5th Grade 

Band

with Ms. Hunt              


4/11/24: Kenwood Band and Orchestra families, 

 1. In place of grades 3rd quarter, Ms. Hunt is sharing progress notes for each student this Spring. 

2. Ms. Hunt made practice recordings of individual parts for each instrument, and those will be uploaded here soon.  These recordings will also be accessible via Google Classroom.

3. Ms. Hunt thanks you for your patience as she deals with both parents and a child's health issues this spring.

Here is Kenwood Instrumental Music Program Notes.


AND click green link below to see Spring Quarter  

Current Band and Lesson Schedule.


We will have two Ensemble Rehearsals: April 19 & May 3 before our 

6:30PM, Thursday, May 9 Concert (Note: PTA calendar had it on 5/23)


Fall Band & Orchestra Beginner Supplemental Materials:    

Clink on link below and scroll down to your instrument. 

Band & Orchestra Tutorial Videos


2023-24: Instruments:                                                             Flute,  Clarinet,  Alto Saxophone,  Trumpet,  Trombone,  Percussion, Violin and Cello. 


Here's a start for those who are just bringing their instruments home:     Beginning Tutorial Videos

We are sending instruments home to practice starting 11/16 &11/17.

Main caregivers, if you have not yet done so, click on this link:

Parents/Guardians Band/Orchestra Form OR download and print this: Paper copy The paper copy is also available in the main office.



(OLD) updated for 2022-23) Students (online version) OR turn in the Paper copy available to print or in the main office. Please complete online or paper by Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Ms. Hunt will look at the last one submitted 


(OLD) updated for 2022-23)  Parents/Guardians(online version): OR turn in the Paper Copy  to print or available in the main office.   (Espańol). 


 (OLD) Updated 2022-23: Student Instrument Choice Form 

                                             (OLD) Updated 2022-23: Parent/Guardian Band Form 

The picture below is a smiling Maureen Hunt/Ms. Hunt in a bright red dress with a black and white scarf on standing in a classroom.

Ms. Hunt

Ms. Hunt, Instrumental Music Teacher for Kenwood and Howe Elementary Schools 

About Ms. Hunt:

E-mail: Maureen.Hunt@mpls.k12.mn.us and Google Text: 612-568-2032, Voicemail: 612-668-7822. Ms. Hunt is at Kenwood in The Keyboard/Band Room 009 (across the hall from 18) between the hours of 8:15AM - 4:15PM, Thursdays and Fridays, 2023-24. 

Maureen Hunt (She/her) starts her third at Kenwood the 2023-24 school year and excited to play music with all 5th graders helping them enjoy learning a Band/Orchestra instrument. She has been teaching Elementary and Middle School Instrumental Music in Minneapolis since 2009. Maureen enjoys singing harmony and playing instruments with friends in a band. Spending 5+ years living in Japan in the 1990s, Ms. Hunt played Taiko Drums, speaks Japanese and loves Japanese foods.  She enjoys yoga, spending time in the great outdoors, and dark green vegetables😊.

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Education:

2006, B.S. Music Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1996, B.A. Japanese Language and Literature, University of MN, Minneapolis

1994, Associate of Arts, Minnesota State University-Akita, Japan

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