MUSIC CLASSES - Mr. Fulks
Creating Music | Performing Music | Responding to Music
This page is designed to provide an overview of the Music classes taught by Mr. Fulks
Creating Music | Performing Music | Responding to Music
This page is designed to provide an overview of the Music classes taught by Mr. Fulks
What to look forward to:
All students will participate in an active learning environment. Student participation is a vital part of learning to be a music maker in addition to a consumer (listener). All students are expected to try their best and demonstrate progress throughout the year.
All students will participate in an active learning environment. Student participation is a vital part of learning to be a music maker in addition to a consumer (listener). All students are expected to try their best and demonstrate progress throughout the year.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Students will begin a specialized study of wind and percussion instruments through small group lessons and full ensemble rehearsals. Emphasis will be placed sequentially on the fundamentals of playing – developing breath support and posture, tone quality and production, knowledge of fingerings, positions, stick and mallet technique, and fluency in the use of musical notation. Students will prepare and have the opportunity to perform publicly.
Lessons:
Class schedule - (2) 60 minute classes in a 6 day schedule
These classes are comprised of students on some of the instruments in the band. This environment offers an opportunity to work on instrument specific techniques while providing more individual instruction.
Band:
Class schedule - (1) 60 minute classe in a 6 day schedule
This class is comprised of an entire grade level of musicians working together in an full ensemble setting. Students will be learning critical skills unique to this type of setting. Though individual skills will be addressed, the focus is on ensemble playing.
Students will begin a specialized study of wind and percussion instruments through small group lessons and full ensemble rehearsals. Emphasis will be placed sequentially on the fundamentals of playing – developing breath support and posture, tone quality and production, knowledge of fingerings, positions, stick and mallet technique, and fluency in the use of musical notation. Students will prepare and have the opportunity to perform publicly.
Lessons:
Class schedule - (2) 60 minute classes in a 6 day schedule
These classes are comprised of students on some of the instruments in the band. This environment offers an opportunity to work on instrument specific techniques while providing more individual instruction.
Band:
Class schedule - (1) 60 minute classe in a 6 day schedule
This class is comprised of an entire grade level of musicians working together in an full ensemble setting. Students will be learning critical skills unique to this type of setting. Though individual skills will be addressed, the focus is on ensemble playing.
GENERAL MUSIC (Performing Arts)
Class schedule - (1) 60 minute classes in a 6 day schedule
Building on the skills and concepts introduced in the lower levels, middle school students expand their range of musical understanding to including reading, writing and composing, basic improvisation, refining singing and playing skills individually and in groups. In addition, students will gain an understanding of historical periods and styles, expand their knowledge of instruments and electronics, vocabulary, and have opportunities for musical research, writing samples about music, short and long-term projects and performances.
Class schedule - (1) 60 minute classes in a 6 day schedule
Building on the skills and concepts introduced in the lower levels, middle school students expand their range of musical understanding to including reading, writing and composing, basic improvisation, refining singing and playing skills individually and in groups. In addition, students will gain an understanding of historical periods and styles, expand their knowledge of instruments and electronics, vocabulary, and have opportunities for musical research, writing samples about music, short and long-term projects and performances.
MA State Music Standards:
- Singing: Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
- Reading and Notation: Students will read music written in standard notation.
- Playing Instruments: Students will play instruments, alone and with others, to perform a varied repertoire of music.
- Improvisation and Composition: Students will improvise, compose, and arrange music.
- Critical Response: Students will describe and analyze their own music and the music of others using appropriate music vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.
- Purposes and Meanings in the Arts: Students will describe the purposes for which works of dance, music, theatre, visual arts, and architecture were and are created, and, when appropriate, interpret their meanings.
- Roles of Artists in Communities: Students will describe the roles of artists, patrons, cultural organizations, and arts institutions in societies of the past and present.
- Concepts of Style, Stylistic Influence, and Stylistic Change: Students will demonstrate their understanding of styles, stylistic influence, and stylistic change by identifying when and where art works were created, and by analyzing characteristic features of art works from various historical periods, cultures, and genres.
- Inventions, Technologies, and the Arts: Students will describe and analyze how performing and visual artists use and have used materials, inventions, and technologies in their work. 10. Interdisciplinary Connections. Students will apply their knowledge of the arts to the study of English language arts, foreign languages, health, history and social science, mathematics, and science and technology/engineering.
