Electives Selection
Please check either Band, Choir, or Orchestra, then make your track selections.
i. Middle School
- Strengthening Skills Track (Sight reading/Rhythmic Studies, Ear-Training, Leadership)
- Jazz Track Jazz Band, Jazz Improvisation (Winds - concert band auditions will serve for jazz placement. Rhythm section will need to play an additional audition for jazz band.)
- Double Reed Track for Oboe and Bassoon Players ONLY (Reed making and Music Literature)
- Theory/Composition Track (Music Technology, Music Theory, Music Literature)
- Exploration Track (Intro to Piano, Music History/Literature/Improvisation)
- Percussion Track for Percussionists ONLY (Drumset Class, Drum Circle/Hand Drumming, Steel Drum Ensemble)
- Mix and Match – tell us what you want to learn about, and we will select electives that will help you reach your goals!
ii. High School
- Strengthening Skills Track (Sightreading/Rhythmic Studies, Ear-Training, Leadership)
- Marching Track (Marching, Leadership, and Marching Tech Training)
- Jazz Track Jazz band, Jazz Improvisation (Winds - concert band auditions will serve for jazz placement. Rhythm section will need to play an additional audition for jazz band.)
- Performance Track for Wind Players ONLY (Audition Preparation, Tone and Technique Development, and Chamber Music)
- Theory/Composition Track (Music Technology, Music Theory, and Arranging/Copyright/Licensing)
- Double Reed Track for Oboe and Bassoon Players ONLY (Reedmaking and Chamber Music) – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
- Percussion Track for Percussionists ONLY (Drumset Class, Drum Circle/Hand Drumming, Steel Drum Ensemble)
- Drum Major Track (Conducting, Leadership, How to Be an Effective Visual Tech)
- Mix and Match – tell us what you want to learn about, and we will select electives that will help you reach your goals!
i. Middle School Vocalists may select from the following elective tracks:
- Strengthening Skills Track (Sight reading/Rhythmic Studies, Ear-Training, Leadership)
- Theory/Composition Track (Music Technology, Music Theory, Music Literature)
- Mix and Match – tell us what you want to learn, and we will select electives that will help you reach your goals!
ii. High School Vocalists - all vocal students will have Music Theater Coaching and Duets & Trios Coaching as part of their regular schedule, and may select from the following elective tracks:
- Strengthening Skills Track (Sight reading/Rhythmic Studies, Ear-Training, Leadership)
- Theory/Composition Track (Music Technology, Music Theory, Music Literature)
- Mix and Match – tell us what you want to learn, and we will select electives that will help you reach your goals!
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All MS and HS Orchestra students may select from the following elective tracks:
1. Theory / Composition Track (Music Technology, Music Theory, Music Literature)
2. Exploration Track (Intro to Piano, Music History/Literature/Improvisation)
3. String Strengthening Skills Track (Sightreading/Rhythmic Studies, Chamber Music, Tone and Technique Development)