Quality band music from a variety of styles and time periods will be chosen in order to be challenging both technically and musically. Instructional setting The primary setting is the band rehearsal. There are no lessons at the high school level. Students are assessed on the band music through individual playing exams twice per quarter. The major emphasis of the high school band program is on the performance of challenging and quality concert band literature.
Students demonstrate their yearly progress in a recital performance or a recording.
There are two high school bands, Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, each a regularly scheduled course. The only prerequisite to being in Concert Band is that the student receive a B- or better grade in band the previous year. The Wind Ensemble and Concert Band combine for concerts to form the Symphonic Band. In addition, the Wind Ensemble performs it's own separate and more challenging music. 75 Elementary Instrumental Music Sixth Grade Beginner Policy Students are given the opportunity to begin an instrument in the fifth grade.