Welcome to the homepage for the
Woodmore Elementary School
Instrumental Music department!
Please click on the drop-down menu at the top corner of this page for detailed information about our Instrumental program.
Please contact Mr. FitzGerald (the instrumental music teacher) if you have any questions.
Thank you!
WES Instrumental Music Schedule
December ’25 & January ‘26
Students will need to bring instruments to school on the following days:
Monday, January 5, 2026 (no classes today)
Wednesday, January 7th Red, Purple, Green, Orange, Yellow, & Maroon
Thursday, January 8th All Strings & Gray group
Monday, January 12th All Groups will meet today
FRIDAY, January 16th All Groups will meet today (last rehearsal before concert)
TUESDAY, January 20th WINTER CONCERT DAY: (details below)
Wednesday, January 28th All Strings & Gray group
Thursday, January 29th Red, Purple, Green, Orange, Yellow, & Maroon
A New schedule for February & beyond will be posted on the website and distributed to students in January.
This schedule is subject to change, please contact Mr. FitzGerald with any questions or concerns.
(Patrick2.FitzGerald@pgcps.org
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CONCERT INFORMATION:
Our Winter Concert will be on Tuesday, January 20th in the Woodmore ES cafeteria.
The Concert will start at 6:30pm. Students should arrive before 6:15 to get set up
The Concert should last about 30 minutes, please plan to stay for the entire concert.
A responsible adult must accompany every student for the whole evening.
Students should dress in nice clothing. There is no specific uniform, but students should dress as formally as possible. (Please check to make sure you can still play your instrument in your dress clothes!) If you do not have any dress clothes you can also wear your regular school uniform to the concert.
There is a possibility that we will perform a morning concert for students in the school, we have not confirmed this yet. If we do, students will need instruments during school on Tuesday, January 15th, but students should dress in standard school uniform during the school day. Again, this morning concert is not confirmed, we will announce this closer to the date.
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Class Policy on Delayed Openings
In case of delayed openings (due to weather or other emergencies) all instrumental classes will be cancelled for that day. (Rescheduling classes on days like that is often not possible). In some cases, Mr. FitzGerald may announce that classes will take place even if there is a delayed opening, but that announcement will be made the day before a potential delay. Generally delayed openings of school will mean no instrumental classes.
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Group Names:
Wind & Percussion Groups
(Please note, “Wind” Instruments include Woodwinds & Brass)
Red = Advanced, second year winds & percussion
Purple Groups = Beginning Flutes
Green Group = Beginning Clarinets
Orange Group = Beginning Saxophones
Yellow Group = Beginning Trumpets
Maroon Group = Beginning Trombone, & Baritone Horn
Gray Group = Beginning Percussion
Strings Groups
(These groups include beginning Violin, Viola, & Cello)
Gold = Advanced, second year Strings
Silver Group = Beginning Strings with last names starting with A & B
Bronze Group = Beginning Strings with last names (alphabetically) from C-H
Tan Group = Beginning Strings with last names (alphabetically) from J-M
Beige Group = Beginning Strings with last names (alphabetically) from N-Z