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NADBP Meeting
02 / 09 / 2010
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PMEA District Band
02 / 11 / 2010
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PMEA District Band
02 / 12 / 2010
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PMEA District Band
02 / 13 / 2010
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NACPA Meeting
02 / 16 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 17 / 2010
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NAOPA Meeting
02 / 18 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 18 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 19 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 20 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 21 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 22 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 23 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 24 / 2010
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PMEA Western Region Orchestra
02 / 25 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 25 / 2010
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PMEA Western Region Orchestra
02 / 26 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 26 / 2010
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PMEA Western Region Orchestra
02 / 27 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 27 / 2010
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Spring Musical Tech Week
02 / 28 / 2010
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Spring Musical 8th Grade Performance
03 / 01 / 2010
20 days away.
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Spring Musical Sr. Citizen's Performance
03 / 02 / 2010
21 days away.
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Spring Musical Opening Night
03 / 03 / 2010
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Spring Musical Performance
03 / 04 / 2010
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Spring Musical Performance
03 / 05 / 2010
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Spring Musical Performance
03 / 06 / 2010
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Spring Musical Matinee
03 / 07 / 2010
26 days away.
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NADBP Meeting
03 / 09 / 2010
28 days away.
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PMEA Region Chorus
03 / 11 / 2010
30 days away.
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MEA Jazz Ensemble Adjudication at NASH
03 / 12 / 2010
31 days away.
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PMEA Region Chorus
03 / 12 / 2010
31 days away.
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PMEA Region Chorus
03 / 13 / 2010
32 days away.
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NAOPA Meeting
03 / 18 / 2010
37 days away.
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String Solo Festival
03 / 20 / 2010
39 days away.
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NACPA Meeting
03 / 23 / 2010
42 days away.
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Extravabandza! (All NA Band)
03 / 23 / 2010
42 days away.
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PMEA Region Band
03 / 25 / 2010
44 days away.
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PMEA Region Band
03 / 26 / 2010
45 days away.
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PMEA Region Band
03 / 27 / 2010
46 days away.
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Chorus/ Band/ Orchestra Trips
04 / 07 / 2010
57 days away.
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Chorus/ Band/ Orchestra Trips
04 / 08 / 2010
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Chorus/ Band/ Orchestra Trips
04 / 09 / 2010
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Chorus/ Band/ Orchestra Trips
04 / 10 / 2010
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Chorus/ Band/ Orchestra Trips
04 / 11 / 2010
61 days away.
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NADBP Meeting
04 / 13 / 2010
63 days away.
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NAOPA Meeting
04 / 15 / 2010
65 days away.
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Beginners String Festival @ NASH
04 / 20 / 2010
70 days away.
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PMEA All-State Conference
04 / 22 / 2010
72 days away.
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PMEA All-State Conference
04 / 23 / 2010
73 days away.
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PMEA All-State Conference
04 / 24 / 2010
74 days away.
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NACPA Meeting
04 / 27 / 2010
77 days away.
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NAI/NASH Orchestra Rehearsal
04 / 28 / 2010
78 days away.
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NAI/NASH Orchestra Concert
04 / 29 / 2010
79 days away.
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McK 4th grade choral rehearsal
05 / 03 / 2010
83 days away.
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4th grade chorus assemblies
05 / 03 / 2010
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MES 4th grade chorus Assemblies
05 / 03 / 2010
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HES Band Concert
05 / 03 / 2010
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BWE Choral Concert
05 / 04 / 2010
84 days away.
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BWE Choral Assembly
05 / 04 / 2010
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McK 4th grade chorus concert
05 / 04 / 2010
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MES 4th grade chorus
05 / 04 / 2010
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IES Choral Concert & assembly
05 / 04 / 2010
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NAI/NASH Choral Rehearsal
05 / 05 / 2010
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PES Band Concert
05 / 05 / 2010
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NASH and NAI Choral Concert
05 / 06 / 2010
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BWE Orchestra Concert
05 / 07 / 2010
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NAI Band Concert
05 / 10 / 2010
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NASH Band Concert
05 / 11 / 2010
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MES Band Assembly
05 / 12 / 2010
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FES Band Concert
05 / 12 / 2010
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MES/BW/MCK/FES Band
05 / 12 / 2010
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IES Orchestra Concert
05 / 12 / 2010
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CMS,IMS,MMS choral concerts
05 / 13 / 2010
93 days away.
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Jazz Band at NASH
05 / 14 / 2010
94 days away.
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Senior Choral Awards Banquet @ The LaMont
05 / 16 / 2010
96 days away.
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NA Symphony Concert
05 / 17 / 2010
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NADBP Meeting
05 / 17 / 2010
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MES 5th Grade Choral Rehearsal
05 / 18 / 2010
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CMS/MMS Band Concert
05 / 18 / 2010
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MES 5th Grade Choral Assembly
05 / 19 / 2010
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MES 5th Grade Choral Assembly
05 / 19 / 2010
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McK 5th grade choral rehearsal
05 / 19 / 2010
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PES Choral Concert
05 / 20 / 2010
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MES 5th Grade Choral Concert
05 / 20 / 2010
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05 / 20 / 2010
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05 / 20 / 2010
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McK 5th grade chorus concert
05 / 20 / 2010
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Hosack Elementary 4th and 5th Grade Choral Concert
05 / 20 / 2010
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FES orchestra concert
05 / 20 / 2010
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NAOPA Meeting
05 / 20 / 2010
100 days away.
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PES Orchestra Concert
05 / 21 / 2010
101 days away.
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Band Banquet
05 / 23 / 2010
103 days away.
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IMS Orchestra Concert
05 / 24 / 2010
104 days away.
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Honors Chamber Repetoire Concert
05 / 24 / 2010
104 days away.
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FES Choral Concert
05 / 25 / 2010
105 days away.
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IES Band Concert
05 / 25 / 2010
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Last NACPA Meeting
05 / 25 / 2010
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Mck Orchestra Concert
05 / 25 / 2010
105 days away.
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IMS Band
05 / 27 / 2010
107 days away.
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CMS Orchestra
05 / 27 / 2010
107 days away.
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MMS orchestra
05 / 27 / 2010
107 days away.
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HES Orchestra Concert
05 / 27 / 2010
107 days away.
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Band/Orchestra Demo
06 / 01 / 2010
112 days away.
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MES Orchestra Concert
06 / 03 / 2010
114 days away.
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NADBP Meeting
06 / 08 / 2010
119 days away.
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Middle School Music

