Students will learn how to set up, play and take care of their band instrument! We will have about 3 or 4 concerts throughout the school year and rehearse basic songs as well as introductory band pieces.
1) Click this link to go to the scholarship page
2) Click on "Click here to apply" and then fill out the online form
I encourage everyone to fill one out just in case you qualify for a cheaper price!
1) Click this link to go to the sign up page
2) Click "DCEIM, Douglas County HS 25-26"
3) If beginning band (first year players) stay on page 1 and then find "Flagstone Beginning Band" and add to cart, if intermediate/advanced band (second & third year players) stay on page 1 and then find "Flagstone Intermediate Band" (They mislabeled it, it should read "Flagstone intermediate/advanced band") and add to cart
4) Once you've added the item to the cart, on the top right of the screen you'll find your cart, hit the orange "continue" and you can choose how you pay! When you get to the end of checkout you should be able to choose to pay monthly
Flute
Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Trumpet
Tombone
Baritone
French horn
Percussion (snare and xylophone "bells")
I would highly recommend coming to our rental night on September 5th, 5-7pm @ Rock Ridge Elementary! Music & Arts and Golden Music will physically be there, you can rent from either of them and most are able to leave with their rental. If you are not available for the rental night you can still rent online from the companies here:
Music & Arts: click here
Golden Music: click here
If you'd also prefer to buy a used instrument and don't know where to start looking, send me an email and I can help! smirandi@dcsdk12.org
In order to improve in an ideal universe students would practice everyday, however that can be difficult a lot of the time. The expectation is that students practice a few times a week at home, here's what their practice will look like:
Students find a designated space at home
Set up their music stand
Play what they did in class, they have what they need to play in their practice logs in their music book
The main goal is to play from start to finish
If they can't, or they had a hard time with a section, they play the section that is difficult slowly several times
Setting up the habit to practice can be tricky, so I suggest setting a time that works for them! For example, every weekday after school at 5:30pm or Monday, Wednesday and Fridays after dinner. Students don't need to play for long periods of time!! At this stage, roughly 10 minutes is perfect. The most important thing is that they play at home consistently. The more you consistently use the neural pathways from your brian to your arms, hands and fingers, the more it becomes automatic and natural like learning how to properly type on a keyboard.
Each group meets twice a week, here are there times:
Beginning (First year) band students: Tuesdays 8:30-8:55am, Fridays 4:10-5pm (start date: Sept. 9th)
Intermediate/Advanced (Second & Third year) band students: Tuesdays 8-8:55am, Thursdays 4:10-5pm (start date: Sept. 9th)
Please email me if you have questions on the schedule!
You'll need two other items that we'll need to bring to school and back home on rehearsal days! A music stand and the music book that we'll use in class, click the amazon links below to grab what you need:
Music Stand: click here to grab the music stand that I would recommend! However most music stands will do just fine
Flute: Sound Innovation book 1
Clarinet: Sound innovation book 1
Alto Saxophone: Sound innovation book 1
Trumpet: Sound innovation book 1
Trombone: Sound innovation book 1
Baritone: Sound innovation book 1
French horn: Sound innovation book 1
Percussion: Sound innovation book 1
Our Intermediate/Advanced band will need three things this year! A music stand as well as book 1 & book 2 for their instrument. The reason students need book 1 & book 2 are because Intermediate students will be finishing working in book 1 while our advanced students help them and Advanced students will be finishing working in book 2 while intermediate students will play that music with them either modified so it's simpler or take the challenge to learn a new technique. Here are all the links you'll need:
Music Stand: click here to grab the music stand that I would recommend! However most music stands will do just fine
Flute: Sound Innovation book 1, & book 2
Clarinet: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
Alto Saxophone: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
Trumpet: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
Trombone: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
Baritone: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
French horn: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2
Percussion: Sound innovation book 1, & book 2