I have spent a lot of time recently writing a band handbook. You can now peruse the draft which was posted on the wiki. I am hoping to finalize that as well as add a bunch of stuff to it over the summer.
For the upcoming year, I will be doing as much communication as possible via email. I have made a personal goal to use as little as paper as humanly possible. I will, however, give every student a printed copy of the handbook to keep in their 3-ring black binder. If you wish to be placed on my email list, please send an email to petrosker@dcpsmd.org with the word SUBSCRIBE in the subject heading. In the body of the email please make sure you put your child's name so that I can have accurate records.
The Mace's Lane Middle School instrumental program provides students with a quality musical education in one of the 2 bands: "Festival" Band and Concert Band. The program currently serves about 90 students from grades 6th to 8th grades.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Wiki
One thing I dislike about this blog service is the inability to place downloadable files onto the blog. Items like forms, permission slips, hand-outs, fingering charts, etc. are now being placed on a wiki that I set up. The web address for the wiki is www.mlmsband.wikispaces.com. I will update the items in the blog for this and will attempt to get everything organized.
This blog will still be the main communication tool for students, parents and the community. If you wish to be updated regularly, please "follow" this blog.
This blog will still be the main communication tool for students, parents and the community. If you wish to be updated regularly, please "follow" this blog.
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Spring Concert
The MLMS Chorus and Bands did an outstanding last night. I cannot begin to tell you all how proud of you I am. I thought both bands did a wonderful job. Fire Dance rocked my socks!
Just because the concert is over doesn't mean the learning is. We will be working on scales and method book work as well.
2011-2012 Festival Band auditions are going to be May 18th. Those that are interested should see Mr. P for the audition piece. There are 3 scores that go into consideration for Festival Band. They are the R-Score (which calculates responsibility via a rubric), P-Score (which is the playing portion), and the S-Score (which is the rhythmic sight-reading score).
Just because the concert is over doesn't mean the learning is. We will be working on scales and method book work as well.
2011-2012 Festival Band auditions are going to be May 18th. Those that are interested should see Mr. P for the audition piece. There are 3 scores that go into consideration for Festival Band. They are the R-Score (which calculates responsibility via a rubric), P-Score (which is the playing portion), and the S-Score (which is the rhythmic sight-reading score).
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