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Simply Strings
Faculty Manual
7/21/2014
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Table of Contents
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
PROGRAM EVALUATION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...5
PROGRAM SCHEDULE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...6
CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………14
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
As part of the Santa Rosa Symphony’s Integrated Community Music Education Department, Simply Strings has a focused set of
goals that fit into a larger, broader context. Students from Simply Strings will feed into the Youth Ensembles, where they will have
further opportunities to excel and be inspired. From the beginning of their Simply Strings experience, participants will work with
mentors from these Youth Ensembles, who are offered a scholarship in exchange for their service to the community.
Link Up National
Repertory Orchestra
Elementary School
Listening Program
Young Peoples Chamber
Orchestra
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PROGRAM MISSION
Simply Strings is a free, daily, intensive, after school youth development program that utilizes high quality
music education to help socioeconomically disadvantaged children to reach their full potential.
PROGRAM VISION
By providing a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment for social, musical, and academic development,
Simply Strings will enhance each child’s ability to reach their full potential as a lifelong learner, musician, and
citizen. By increasing protective factors, Simply Strings will decrease student’s potential to engage in high-risk
behavior, and increase pro-social behavior.
Every human being has the right to a life of dignity and contribution, filled with beauty.
Every child can learn to experience and express music and art deeply, can receive its many benefits, and can
make different critical life choices as a result of this learning.
Overcoming poverty and adversity is best done by strengthening the spirit, creating, as Dr. Abreu puts it, “an
affluence of the spirit,” and investing that affluence as a valued asset in a community endeavor to create
excellence and beauty in music.
Effective education is based on love, approval, joy, and consistently successful experiences within a high-
functioning, aspiring, nurturing community. Every child has limitless possibilities and the ability to strive for
excellence. “Trust the young,” informs every aspect of the work.
Learning organizations never arrive but are always becoming—striving to include: more students, deeper
impact, greater musical excellence, better teaching, improved tools, more joy. Thus, flexibility, experimentation,
risk-taking, and collegial exchange are inherent aspects of every program.
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The CATS teacher model: -adults working with students to develop as -students and teachers talk openly about topics that
Citizen/Artist/Teacher/Scholar educators, lifelong learners and responsible interest them
citizens -teachers discuss/address good examples of citizenship
-students see their teachers perform regularly -teachers encourage their students to attend their
-students see their teachers engage in the performances, and arrange frequent student performances
community in other ways -students and teachers interact in the community around
important events and issues
The multi-year continuum -students remain in the program from early -retention is high, students and families remain involved
childhood into adulthood -teachers can produce information about the
-program meets developmental needs developmental needs of their students
throughout -children receive adequate play time to balance their work
-students audition for Youth Ensembles
Family and community -families participate as volunteers -growing interest among parents in supporting the program
inclusion -families find self-directed ways to support -parent booster committee formed, fundraising and other
student learning efforts self-directed
- parent ensembles -parents express interest in ensembles, participation is high
-frequent outreach concerts in the community -community members seek program for performances
Connections and network -maintaining standards held by a broader, -policies and procedures align with standards, philosophies
national network peer-reviewed, etc.
-participating in seminarios and regional -inclusion in collaborative events is common, invitations are
activities whenever possible frequent
-students participating in project-based learning -students self-coordinate projects in their neighborhood,
in the community, networking with other and connect with local agencies
agencies
Ambition and achievement -community aligns to strive toward excellence -orchestra maintains an identity and families and
-students learn that they can take on difficult participants express pride, goals are high and attainable
challenges in life and succeed -increased expression of desire to achieve ambitious goals
from students and families
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STUDENT EVALUATION
MUSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Musical development will be tracked through careful periodic evaluations of in- and out-of-class performance. Each individual will
have the list of desired musical skills in a file (please see Simply Strings Musical Standards later in this document). Teachers will
track and report on progress as individual students meet these goals. Once the entire class has mastered a skill, it will be performed
by the ensemble for an audience of some kind. Mastery is defined as the consistent ability to demonstrate the skill over a
prolonged period of time. All students theoretically begin with the same baseline set of skills, having had no formal instruction in
music.
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Social development will be tracked using a combination of parent surveys and classroom teacher produced, school-wide report
cards. The report cards track the child’s work habits, specifically: Effort, Participation, Homework, Behavior in class, Behavior out of
class. Students are either meeting goals, progressing toward goals or in need of improvement. The parent survey includes the
following questions:
ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
Academic development is tracked using report cards primarily. A control group of 20 students will be consistently compared to the
participant report cards. Student progress, tracked using the standard classroom teacher report cards produced at the beginning of
each year is assessed using the following categories: Language Arts: reading, Language Arts: writing, Mathematics, and Science.
