INTERMEDIATE BAND   (923316) 
Level 2
Concert Band
Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12                                          Credit:  one
Prerequisite:  Beginning Band or successful audition

Students continue developing as individual musicians and as members of a musical group. Emphasis is placed on the development of intermediate level technical and ensemble skills necessary for performance. After-school rehearsals and performances are required of all students as an integral part of the course. Marching band techniques and performances may be included.  This course requires a student materials fee as listed in FCPS Notice 5922. 

ADVANCED BAND   (923416) 
Level 2
Symphonic Band
Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12                                          Credit:  one
Prerequisite:  Successful audition

Students in this course form the representative-performing band for the school. Emphasis is placed on the sequential development of advanced technical skills and on the study of related literature. Based on successful completion of sequential concepts for each level, students will continue as specified in course level. After- school rehearsals and performances are required of all students as a part of the course. Marching band techniques, rehearsals, and performances are included in this course. This course requires a student materials fee as listed in FCPS Notice 5922. 

ADVANCED BAND   (923417) 
Level 3
Wind Ensemble
Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12                                          Credit:  one
Prerequisite:  Successful audition

Students in this course form the representative performing band for the school. Emphasis is placed on the sequential development of advanced technical skills and on the study of related literature. Based on successful completion of sequential concepts for each level, students will continue as specified in course level. After-school rehearsals and performances are required of all students as a part of the course. Marching band techniques, rehearsals, and performances are included in this course. This course requires a student materials fee as listed in FCPS Notice 5922. 

JAZZ ENSEMBLE   (924015) 
Level 1
Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12                                          Credit:  one
Prerequisite:  Successful audition or permission of the instructor.
Corequisite:  Schools may require membership in intermediate or advanced band class, and may require participation in marching band.

The instrumental jazz ensemble curriculum emphasizes improvisation and styles of the jazz idiom. Content includes the study of blues scale patterns and harmonic progressions innate in jazz music. Content also includes the study of the appropriate jazz literature and rehearsal and performance techniques from the jazz idiom. Performances and rehearsals both in and out of school may be required. Instrumentation of the jazz ensemble is at the discretion of the jazz instructor.  This course requires a student materials fee as listed in FCPS Notice 5922. 

PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE   (925015) 
Grades:  9, 10, 11, 12                                          Credit:  one
Prerequisite:  Successful audition

This course is designed to meet specific needs and/or interests. Content includes study of the appropriate ensemble literature, and rehearsal and performance techniques from the various areas of musical composition. Performances and rehearsals, both in and out of school, may be required. Schools may also require membership in intermediate or advanced band class, and may require participation in marching band. Instrumentation of the group is at the discretion of the instructor.  This course requires a student materials fee as listed in FCPS Notice 5922.  After school rehearsals and performances are required of all students as an integral part of the course.