Students will also be receiving a fingering quiz based on their knowledge of the first five notes that we have learned. They will be asked to label the note names and accurately fill out a fingering chart for each note.
Within the next two weeks, the band students will also be receiving their Holiday Concert Music packets! This is always exciting as the band members get to play 'real' sheet music, rather than just the technical exercises in their band books. Hopefully, you will be able to recognize some of the tunes that your child is practicing as we prepare for our first concert of their playing careers!
Just on a side note, I was reading in the 'Teaching Music' Journal this past week about how students involved in the arts:
- showed overall GPA's higher than those that did not,
- enrolled in four-year colleges at higher rates than those that did not,
- were more likely to vote and/or participate in a political campaign,
- engaged in more regular civic and/or community volunteering than did the general population.
Mr. Hubers
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