PROGRAM EVALUATION
END OF YEAR PROGRAM SURVEYS TO PARTICIPANTS AND PARTNERS
Administrative staff and teaching staff performance will be evaluated by the participants and partner organizations. Surveys will be
distributed to parents, students, partner organizations and faculty with questions measuring the effectiveness of the program as a
whole. For example, the teaching faculty will return anonymous evaluations of administrative staff and program design. Students
will return anonymous evaluations of teachers and administrative staff. Parents will return anonymous evaluations of
administrative staff and program design. Content from these surveys will be used to improve program design and teaching
methods in future years.
ANNUAL REPORTS
Each year, the program will grow and change. At the end of the year, all data collected will be compiled into a report which can be
shared and compared with other similar programs, as well as funders.
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
nd
Over the course of five years, a new class of 2 graders will be added each year. The chart below shows how each class will flow
throughout the day. “Violin 1” offers basic violin technique for beginners, “FUN” offers musicianship skills in a focused, classroom
environment, with influence from Kodaly, Orff, Dalcroze and even Suzuki. “Violin 2” is more specialized violin technique, and
“Beg.Ens” is the first opportunity for students to do ensemble work in multiple parts, in an orchestral setting.
YEAR ONE YEAR TWO YEAR THREE YEAR FOUR YEAR FIVE
3:30- GRADE 2 VIOLIN1 GRADE 3 BEG.ENS GRADE 3-4 BEG.ENS GRADES 3-4 BEG.ENS GRADES 3-4 BEG.ENS
4:30 2nd GRADE VIOLIN 1 2nd GRADE VIOLIN 1 2nd GRADE VIOLIN 1 2nd GRADE VIOLIN 1
5TH GRADE VIOLIN 4 5TH GRADE VIOLIN 4
6TH GRADE VIOLIN 5
4:30-4:45 BREAK
4:45 - 2ND FUN 2ND GRADE FUN 2ND GRADE FUN 2ND GRADE FUN 2ND GRADE FUN
5:30 GRADE
3RD GRADE VIOLIN 2 3RD GRADE VIOLIN 2 3RD GRADE VIOLIN 2 3RD GRADE VIOLIN 2
4TH GRADE VIOLIN 3 4TH GRADE VIOLIN 3 4TH GRADE VIOLIN 3
5th GRADE ADV.ENS 5th and 6th ADV. ENS
GRADES
FUN= FUNDAMENTALS
WEEKLY FLOW
The schedule from Monday-Friday is listed below, with the teacher specification in the first column on the left. Wednesdays are
minimum days, and the entire class day will be focused on ensemble work, bringing the entire program together once a week for a
larger, peer-oriented experience.
YEAR TWO
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
1:15-3:15
3:30- SF2 Beg. Ensemble Beg. Ensemble ENSEMBLE Beg. Ensemble Beg. Ensemble
4:30 SF1 Violin 1 Violin 1 or Violin 1 Violin 1
4:45- SF2 Fundamentals Fundamentals FUNDAMENTALS Fundamentals Fundamentals
5:30 SF1 Violin 2 Violin 2 Violin 2 Violin 2
FF=Fundamentals Faculty
SF1=String Faculty 1
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CURRICULUM FRAMEWORK
This framework is intended to support the process of aligning the work of the
faculty with the work of the administration. Teachers are highly encouraged to
experiment and adjust the specific components of this framework as needed to
make their groups excellent. Students will thrive most if the work of all of the
program’s contributors follows some common architectural themes, each new
class of students will be better equipped to mentor and support their peers if
they’ve learned in a similar fashion. This is by no means meant to restrict the
creativity of the faculty, but instead to draw connections between them and
help to hold them together as a team.
*Some of the structure and components of this manual were inspired by the Curriculum Framework of El Sistema Somerville.
