Princess Anne High – Advanced Band

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

The standards for High School Instrumental Music, Advanced Level enable students to acquire and refine advanced technical and expressive skills to demonstrate a variety of musical elements of greater complexity and challenge. Students extend their knowledge of instrument-specific techniques while expanding their vocabulary of scales, arpeggios, and rudiments in increasingly complex rhythmic patterns. Students continue to use a creative process to create personal arrangements and compositions. Students discuss and evaluate characteristics of personal performances and compositions, as well as the works of others. Students research career options in music and the variety of careers that involve skills learned in music. They investigate connections with other disciplines, and analyze the cultural influences, styles, composers, and historical periods associated with the music literature being studied. Opportunities are provided for students to participate in local, district, regional, state, and national events. After-school rehearsals and performances are required of all students. Membership is based on ability, interest, and experience and requires the director's approval. Content in this course changes annually; therefore, this course may be repeated.