2011 Beginning Band Recruitment and Registration for the 5th through 8th grade students
One month is dedicated to recruit students into the Beginning Band. During this time a very comprehensive program is administered to reach out to every student in grades 5th through 8th in the Lansing District #158 Schools including St. Ann and Trinity Schools.
First Week - Musical Aptitude Survey for 5th graders
Second Week - Concerts at all the schools - performed by our Memorial Jr. High Concert Band
Third Week - Interviews with each child to fit the student on an instrument to be performed in band
Fourth Week - Registration and the "Introduction of Instrument" class to the new band student
FIRST WEEK September 12 - 16, 2011
Beginning Band recruitment started on Monday, September 12, 2011. Mr. Allie (band director) reported to the following schools and gave the students a Musical Aptitude Survey. This survey is designed for students with little or no previous musical training. The survey helped to determine how well a child hears pitch, harmony, melody and rhythm.
10:30 am Monday, September 12, 2011 @ Coolidge School
9:15 am Tuesday, September 13, 2011 @ Oak Glen School
9:15 am Wednesday, September 14, 2011 @ Reavis School
9:15 am Thursday, September 15, 2011 @ Trinity School
9:15 am Friday, September 16, 2011 @ St Ann School
The following letters went home with the students explaining the band recruitment.
2011 First Parent Letter for Beginning Band Recruitment .pdf file
Question and Answers about your child's involvement with the band program .pdf file
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SECOND WEEK September 19 - 23, 2011
The Memorial Jr. High Concert Band appeared in concert at each of the Lansing District #158 Schools including St. Ann & Trinity following this schedule:
CONCERT SCHEDULE
THURSDAY (New Schedule) FRIDAY
September 22, 2011 September 23, 2011
9:15am Coolidge School 9:15am Trinity
10:45am Lester Crawl 10:45am Reavis
1:15pm Oak Glen 1:15pm St. Ann
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - Memorial Jr. High School - 2:40pm performed in the main gym
Each performance lasted about 40 minutes. These performances helped the new students understand how each instrument looked and sounded with solo demonstrations by the student musicians representing each instrument in the band. The Concert Band also performed some wonderful music for everyone's enjoyment.
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THIRD WEEK September 26 - 30, 2011
On Monday, September 26 through Friday, September 30, 2011 Mr. Allie and a team of professional musicians from Quinlan and Fabish Music company helped interview each child in the 5th through 8th grades in the Lansing District #158 Schools including St. Ann and Trinity.
During the interview the student was given a certificate listing the instrument recommended for study. Physical characteristics such as teeth, lips, fingers and arm length were checked. This helped in determining the proper instrument to be recommended for each child. In instances where a child was physically able to play any instrument, the child's preference of instrument was respected.
Schedule for the interviews were as follows:
St. Ann Monday, September 26 9:15am
Oak Glen Tuesday, September 27 9:15am
Reavis Wednesday, September 28 9:15am
Trinity Wednesday, September 28 1:00pm
Coolidge Thursday, September 29 9:15am
Memorial Friday, September 30 1:00pm
Letter sent home with student after the interview .pdf file
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FOURTH WEEK October 3 - 8, 2011
This week we registered any student in the fifth through 8th grade for the Beginning Band program.
A parent or guardian was able to register their child for band and rent an instrument on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the Memorial Jr. High School gym any time between 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Quinlan & Fabish Music Company rental fees 2011-12
Our "Introduction to the Instrument" meetings took place one time only for all new band members. These classes met at the Memorial Jr. High School band room and choir room. Each class was designed to teach the students how to put their horn together properly, how to use posture, hand position, embouchure and fast air, how to begin reading music, rules of the band room, how to keep their instrument in good playing condition, how and what to practice and how to put the instrument away properly. With over 100 students joining the band this first lesson would be very important to help the students get a good start in band. The "Introduction to the Instrument" meetings was held on Saturday, October 8, 2011 as follows:
TIME INSTRUMENTS ROOM
9:00-9:45 am Flute, Oboe band room
9:00-10:00 am Percussion choir room
9:50-10:35 am Baritone, Trombone, Tuba band room
10:40-11:25 am Cornet, French Horn choir room
11:30-12:30 pm Clarinet band room
At the close of the Introduction to the instruments Beginning Band Registration will close for the 2011-12 school year. Registration will begin again in September of 2012 for all 5th, 6th , 7th and 8th grade students in School District #158 Schools including St. Ann Catholic and Trinity Lutheran schools in Lansing.
All documents below have been updated for 2011-12. These are all .pdf files
Quinlan & Fabish Music Company rental fees 2011-12
Question and Answers about Private Lessons
Uniform information and Performance Dates
Music Program Calendars for 2011-2012
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