Conferences Coming in a few Weeks!

Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming in just a few weeks in February!  My conference schedule for Monday, Feb. 13 is as follows:

Brandon Elementary: 1:30-3:30

Robert Bennis Elementary:  3:30-5:30

Fred Assam Elementary:  6:30-9:00

Please feel free to stop in and visit with me at any one of the campuses whenever it fits into you schedule.  I am so pleased with the progress of the 5th graders and their efforts to continue developing their skills and talents on their instruments.

Until next week, keep practicing!

Mr. Hubers

Solos Coming Soon!

Now that the holiday concerts are a distant memory, the band students have been working at mastering many new concepts from their method book, 'Standard of Excellence'.  They have been introduced to some new notes, new rhythms, dynamics and tempo markings.  We have also been playing some of the selections in our 'First Performance' book.  This book contains pieces depicting different musical styles from around the world.  This is an excellent supplement to reinforce new concepts that we are working on in our method book. 

Next month, all of the band students will begin working on a solo to perform later on this spring for one of the high school band directors.  This gives the band students the opportunity to perform a solo on their instrument and receive positive feedback from one of the other directors in the school district. 

Please keep encouraging your child in their practice time at home as this is so necessary to reinforce the concepts that we are introduced to in the rehearsal.

Until next week....
Mr. Hubers

Beginning of a New Semester!

Welcome back to our second semester of our school year!!  It is difficult to believe how quickly the first semester went by.  I am very pleased with the quality of this week's lessons - many of the students maintained their practicing over the holiday break!!  We did get a lot accomplished this week!  As we continue through the months of January and February, we will continue to cover as much of the material in our 'Standard of Excellence' as we can.  We will also spend some time reinforcing these new skills with selections from our 'First Performance' Book.  Please continue to reinforce your child's practice at home as we are being introduced to new concepts in our daily rehearsals and small-group lessons.

Until next week.......
Mr. Hubers