Music
In elementary music, students are taught the fundamentals of music: rhythms, melody, harmony, form, tone color, dynamics, and tempo. These musical elements are organized as points of departure for students to learn about musical aesthetics, history and culture, performance, and the process used to critique and analyze. Activities include singing, playing instruments, listening, moving to music, reading music, and creating music.
At the middle school level, music is taught during a single grading period. Each grade's curriculum has a performance and a conceptual focus. In sixth grade, students learn to play the keyboard and study the role of music in their lives. In seventh grade, students learn guitar and study American music and its roots. Eighth grade students engage in such activities as keyboard playing, guitar playing, dance, musical theater, or music sequencing using a computer. At the same time, students study musical and musically-related careers.
In high school, students may elect to participate in a number of performing ensembles including orchestra, band, and choir. High schools offer piano and guitar classes and may offer music theory, listening, Theater and Film, or 20th Century Popular Music classes which focus on experiencing music in a way that benefits each individual. Aesthetics, history and culture, performance, and critique and analysis are studied in depth.
Instrumental music begins in grade four and continues through grade twelve. This is an elective program in which all instruments of the band and orchestra are taught. The focus is on individual skill development and performance.
Band Together is an organization of music educators dedicated to collecting used string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, and reconditioning and distributing them to interested Harford County Public School students in need.
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The William A. Humbert Memorial Scholarship honors the life of William Humbert by providing a scholarship to advanced instrumental music students . To qualify, a student must
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Have completed sufficient credits to be considered a junior or senior or be a graduate student at the college or university they are attending at the time of application.
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Be a music or music education major in instrumental music.
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Be continuing their music education by either entering their senior year in a baccalaureate program or pursuing a graduate school program during the year for which the scholarship is awarded.
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Be graduates of a high school located in Harford County, Maryland, or an equivalent approved home school located in Harford County Maryland.
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Be prepared to give a live audition at a site in Harford County, Maryland in spring at a date and time to be determined.
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Rehearse prior to and perform a solo at the Summer Series Concert held at the William A. Humbert Amphitheater in the Town of Bel Air, Maryland, in June at which time the scholarship award will be presented.
William A. Humbert Memorial Scholarship 2012 - Application and Eligibility Requirements
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