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Our Mission here at Life's Discoveries Academy of the Arts and Excelsior Education Music Department is to provide a well rounded education focusing on mastery of life's basic and academic skills; and yes, our music program is a focal part of the academic content; so that our students can achieve their goals and become respectable, productive, responsible citizens of themselves, to others, their homes, community and country.

Excelsior Eagle Patricia Thayer, our new Director of Bands joined the Excelsior staff in October. As a Music Educator for the past ten years, she is very excited about continuing to have The Excelsior Music Department grow in many new directions offering a variety of Music Courses that will prepare our young musicians for many exciting musical endeavors.

Curriculum

Our curriculum is based on three sets of Standards:

  1. National Standards for Music Education
    1. www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm
  2. State Standards for Music Education
    1. Visual and Performing Arts
    2. www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss
  3. State Standards for Education
    1. www.ctc.ca.gov/reports/cstpreport.pdf

Instrumental Music Courses Offered

Beginning Band (1:55–2:45 pm T-F)
This course is opened to anyone who wishes to play an instrument, (woodwinds, brass, percussion, and keyboard), that does not read music. This course is also opened to students who have played their primary instrument before, can read music, and wish to play a secondary instrument. This course offers an intense study and performance in the field of beginning band repertoire.

Music Exploration (2:55–3:45 T/TH)
This course is opened to any student at Excelsior. This course offers a variety of subjects in the field of music: Music History, Music Theory, Music Technology, Conducting, and Composition and Arranging.

Jazz Ensemble (3:55–4:45 T/TH)
This course is opened to students by directors recommendation who have played their primary instrument, (woodwinds, brass, percussion, keyboard and Guitar), for a minimum of one year and reads music. This ensemble has selected instrumentation. This course offers an intense study and performance in the field of jazz repertoire.

Beginning Strings (2:55–3:45 W/F)
This course is opened to anyone who wishes to play a string instrument, (guitar, violin,viola,cello or bass), that does not read music. This course is also opened to students who have played their primary instrument before, can read music, and wish to play a secondary instrument. This course offers an intense study and performance in the field of guitar and orchestral repertoire.

Concert Band (3:45–4:45 W/F)
This course is opened to anyone who wishes to play an instrument, (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Keyboard or Guitar), that has played a primary instrument for one year and reads music. This course offers an intense study and performance in the field of concert band repertoire.

Marching Band/Pep Band (12:30–1:30 W)
This course is opened to students by director's recommendation who have played their primary instrument for a minimum of one year and reads music. (Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion, Keyboard players can join if they are willing to be a part of the percussion section). This course offers an intense study, competitions and performances in the field of marching band/pep band repertoire.

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