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Goals and Objectives

The Centaurus High School Music Department believes that the quality of a student’s life is uniquely enriched in essential ways by the development of skills and values learned in the creation and/or performance of the fine arts.   Vocal and instrumental music encourage the student to function on multiple intellectual, analytical, thoughtful and expressive levels.

Program Goals:

  1. Sing or perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied
    repertoire of music.
  2.  Improvise on melodies, variations and accomplishments.
  3. Compose and arrange music with specific guidelines.
  4. Read and notate music.
  5. Listen to, analyze and describe music.
  6. Evaluate music and music performance.
  7. Understand relationships between music, the other arts and disciplines outside of the arts.
  8. Understand music in relation to history and culture.
  9. Model excellence and discipline through the process of performing music in large ensembles.

Courses

Crs #:

Title:

Level:

Credits:

Prerequisite:

N31 A&B Music Theory
9-12
10
None

N41

Guitar 1 (first semester)

9-12

5

Student required to provide acoustical guitar

N42 Guitar 2 (second semester)
9-12
5
Guitar 1 and teacher approval

N60 A&B

Concert Choir  (Mixed)

9-12

10

None

N64 A&B

Festival Choir

9-12

10

Audition Only

N67 A&B

Women’s Show Choir

9-12

10

Audition Only

N68 A&B

Show Choir (Fermata the Blue)

10-12

10

Audition Only

N71 A&B

Band

9-12

10

Previous experience or demonstrated ability

N72 A&B Percussion Ensemble
9-12
10
Concurrent enrollment in Band

N75 A&B

Jazz Band

9-12

10

Previous experience or demonstrated ability

N81 A&B

Orchestra

9-12

10

Previous experience on any stringed orchestral instrument

Detailed course descriptions are available in the Course Description Book, linked off the CHS Academics Overview page.

Faculty

Teacher's Name  Extension    Number E-mail Address
Classes Taught
Scott Wickham
7955
Percussion
Women's Show Choir
Beg. & Intermediate Guitar
Show Choir
Concert Choir
Pam Mullen
7914
March Band
Concert Band
Jazz Band
Music Theory
Fred Jewell
7937
Orchestra

Extra Curricular Activities

Please refer to CHS Performing Arts page to see the many ways Centaurus students use their musical talents beyond the classroom.

Online Resources

Class Handbook for Guitar
Class Handbook for Choir