Concert band! Concert band is usually consisted of winds and percussion, unlike an orchestra where orchestras may include strings. There any many types of concert band classes provided in schools, mostly varying on difficulty level, like easy or hard. The grading scale for music (0-6). most advanced high school wind ensemble classes read from 4-6.
Assessment! Assessment is an important part of the school year, where many people and music ensembles as a whole will freak out. Your ensemble is graded with either a 5-poor, 4-fair, 3-good, 2-excellent, and 1-superior. Having a superior rating is not easy, it takes work and dedication. You have to want it. Superior ratings are a great way to keep up a good reputation for your ensemble.
Music! There are huge options for music pieces to perform. Like concert and contest pieces or festive pieces. There are endless opportunities to chose from.
Perks! If you want to be a music major in college like me, then having an advanced wind ensemble class on your resumé for college, and play more difficult music will help your sight reading ability.
Auditions! One of the most important parts of being in band, and one of the toughest. There are outside auditions for your school, some of the ones I go to are districts, which pulls the best kids from your school district to perform in an ensemble. Another one is all county, its the same idea but just your schools county. Sometimes the competition is rough but it just takes practice and a lot of it.
Assessment! Assessment is an important part of the school year, where many people and music ensembles as a whole will freak out. Your ensemble is graded with either a 5-poor, 4-fair, 3-good, 2-excellent, and 1-superior. Having a superior rating is not easy, it takes work and dedication. You have to want it. Superior ratings are a great way to keep up a good reputation for your ensemble.
Music! There are huge options for music pieces to perform. Like concert and contest pieces or festive pieces. There are endless opportunities to chose from.
Perks! If you want to be a music major in college like me, then having an advanced wind ensemble class on your resumé for college, and play more difficult music will help your sight reading ability.
Auditions! One of the most important parts of being in band, and one of the toughest. There are outside auditions for your school, some of the ones I go to are districts, which pulls the best kids from your school district to perform in an ensemble. Another one is all county, its the same idea but just your schools county. Sometimes the competition is rough but it just takes practice and a lot of it.