WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL ' S
COURSE CATALOG
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Music
Course Name : Band ( Intermediate , Mastery , and Advanced )* Type of Course : Elective Course
Available to : 9th - 12th grade
Prerequisites : None for Lower Intermediate Level ( never played before ) & auditions for all other levels
Description : These courses provide opportunities to develop performance skills on a wind or percussion instrument . Emphasizes performance and production . May include analysis , historical and cultural influences , improvisation , and appreciation of music . Organizes objectives for self-paced progress . Stresses individual progress and group experiences .
Course Name : Chorus ( Treble and Tenor / Bass )* Type of Course : Elective Course Available to : 9th - 12th grade
Prerequisites : Audition
Description : These courses provide opportunities to develop performance skills and knowledge in choral singing . Covers performance and production , analysis and theoretical studies , historical and cultural contributions and influences , creative aspects of music , and appreciation of music . Organizes objectives for self-paced progress . Stresses individual progress and group experiences .
Course Name : Orchestra ( Beginning , Intermediate , Mastery , and Advanced )* Type of Course : Elective Course
Available to : 9th - 12th grade
Prerequisites : None for Beginning Level ( never played before ) & auditions for all other levels
Description : These courses provide opportunities to develop performance skills and precision on orchestral stringed instruments . Emphasizes performance and production , analysis and theoretical studies , historical and cultural contributions and influences , creative aspects of music and appreciation of music . Organizes objectives for self-paced progress . Stresses individual progress and ensemble experiences .
* These classes are typically taken as an alternating day / skinny schedule which means the student will participate in class every other day for the entire school year . The alternating day / skinny version of this class will receive 1 credit for the year ( 0.5 credits each semester ).
Course Name : Beginning Guitar Techniques I Type of Course : Elective Course Available to : 9th - 11th grade
Prerequisites : None
Description : This course is designed to be a beginning guitar course in which students perform , respond , create , and connect to music through the guitar .
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