1-2 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. . 6 hours lab per week.
Redcoat Marching Band
Leadership & Collaboration
Course Description
Ensemble performance of a wide variety of music and movement
designed for athletic and other University events.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Assume musical leadership roles: demonstrate leadership in the
role of assisting the conductor with internship responsibility
for performances, including advanced teaching/rehearsal
techniques, show design, and conducting expertise. Skills must
be at a professional level.
Athena Title
Redcoat Marching Band
Undergraduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Graduate Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to demonstrate marching fundamentals.
Students will be able to demonstrate ensemble playing fundamentals
Students will be able to demonstrate technical facility on a wind or percussion instrument.
Students will be able to successfully perform varied repertoire suited to the ensemble.
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of and ability to perform various styles of marching and field maneuvers.
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of selected repertoire.
Graduate students will be able to demonstrate ability to conduct rehearsals for marching band at a professional level.
Graduate students will be able to demonstrate ability to select repertoire, arrange music, and write drill.
Graduate students will be able to demonstrate ability to teach marching and playing fundamentals to undergraduate students.
Students will collaborate as a section, working together to form a cohesive result. One student from each instrumental section is assigned the role of leader for that section to conduct certain rehearsals and sectionals with feedback to leadership skills provided by the professor.
Topical Outline
Criteria for successful performance in a marching band
Tone quality and musicianship
Marching techniques
Requirements of selected repertoire
Institutional Competencies
Leadership & Collaboration
The capacity to engage in the relational process of optimizing personal and collective strengths toward a common goal.
