duPont Manual High – Intermediate Band I

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course emphasizes the learning of music fundamentals while building the advanced sight-reading skills necessary to learn literature of high artistic merit in a short period of time. Students will focus on technical development and the practical application of musical knowledge while strengthening natural talents and retraining any poor habits. The mastery of all scales, the full range of the instrument, memorization of numerous rhythm patterns, advanced articulation skills, and tone quality refinement will be stressed with each individual musician. Also, addressed will be topics dealing with the development and use of vibrato, knowledge of professional performers and repertoire for each instrument, introduction to basic music history and theory concepts, and, the development of a musical terminology vocabulary. This course, taught in this manner, is available only at the Youth Performing Arts School.