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Una Davenport

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Back to school knight

Ms. Davenport

  • From Hanover, MA
  • UMass Amherst Alumni
  • Primary background in brass instruments
  • Skilled marching band background

About Me

Concert Band

Materials

Curriculum

Expectations

Grading

Required Attendance

Communication

  • Instrument
  • A Pencil
  • Music in either class folder or 3-ring binder
  • instrument accessories
    • reeds
    • valve oil
    • slide/ cork grease

Materials

  • Composers and Musical Form
  • Practice procedure
  • Rhythm reading
  • Developing all major scales
  • Reading in cut time and 6/8
  • Articulation and tone at the individual and ensemble level
  • Beginning ear training and solfege

Curriculum

  • Be Kind
  • Be Prepared
  • Be an active participant
  • NO Cell Phones

Expectations

  • No Pencil = 1 point
  • No Music/ Book= 5 points
  • No Instrument = 10 points
  • No Instrument <3= Sessiom
  • Cell Phone Warning= 5 points
  • Cell Phone Confiscated= 10 points
  • Cell Phone Confiscated 3 times= session

Grading

  • Bi Weekly participation grades for class
  • Projects in addition to practicing ensemble repertoire
  • Late work will be accepted in this course because students are graded on a portfolio bases

Grading

  • SHS Winter Concert
    • Wednesday, December 18th at 7pm in SHS auditorium
  • Pajama Concert
    • Wednesday, March 5th at 6:30pm in OMS Cafe
  • Spring Concert
    • Friday, May 16th at 7pm in SHS Auditorium
  • Graduation
    • Thursday, June 5th at 5:30pm at SHS

Required Attendance

  • Concert Attendance is mandatory. Failure to attend a concert will result in your highest possible grade being a 70 for the term in which the concert takes place

Required Attendance