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COURSES
Sixth grade: Beginning Band (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, cornet, french horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion) Seventh grade: Cadet Band, Concert
Band, Symphonic Band.
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| WHAT’S
SYMPHONIC, CONCERT, CADET, ENSEMBLE?
Seventh and eighth grade band members are placed in one of three bands. The bands are Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Cadet Band. Each band meets during it's own class period and are team taught. The sixth grade Beginner Band meets every day
during first and seventh periods. This
periods are setup in order for like instruments to be taught
together. The members of the bands are picked on several
criteria: 1) taped audition, 2) progress and
work ethics of the student, 3) instrumentation of each band, 4) behavior,
5) attendance at performances/rehearsals, 6) recommendation of their band
director, 7) eligibility (the student must pass all classes to make
symphonic), and 8) for symphonic only, a written application. Some sections of
the band can have too many members or too few.
It’s important for both groups to be able to stand alone during a
performance and it’s at this point individual decisions must be made by
the directors about the placement of students, both to their benefit and
the benefit of both bands. In the fall, all seventh and eighth grade band
members play as one large group when performing at football games or pep
rallies. After Nov. 1, the
groups prepare different music and perform as separate organizations. Mr. Black and Mrs. Parks team-teach every
class. Mr. Black is the
primary director of the Symphonic Band while Mrs. Parks is the
primary director of Concert Band.
Mr. Black and Mrs. Parks will share responsibilities with the
Cadet Band and Beginning Band.
Mr. Black and Mrs. Parks will know the name of all band members before the end of the
second week of school. We
also have help from Newman Smith and Creekview High Schools.
Mr. Parks (NSHS) will be teaching the sixth grade beginner
percussion class and the seventh/eighth grade percussion class |