Beginner Band Membership Info Altoona Middle School Bands 1903 Bartlett Ave. Students must have the written consent of their parent or guardian. During the fall, a registration meeting is conducted for parents and students. Instrument dealers are available to assist you with a purchase or rental instrument.
Used instruments are also on display with the owners contact information.
Mr. Baldwin and I are available to answer questions and discuss the band program with parents and students. Student choices of the instrument they would like to play is honored in as much as a sectional balance will allow. In some cases instrument sections fill up and it is necessary to move children who are either undecided or better suited for another instrument for one reason or another. Which instrument a child plays is not necessarily as important as simply playing something . If a parent, a relative or someone they admire on television plays a particular instrument they are certainly an influence for children as to what they would like to play.