Class overview

Students in fifth and sixth grade band work in sections to develop the fundamental skills of playing a band instrument. They show these fundamental skills in live concerts. Due to Covid-19, we are currently recording these in class in order to minimize possible exposure.

Class overview

This class consists of students in seventh and eighth grades. While this is primarily a performance-based class, we still prioritize building fundamental skills. Concerts are still in person, but at limited capacity.

Class overview

This class consists of students in grades ninth through twelfth. Being a performance-based class, these students work towards parades, concerts, contests, and honor bands.

Class overview

This class meets twice a week outside of the normal day. They play music that spans a variety of jazz, swing, latin, bossa nova, funk, and more. This groups plays for concerts and contests.

Class overview

This class is geared for the average student with little music experience. Students learn the basics of the guitar, how to play the guitar, and how to read both standard notation and tablature. Students also play at either a concert or hold a recital to show off their progress.

 Class overview

This class is geared for the average student with little to no music experience. It is my belief that it is very difficult to use technology for music without fundamental musical knowledge. This class will consist of basic music theory, composition, and music tech skills and cover a variety of genres of music, such as classical, film scoring, video game scoring, pop, and others based on student interest.

 Class overview

This class is for 7th and 8th graders for one semester. We learn the basic fundamentals of computer programming. We go through an accelerated introduction to computer science course through code.org, an AI and app design course through code.org, an intro to visual coding through scratch.mit.edu, and an intro programming with Python, a real-world computer coding language.