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  • Robert McQueen High School
  • Reno, NV
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Few string orchestra programs in the country touch on NACS MU:Cr1.1.EII, however these students live in this standard through improvising solos in the jazz, blues, and rock genres. In addition, the students must harness the power of revision as set forth in MU:Pr5.1.EII to continuously improve their craft through personal reflection and the suggestions made by peers. In order to perform the music properly, they rely heavily on all MU:Cn10 standards to fully understand the music which they are performing as these students are not performing music of traditional Western-European composers found in most orchestra programs. The problem with improvised solos in a large group setting is the sound cannot project over the entire group, and these microphones will help these students to be heard. Not only will students use the microphones to amplify their solos, the ability to operate microphones is a connection to college and career readiness, especially with the career opportunities in music available in the state of Nevada with the plethora of live entertainment. With a basic understanding of live sound amplification, students can easily graduate high school and start a good paying career in the music entertainment industry found in the state's arenas, showrooms, and sports venues. In addition to academic content standards being addressed these students are also working on foundational Social and Emotional Learning skills such as when a student solos, this increases their self-management skills by working to manage their stress under pressure, their own self-awareness of how their personal contributions effect the ensemble as a whole, and the students are also working on team work to ensure the performance is successful. This is building a group of young people who are able to easily see how their personal contributions can positively impact an entire group of people.

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Few string orchestra programs in the country touch on NACS MU:Cr1.1.EII, however these students live in this standard through improvising solos in the jazz, blues, and rock genres. In addition, the students must harness the power of revision as set forth in MU:Pr5.1.EII to continuously improve their craft through personal reflection and the suggestions made by peers. In order to perform the music properly, they rely heavily on all MU:Cn10 standards to fully understand the music which they are performing as these students are not performing music of traditional Western-European composers found in most orchestra programs. The problem with improvised solos in a large group setting is the sound cannot project over the entire group, and these microphones will help these students to be heard. Not only will students use the microphones to amplify their solos, the ability to operate microphones is a connection to college and career readiness, especially with the career opportunities in music available in the state of Nevada with the plethora of live entertainment. With a basic understanding of live sound amplification, students can easily graduate high school and start a good paying career in the music entertainment industry found in the state's arenas, showrooms, and sports venues. In addition to academic content standards being addressed these students are also working on foundational Social and Emotional Learning skills such as when a student solos, this increases their self-management skills by working to manage their stress under pressure, their own self-awareness of how their personal contributions effect the ensemble as a whole, and the students are also working on team work to ensure the performance is successful. This is building a group of young people who are able to easily see how their personal contributions can positively impact an entire group of people.

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