Lansingburgh Bands
RPES 4/5 + KMS 6th Grade
Mrs. FitzSisti
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Welcome Back From Spring Break! NYSSMA is May 3rd @ Saratoga Springs HS, Concert is May 13th for KMS, 22nd for RPES!
Class overview:
Welcome to Band!
Band Students meet for a once a week lesson, as well as have weekly rehearsals:
RPES Rehearsals: After school band Mon. and Wed. (with teacher recommendation)
KMS 6: Every Other Day! (check schedule)
From starting at RPES to starting in 6th grade at KMS, band students in this program perform at concerts and school wide/community events. Students range in all levels, but come together to perform fun pieces for all in attendance. Lansingburgh Band (RPES/KMS 6) is proud to introduce its skilled set of musicians and performers.
"When you get together in a group, it becomes like a family, with the different personalities and the politics that comes with being in a band. It's different than bringing something in by yourself." - Albert Hammond, Jr.
RPES Band 2020-2021
RPES Band 2020-2021
"Band is not proud because it performs well. It performs well because it is proud" - George Parks
KMS 6 Band - "Sarcastic Daydreamers" - 2021-2022
"We're making music to help people think and bring them together, that's our role; we're not siding with anybody" - Steve Diggle
KMS 6 Band - "Mr. Moe's Band" - 2022-2023
"We're a symphony. Our limbs and lips and skin making up the instruments, working together to create a beautiful piece of music" - Julie Cross
RPES Band - 2022-2023
Performance art is about joy, about making something that's so full of kind of a wild joy that you really can't put it into words" - Laurie Anderson
KMS 6 Band aka "The Band That Plays Music" - 2023-2024
About me
Hello Folks!
I'm Mrs. FitzSisti, the band teacher here at RPES and KMS (6th Grade)!
I live in Schenectady, but grew up in Riverhead, NY which is located on Long Island! I play a LOT of instruments (obviously haha!) but I started on Saxophone and Piano! I have 2 cats named Remus and Poppy, and they are my fur children. I am apart of a HUGE Italian family, that has a family reunion every year in July! I also recently got married to my husband Peter in August of 2024! I am now Mrs. FitzSisti forever! But don't worry, I'll still respond to Ms. Sisti lol!
While not at RPES or KMS, I've given talks at esteemed conferences regarding music education - most recently at the 2021 and 2023 NYSSMA Winter Conference in Rochester NY!
I am also greatly involved in the theatre community out in Schenectady, and have performed on stage and in the musical pit orchestras (as well as music directed!!) at SLOC, Clifton Park Not So Common Players, Fort Salem Theatre, and other local theatres in the capitol region!
I am also currently working on my doctorate degree in education - and my thesis is to be a curriculum review/analyzation of the benefits of culturally inclusive practices/strategies within performing arts ensembles!
I am also a researcher for the ICD, which is an online website where people can find band and all other types of music written by composers of diversity! (whether that be race, identity, etc!) as well as statistics of underrepresented composers being performed in professional ensembles!
I absolutely love Anime, The Beatles, Pokemon, Marvel Movies, Star Wars, Star Trek, Tea, Beaches, Hiking, Reading (both Manga and Novels), and Video Games *I will destroy anyone in Mario Kart* (currently have a Gamecube, Wii, Xbox 360, Playstation 4 and a Nintendo Switch so hit me up with game ideas!).
I love to collect Pins, Harry Potter and Anime Funko Pops, and play ukulele in my spare time! I also help out with the LHS/KMS Drama and Choir performances and have performed in the SCCC Wind Ensemble and the Rotterdam Community Jazz Ensemble!!
Resources
Here are some important links for our class!
Student Sites: (Google Classrooms)
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