In the late 1980’s, the IGSMA discovered that keeping a suggested instrumental ensemble list was quite time consuming
and expensive. Glenn Knobloch, band director Mascoutah Middle School, developed a one page method of classifying
wind ensembles using a point system.
This point system has been incorporated into this data base and is to be used by you, the director, as a starting point
to the classification of wind ensembles. The data base will calculate your responses and give you a classification. In
addition, this data base will then stores your entries and allow you to print a report of your ensembles and their
classifications for future reference.

The classifications and point values that Glenn developed are as follows:

Instrumentation

Rhythm

Range

Meter

Articulation

Counterpoint

Key (concert pitch)

Dynamics

Points (sum of points from each category selection)