Eighth Grade Band members perform more challenging music and strive to refine their musicianship.
They will work together as a team to prepare diverse literature for performance. Seventh Grade Band students perform music that reinforces basic musicianship and ensemble skills.
īand provides an environment for students to improve on their major instruments in a large group setting. More information can also be viewed on Mrs. Jennifer Casey and include two curricular performing ensembles: the Seventh Grade Band and the Eighth Grade Band, as well as extra-curricular performance offerings. The junior high school bands are directed by Mrs. The students are also encouraged to attend the NYSSMA Solo Festival in the Spring to perform for a trained adjudicator and receive a rating. This final exam determines their placement for the following year. The group will continue to perform major contemporary works from the band repertoire as well as some lighter numbers for the enjoyment of our audiences.Īll students in the program are required to present a performance final, which mirrors the requirements of a NYSSMA solo performance. The Wind Ensemble meets every day during second period, making great music together.
These students take weekly lessons, learn solo works, small ensemble pieces and all their major scales. The music selected for this group truly relies on the individual performers. The group also experiments with the more contemporary styles of recently composed pieces. The group plays at a NYSSMA level 5-6, as well as the standard literature of the band repertoire. It is comprised of mostly junior and seniors, with a few talented sophomores and a few hard-working freshman that made the cut. Wind Ensemble is the top instrumental ensemble of the high school. The students take weekly lessons and will learn solo or duet pieces and all their major scales. The intensive rehearsals provide musical development which virtually guarantees success for the individual performer and for future bands in Johnstown High School. The group is full of promising talent! The band rehearses every day during seventh period. Symphonic Band, typically working at a NYSSMA level 3-4, is comprised mostly of freshmen and sophomores, as well as some upper classmen who had room in their schedule. Symphonic Band is the transitional band between the instrumental experiences at Knox and the JHS Wind Ensemble. Students are given group instrumental lessons each week these groups may sometimes perform as chamber ensembles, such as Percussion Ensemble, Woodwind Choir, Brass Ensemble, etc. Currently, there are two curricular performing groups (Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble), and two co-curricular groups (Jazz Ensemble and Marching Band). The Johnstown High School bands are directed by Mr.
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