Band Notes - Week of March 9

General information that applies to all students and parents can be found towards the top of every newsletter, while information specific to your child's ensemble can be found in that particular section by scrolling all the way down.

Feel free to contact a director if you have any questions and our contact information is at the bottom of this newsletter. Thanks for reading!

Please click here to see all of the Band Events for this new school year in order to plan your family's activities. Remember, performances are a required part of our curriculum, so please contact a director ASAP for any conflicts.

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In the Belton MS Band, we form a partnership between teacher and student where both share responsibility in their musical development. Our team of teachers include middle school directors, private lesson instructors, high school directors, and even hired clinicians, masterclass teachers, and adjudicators. We also strive to communicate and produce strong partnerships with parents since their support is vital in their student's growth.

To that end, we as the teaching team provide Introduction, Comprehension, and Demonstration to students for their instruction. However, each student has a responsibility as well to facilitate Repetition in the form of practicing daily for at least 25 minutes, 5 days per week.

This means that instruments go home everyday to practice the concepts, patterns, and music that we go over daily in class. This leads to student Mastery of their music and ultimately of their instrument. Students have homework everyday in Band as they practice their instrument in preparation for performances and to continue their musical growth. Reach out to a director if you would like more information on how to better help and support the musical growth of your student.

Students should take their instruments home daily and we expect them to practice 5 days a week for at least 25 minutes. Students may also practice before school in the Band Hall starting at 7:30am every school day.

Parents, we implore you to help set up a consistent practice routine at home for your student. Students will not improve their musical skills on their instrument without practice outside of regular class time. The directors, we will teach your student what and how to practice, but we need your help in establishing when and how much they practice. The more they practice, the better they will get faster. Please review the How To Practice and Weekly XP Chart attachment below:

Click here to see the Calendar page of our website to find all of the current events, including special rehearsals, contests, and performances for the whole school year. We provide this so you can plan your family's activities. Remember, performances are a required part of our curriculum, so please contact a director ASAP for any conflicts. Be sure to view the List of Band Events that can be found clicking on the link.

Students should Be Prepared with their formal uniform, including red polo shirt tucked into black pants (not jeans), black calf-length socks, all-black dress shoes, and a black belt for gentlemen. Students do not have to wear their uniform to school but can hang it up at their band locker that morning. This should be on a hanger, not stuffed into their backpack!

We will have our regular 3rd period class and then we will feed students Lunch from Chick-Fil-A (provided), and then change into their uniform. Students will be required to make up work in their 4th through 7th period classes.

We would love to have audience cheering us on if you cannot chaperone. Our stage performance begins promptly at 1:10pm followed by Sightreading in the Band Hall at 1:35pm. Please read the detailed itinerary for this event below:

Students should Be Prepared with their formal uniform, including red polo shirt tucked into black pants (not jeans), black calf-length socks, all-black dress shoes, and a black belt for gentlemen. Students do not have to wear their uniform to school but can hang it up at their band locker that morning. This should be on a hanger, not stuffed into their backpack!

We will have our regular 2nd period class and then later students will be release via announcement to report to the Band Hall at 11:15am. We will feed students Lunch from Chick-Fil-A (provided), and then change into their uniform. Students will be required to make up work in their 4th through 7th period classes.

We would love to have audience cheering us on if you cannot chaperone. Our stage performance begins promptly at 1:35pm followed by Sightreading in the Band Hall at 2:00pm. Please read the detailed itinerary for this event below:

Email: beltonmsband@gmail.com

Website: beltonmsband.org
Call/Text: 254-262-3050

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