The North Allegheny Middle School Band program includes instruction in wind and percussion instruments. Band is offered in 6th, 7th and 8th grades with students grouped according to grade level. The North Allegheny Band program follows the National Standards with particular emphasis on Standard #2 (Performing, on instruments, a varied repertoire of music) in providing instruction. Students are not auditioned for inclusion in the program. Each group performs in two formal concerts (Winter and Spring) as well assemblies and other performances throughout the year.

The Middle School Chorus Program

6th grade chorus - first offered as a course in 1999

  • Students usually sing in unison or two parts
  • Emphasis is on reading music and basic singing skills 

7th grade chorus - first offered as a course in 1998

  • Students usually sing in two or three parts
  • Emphasis is on reading more difficult music
  • Reinforces good singing habits and more advanced skills including the changing voice

8th grade chorus

  • Students usually sing in three or four parts
  • Emphasis is on reading more complicated music
  • Reinforces good singing habits and appropriate skills for male and female voices

 

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General Music should be the most universal and constant segment of music education. Its primary function is to provide every student with the key to the musical heritage of all peoples. It is a phase of general education pursued throughout formal schooling and beyond.

The primary result of general music is heightened musical responsiveness so that the students are given the opportunity to develop their aesthetic potential to the highest possible level through expressive experience with music.

General Music is the study of music literature approached by the following means:

1. Understanding many types of music through guided listening, singing, playing instruments and moving to music.

2. Understanding and using music notation.

3. Understanding musical structures and forms by analyzing musical examples.

4. Creating music by improvising, composing and arranging music for voices, instruments, computers and electro-acoustical instruments.

 

General Music develops musical skills and understanding, not readily acquired through ordinary school or social experiences. These skills and understandings have broad applications to the enrichment of living.

 

GENERAL MUSIC TERMINAL COMPETENCIES

Goal I: The North Allegheny School District Music Education will help every student to acquire skills in listening, describing, reading, performing and creating in order to promote aesthetic response.

 

Terminal Competency: High school students who have completed the prescribed sequence of General Music courses should:

 

1. listen to music with understanding.

2. describe music verbally and/or non-verbally.

3. read music notation.

4. perform music.

5. improvise and/or compose music.

 

 

 

In General Music at North Allegheny, we teach to the National Standards set forth in "Goals 2000".

 

 

These standards are:
  1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  2. Playing instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments
  4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines
  5. Reading and notating music
  6. Listening to , analyzing and describing music
  7. Evaluating music and music performances
  8. Understanding the relationships between music , the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts
  9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture

At the Middle Schools, General Music includes:

 

 

(click on a particular topic to see its description)

 

Guitar
Keyboard Lab
Opera
Instruments of the Orchestra
American Music - - Jazz
Musical Theater
Program Music
Rock and Roll - - Popular Music