To: Beginning Band Parents
From: Anne Brandyberry, Alan Notestine, William Fowles; Instrumental Directors
Re: Beginning Band
Date: January 16, 2024
Your child recently heard an exciting concert featuring the Hayes Pep Band. Next year's beginner band is now starting to be organized. Your child will have great fun playing in the school band, and additional fun playing at home for other family members.
While a beginner need not have special talents to get started, he/she will soon develop the necessary skills and abilities. Your child can sound as good or better in a similar amount of time as the students they heard today. But these are not the only benefits from playing music. Your child will learn cooperation, respect, discipline, skills to face challenges, and pride in themselves.
On Feb 26th and 29th, your child will have the opportunity to try the various instruments that make up the band/orchestra. At this time, qualified instructors from Rettig Music and the band staff will help place your child on an instrument that best suits his/her physical characteristics. Upon completion of instrument testing at all of the DCS Elementary schools, you will be receiving a note outlining your child's instrument try-out results.
You are also invited to attend a Beginner Band Parents' Meeting, on Tuesday, Feb 6, 2024, at 7:00 pm to introduce the instrumental program and answer any questions you may have. Prior to this meeting I would ask that you please discuss with your child the benefits of belonging to the school music program, and what would be your child's first and second instrument choice. Using instrument test results as a guideline, the student, parent, and instrumental director will collectively agree on an instrument on which we believe your child would be most successful.
Thank you for your interest in your child's music education!
Musically Yours,
Anne Brandyberry, William Fowles and Alan Notestine
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