Remington Middle School Band Introduction

Dear Band Students and Parents:

Welcome to a new and exciting year in the Franklin music program. I am looking forward to meeting each and every one of you. I would like to take this time to explain our band program and my expectations for the students. At the Remington Middle School there will be two bands, the Concert Band and the Symphony Band. The Concert Band is a band whose primary focus will be refining the basic skills of the young musicians. This band is for students who have played for one year or who would like to learn a new instrument this year. The Symphony Band is for the more advanced students who have played previously. Both of the bands will rehearse every other day in the twelve day cycle during X Period. The Concert Band will rehearse on the even cycle days and the Symphony Band will rehearse on days the odd cycle days. In addition to these regularly scheduled band rehearsals, the students will have sectional rehearsals, (small group lessons organized by the instrument type). These rehearsals will be held during class time on a pull-out basis. Students will be excused from one class per week to attend the sectional rehearsals. This scheduled on a rotating basis so that the students will not miss the same class each week.

All of this hard work and commitment during rehearsals will contribute to the success of two concerts during the school year. This year due to budget cuts the concerts will be held during the school day. These concerts will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will be approximately one hour in length. The dates of these concerts can be found on the band calendar page of this website. Performances are very positive experiences which give students the chance to display their talents.