebook

DRAWING

Prerequisite: Design or Art Teacher Recommendation

  • Emphasis on technical drawing skills
  • Study and apply a variety of drawing styles
  • Explore a variety of drawing media
  • Expand vocabulary and writing skills
  • Expand interpretive skills
  • Maintain a drawing notebook
  • Create a body of work for a portfolio


PAINTING

Prerequisite: Design and Drawing or Teacher Recommendation

  • Emphasis on color theory
  • Apply and develop compositional skills
  • Create using a variety of styles and techniques
  • Explore a variety of painting media
  • Develop individual skills and analyze own artistic style
  • Maintain art notebook
  • Create a body of work for a portfolio


FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY

Prerequisite: Design or Art Teacher Recommendation

  • Explore the use of photography as an art form
  • Develop communication skills using the camera
  • Learn and apply dark room skills associated with traditional photography
  • Explore the use of computers and digital cameras
  • Examine the history of photography
  • Expand vocabulary and ability to critique works of art
  • Maintain an art notebook
  • Create a body of work for a portfolio

SCULPTURE

Prerequisite: 2 years of High School Art (Design, Drawing or Painting)
or Art Teacher Recommendation

  • Emphasis is on the design process
  • Develop three-dimensional skills
  • Explore a variety of media
  • Critique and analyze three-dimensional artwork
  • Explore three-dimensional artists and art history
  • Expand vocabulary and writing skills
  • Maintain a notebook
  • Create three-dimensional artwork suitable for portfolio

PORTFOLIO PREP

Prerequisite: 2 years or more of studio art.
(Drawing or Painting or Sculpture;
and/ or art teacher recommendation)

  • Students should be aware that this class requires advanced artistic technical knowledge and skills
  • For the motivated art student who wants to prepare a body of work for a college portfolio or to prepare AP Studio Art
  • Commitment to rigorous completion of quality artwork
  • Commitment to create artwork outside of class
  • Explore areas of personal quality within the artwork
  • Determine and explore an area of concentration focusing on a personal problem
  • Demonstrate proficiency in formal, technical and expressive means within the artwork
  • Apply analyzing skills
  • Maintain an art notebook

ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ART

Prerequisite: 2 years or more of studio art (Drawing or Painting; Painting or Sculpture; or Art Teacher Recommendation)

  • Students should be aware that this class requires advanced artistic technical knowledge and skills
  • Students are required to complete an AP Art Studio Portfolio for the AP exam
  • Commitment to rigorous completion of quality artwork
  • Commitment to create artwork outside of class
  • Explore areas of personal quality within the artwork
  • Determine and explore an area of concentration focusing on a personal problem
  • Demonstrate proficiency in formal, technical and expressive means within the artwork
  • Apply analyzing skills
  • Maintain an art notebook
  • Complete a body of work for the required AP Portfolio

3D COMPUTER ANIMATION I (Grades 10-12)

**Grade 9 with Animation Teacher Recommendation**

  • Explore concepts of three-dimensional animation using the computer
  • Commitment to rigorous completion of quality work
  • Demonstrate skill in object modeling, layout, and movement
  • Manipulate computer cameras and lights.
  • Create storyboards and analyze story line.
  • Develop vocabulary skills.
  • Analyze artwork.
  • Maintain an art notebook.
  • Create a body of work for a digital portfolio
  • Dual Credit Course with Thomas Nelson Community College

3D COMPUTER ANIMATION II (Grades 10-12)

Prerequisite: Successful Completion of 3D
Computer Animation I

  • Apply basic concepts introduced in Level 1
  • Commitment to rigorous completion of quality work
  • Create more advanced character modeling and and layout
  • Use more advanced features of the animation program
  • Apply special effects
  • Create finished storyboards and more complicated story lines
  • Expand vocabulary skills
  • Maintain an art notebook
  • Create a body of work for a digital portfolio

 

3D COMPUTER ANIMATION III (Grades 11-12)

Prerequisite: Successful Completion of 3D
Computer Animation I and II

  • Commitment to rigorous completion of quality work
  • Explore and expand knowledge of modeling and layout concepts
  • Photoshop and multimedia programs are integrated into the coursework
  • Apply advanced storyboard and story line ideas
  • Analyze and critique animations
  • Expectation that an advanced animation will be created by end of coursework
  • Maintain an art notebook
  • Create a body of work for a digital portfolio

 

 

 

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