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
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