LRIS Band Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC)
In their first two years of band, students will be taught the following:
- Students will be able to demonstrate proper playing posture.
- Students will be able to use correct breathing skills, air support, and tone quality while playing an instrument.
- Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to play specific pitches appropriate to their level in band.
- Students will be able to demonstrate their ability to perform and understand rhythmic passages according to their level in band.
- Students will be able to demonstrate different articulations on their instrument including slurs, staccato, accents, legato, other tongued markings, and sticking.