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•Posture/Balance
•Left Hand
•Right Hand
String Technique •Tone Production
•Bowing
•Synthesis
Ensemble Skills
Musicianship
•Creativity/Expression
•Music Literacy
•Cultural Literacy
•Performance Skills
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ENSEMBLE SKILLS
1. Playing and singing in groups, blending timbres both vocal and instrumental, matching dynamic levels, responding to the
conductor (National Standards 1.e and 2.e)
2. Cueing, moving and breathing with others*
3. Showing and keeping a common steady beat with others*
PEER MENTORSHIP
OTHER
STRING TECHNIQUE
POSTURE/BALANCE
LEFT HAND
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RIGHT HAND
TONE PRODUCTION
1. Bow speed- understands and shows steady and appropriate speed, in line with their section
2. Bow weight- relaxed, appropriate muscle groups engaged
3. Point of contact- perpendicular with string, parallel to the bridge
4. Displays dynamic control
BOWING
SYNTHESIS
1. Maintains posture, left and right positions, good tone production and proper bowing when playing all at the same time
MUSICIANSHIP
CREATIVITY/EXPRESSION
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MUSIC LITERACY
1. Steady beat
2. Rhythm of words
3. Steady beat vs. rhythms
4. Rest as silence
5. Pitch exploration and identification of high/low
6. Speaking vs. singing voice
7. Matching pitch
8. Inner hearing
9. Fast/slow, Soft/Loud
10. Echoing short rhythms and melodic patterns (with voice and on instruments) (National Standard 2.d)
11. Notating and reading pitches in major keys using some system (letter names, numbers or syllables, and eventually
standard notation) (National Standard 5.b)
12. Identifying whole, half, dotted half, quarter and eighth notes in a variety of time signatures (start with simple duple, then
progress to simple triple and finally compound and odd meters) (National Standard 5.a)
13. Basic understanding and ability to sing, play or recognize specific intervals in major keys (using syllables, curwen hand signs,
scale degrees, or other methods)
14. Reading simple melodies using standard notation
15. Reading standard dynamic, tempo and articulation markings accurately when performing (National Standard 5.c)
16. Notating simple patterns presented by the teacher with standard notation for meter, rhythm, pitch and dynamics
(National Standard 5.d)
17. Understanding syncopation in simple meters
18. Identifying and performing increasingly complex rhythmic patterns including triplets and dotted rhythms
CULTURAL LITERACY
1. Identify the sounds of a variety of instruments, including orchestra, band, instruments from different cultures, children’s
voices and male and female adult voices (National Standard 6.d)
2. Use appropriate terminology in explaining music, notation, instruments, voices, styles and genres. (National Standard 6.c
and 7.b)
3. Sing and play a variety of songs from different genres and styles (National Standards 1.c and 2.c)
4. Identify ways in which other disciplines’ subject matter is related to music (for example math and rhythm) (National
Standard 8.b)
5. Identify and describe roles of musicians in various music settings and cultures (National Standards 9.d)
PERFORMANCE SKILLS
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5. Play easy rhythmic, melodic and chordal patterns accurately and independently on rhythmic, melodic and harmonic
classroom instruments (National Standard 2.b)
6. Perform independent instrumental parts, while other students play or sing contrasting parts (National Standard 2. f)
OTHER
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5. NEW CONCEPT IS PLAYED USING NOTATION (LETTER NAMES FIRST, OR SOLFEGE SYLLABLES, CURWEN
HAND SIGNS)
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SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE
NAME COMPOSER SKILLS DEVELOPED
Open String Suite Juan Antonio Cuellar Steady beat, bow grip, posture, open
strings
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TEMPLATES
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LIST CONCEPTS CHANTED, CLAPPED, PLAYED WITH GAMES, BODY PERCUSSION, ETC. TODAY
CONCEPTS PLAYED USING NOTATION (LETTER NAMES FIRST, OR SOLFEGE SYLLABLES, CURWEN HAND SIGNS) TODAY
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1. RESPECT
2. RESPONSIBILITY
3. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
7. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
CLASSROOM PROCEDURES/POLICIES:
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ENSEMBLE GOALS
Students will:
MUSICIANSHIP GOALS
Students will:
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ENSEMBLE GOALS
Students will:
MUSICIANSHIP GOALS
Students will:
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ENSEMBLE GOALS
Students will:
MUSICIANSHIP GOALS
Students will:
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Ensemble Skills
String Technique
Creativity/Expression
Musical Literacy
Cultural Literacy
Performance Skills
Other
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Ensemble Skills
String Technique
Creativity/Expression
Musical Literacy
Cultural Literacy
Performance Skills
Other
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String
Technique
Creativity/
Expression
Musical
Literacy
Cultural
Literacy
Performance
Skills
Other
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FORMS
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DATE NEEDED
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