Professor William S. Carson, D.M.A.
Director
of Bands and Instrumental Music Education
MUA‑003,
0.3 Credit
Fall 2009
Sinclair Auditorium
Monday ,
Additional Meetings Listed on
Schedule
Dr.
William S. Carson
Telephone and Voicemail: 319-399-8520
Director of Bands
Fax: 319-399-8209
1220
Office:
Marquis 203
Hours:
M 2:30 - 3:30, W 2:00 - 3:00, Th 1:30 - 2:20
Departmental Administrative
Assistant: Bernadette Tiede (btiede@coe.edu)
Student Assistants:
James Flansburg-Sivell (jrflansburgsivell @coe.edu), Alex Brownfield
(ajbrownfield@coe.edu)
In addition to the two
meetings per week listed in the catalog, members of this class will also be
graded on their participation in the other events listed on the Concert Band
Schedule. Participation includes
preparation for rehearsals and
concerts and attendance at a minimal number of other performances.
All absences must be approved ahead of time, except in cases of emergency. Leave a message on my voicemail (extension 8520), before the proposed absence or contact me by E‑Mail in advance to find out whether or not it will be excused. FOR MY CLASSES IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO SIMPLY LEAVE A MESAGE WITH THE MUSIC OFFICE. You must contact me directly. In general, the only acceptable excuses are school and health related, and then only if they could not have been scheduled at another time. "I overslept" or "I had too much homework" or "I couldn't get a ride" are NOT acceptable! Plan ahead! Discipline problems that disrupt rehearsals or erode band morale will lower the grade.
Because rehearsals are so important, membership in the ensemble requires near-perfect attendance to get a grade of A. Students with legitimate Academic-, Athletic-, or health-related schedule conflicts are permitted to make up their absences. The main requirements to get an A are well-prepared participation in rehearsals and concerts, avoidance of unexcused absences, and assistance with logistics (setups, etc.). If you are concerned that absence problems might be affecting your grade, please contact the instructor immediately. More information is available on the website listed above.
Most questions about band (rehearsal schedules,
for example) can be answered by visiting the band website:
www.coe.edu/bands.
Concert Band Grading System
Perfect attendance will be worth 400 points. This will include all rehearsals (10 points), dress rehearsals (25 points), and concert band performances (25 points). Students who miss one of the above will lose points according to the following scale:
Excused Late:
1 - 2 points per rehearsal (5/dress/concert)
Excused Absence: 3 points per rehearsal (10/dress/ concert)
Unexcused Late:
5 points (20/dress/ concert)
Unexcused Absence:
10 points (50/dress/ concert)
Additional supplemental
performances may be used as makeup, worth 5 points each
Letter grades will be based on a 95%, 90%, 85%, 80% scale, in other words:
381 - 400 = A 361 - 380 = B 341 - 360 = C 321 - 340 = D 320 and Below = F
Plusses or minuses will be
awarded at the discretion of the conductor, to encourage enthusiastic,
well-prepared participation. Students who earn a lower grade than they would
like may meet with the conductor to arrange makeup activities. It is the
responsibility of the student to schedule this meeting
within two weeks of the absence to be
made up; otherwise the letter grade will stand.
Schedule Summary-
Fall 2009
Regularly Scheduled
Rehearsals:
August 26 through December
7 - Mondays, 4:30 - 6:15, Wednesdays, 7:00 - 9:15
Most rehearsals will be on
stage in Sinclair Auditorium.
Performances:
Friday, Oct. 2, Homecoming
Concert, 7:00 p.m. (arrival
Saturday, November 14,
Family Weekend Concert, 8:00 p.m. (arrival 6:30 p.m.)
One off-campus performance,
TBA
Specially Scheduled
Rehearsals and Events:
Thursday, Oct. 1,
Homecoming Dress Rehearsal, 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Excused Absences:
Monday, September 7, Labor
Day
Monday, October 12, Fall
Break
Monday, November 2, Men's
Honor Choir
Wednesday, November 25,
Thanksgiving Break
Spring Term 2010
Dates:
Jazz Summit - February 26 -
27
Festival of Bands - April
15 - 17
Commencement - May 9
All Band
Members are expected at ALL of the events listed above.
Please plan your calendar accordingly.
