band@westwood

band@westwood

Program Info




This is your one stop shopping place for everything you need to know about the band program at Westwood Collegiate.

Click on the links below to access the information you need.


1.    Course Outlines:   Jazz Band  Concert Band

2.    How to complete a successful chromatic scale in your audition:  Chromatics Explained

3.    Information about:  Audition Information and 90's Test

4.    Band Department Philosophy:  Philosophical Musings

5.    What you need to know to survive in Band:  Band Basics

6.    Frequently Asked Questions: FAQ

7.    What happens if a member of Sr. Jazz forgets their pin to a gig:  Sr. Jazz Pin Agreement

8.    Advice for sections and section leaders:  So you've been named section leader...now what?

9.   Sample Mid Term Playing Assessment

10.  Sample Performance Marking Rubric

11.  Sample Audition Marking Rubric

12.  Back in the Day we went to Europe
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