Deer Creek Band 25-26

Email Mrs. Lewis with any questions/concerns: blewis@sfsd.k12.wi.us

Please see your grade-level Band below for more information.

Performances (Mandatory)

Friday, October 17 - SFHS Pep Band Home Football Game Performance, 6:00pm
                   **Pep Band Mandatory for 8th grade Band only

Thursday, December 11 - DC Band/Choir Winter Concert, 6:30pm (6-8 Bands/4-8 Choirs)

Saturday, March 1 (Voluntary) – WSMA District Solo/Ensemble Festival at Greenfield HS

                    (Band/Choir Grades 6-12 only) (8am-4pm) *There is a small cost associated with this event.

Thursday, June 4 - DC Band/Choir Spring Concert (6:30pm) (6-8 Bands/4-8 Choirs)

Performance Policy

By being a member of the St. Francis Music Department you have accepted an obligation not only to yourself but to the entire organization. Because it is our desire to achieve the finest possible results, attendance at all rehearsals and performances by every band member is mandatory.  It would be unrealistic, however, to assume that absences due to illness, death in the family, and other valid reasons do not occur. With this thought in mind, the following policy has been instituted to explain and define the absence policy of the music department.  Any student who becomes a member of the St. Francis Music Department recognizes his/her responsibility to fellow students of the organization and wishes to contribute his/her best effort at all times.

A performance, when planned, organized, and evaluated as a culminating activity in a learning experience, becomes a legitimate part of the music curriculum.  The performance for band/choir is like an exam in a class, such as English, and will be treated as such.  Failure to participate in a performance without being excused will severely affect the student’s final grade for that grading period, just as a failure to take an exam in the English class would affect the grade for that course.  The student must give the teacher a note PRIOR to the performance or the absence will not be excused. If the student is absent the day of the performance, they are excused from the performance. An unexcused absence can result in a loss of opportunities for grade accommodations.

Check out the following websites!

NAfME: The National Association for Music Education 

Become an advocate for music education! Check out different articles to do with band, choir and much more!

WMEA: Wisconsin Music Educators Association 

This website explores advocacy for music education programs, as well as has links to Wisconsin School Music Association and Wisconsin Foundation for School Music.