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Mrs. Coughlin is the lead teacher for 6th & 8th grade band. She also pushes in to help 5th and 7th grade band. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and her Master's in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. She is in her 17th year of teaching and is thrilled to be starting another school year and excited to connect with all of her band students and families!
In addition to teaching band, Mrs. Coughlin is a member of the Tundra Line, the official drumline of the Green Bay Packers. She has been performing at all home Packer games for what will hopefully be her 16th season. She has two cute kiddos: Danicka who is 9 and goes to Northside and LOVES playing the flute and piano. (In August 2022, she played a flute solo in a recital in New York City)! Derrick is a 6 year old aspiring drummer who's favorite songs to play are "We Will Rock You" and "Seven Nation Army". You will likely see Mrs. Coughlin's husband, Patrick around Kromrey too! He is a college athletic band director in Waukesha, WI and a percussionist. Outside of school, Mrs. Coughlin enjoys teaching young children in group piano classes, spending time with her nieces and nephew and keeping busy with friends and family.
Mrs. Coughlin can be reached at dcoughlin@mcpasd.k12.wi.us
2020-2021 6th Grade Band - VIRTUAL TO BEGIN - Here’s what we are planning to offer but please know this is all still in the process of being worked out! We strive to make this an engaging, positive experience for each and every member of our band team. Each one of you is important and we can’t wait for you to experience what we have in store for you.
Please note that while some members of the 6th grade band played their instrument in 5th grade and plan to continue playing that same instrument there are others who are joining us as beginners this year. Those continuing the same instrument as last year will work with mostly with Mrs. Coughlin. Anyone who is new to the band team or has indicated that they will be learning a new instrument this year will be working with Mrs. Reynolds. All 6th grade beginners, please visit this link [insert link here] to find out more about Beginning Band for the 2020-2021 school year.
1-2 Large Group learning opportunity/s where all 100+ members of the 6th Grade Band Team will learn together synchronously (at the same time) on Zoom. Mrs. Coughlin has some exciting opportunities planned for you even though we can’t be playing together...yet! This will happen around 9:00am once or twice per week.
Likely you will also have 1 Woodwind or Brass & Percussion Sectional, depending on your instrument group, for 20 minutes, around 9:00am, once a week on Zoom. This will give you a chance to rehearse your part in the piece with those who play a similar part as you.
In addition, we plan to teach instrument specific content in a small group sectional with others who play your same instrument for 20 minutes, once per week on Zoom. These will likely happen in the afternoons, after you’ve completed your online classes for the day.
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