First year students come to band class each week for 45 minutes. Second year students practice one hour each week. Students perform out of a selected method book, Essential Elements 200, Standard of Excellence book 1 and 2, rhythm charts and sheet music.
Students also learn how to play all their major scales in the beginning years.
Many Hayfield Elementary band students have the opportunity to participate in the great band pyramid of Hayfield Secondary. Pyramid concerts happen twice a year and the elementary students as well as the middle school students may take part in summer band camp held at Hayfield Secondary. My discovery was the result of musical perception.