SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL
GUITAR I
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
This introductory course gives students the opportunity to develop guitar skills in basic music notation, chords, technique, song accompaniment, and composition. Varying musical styles and music history will be explored. ORCHESTRA
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Prerequisite: Prior experience, audition, and/or teacher recommendation. Orchestra is open to all violin, viola, cello, and bass players with prior performance experience. Intermediate and advanced level musicianship, theory, and performance practice are taught using performance-oriented string ensemble music as the medium of instruction. Performances during evenings and weekends are required as a part of the course. PIANO I
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
This introductory course allows students to develop basic music skills through the study and performance of various keyboard literature. Different musical styles, electronic music, and composition will be explored. P.E. INTERMEDIATE DANCE
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Prerequisite: PE-Dance, audition, or outside dance training with teacher recommendation. Intermediate Dance is designed to offer those students who have had some experience in dance the opportunity to enhance their technical skills, learn and create formalized choreography, study theatrical qualities (i.e. costumes, lighting, text, music, etc), and perform dance pieces for school events. Intermediate dance is meant to provide the link between beginning dance and advanced dance, improving previously learned dance styles and techniques, while expanding the students’ knowledge of choreography, performance, and history. P.E. - DANCE XL
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Prerequisite: Prior dance experience and audition. Advanced level dance class. This class is structured as a class for a professional dance company. Equal emphasis will be given to choreography and performance as to technique, with training in ballet, contemporary, jazz and hip-hop. Students will create and rehearse a number of complete dance works to be performed in various settings throughout the year. Also addressed will be other aspects of dance production, such as: costuming, lighting design, sound engineering, and make-up application. The class will culminate in a full evening production.
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COURSE CATALOG ‘22-’23
