IMPORTANT BAND LINKS:
Click HERE to register for Middle or Elementary School Band
(this is the one for the great middle school pencil giveaway!)
Click HERE to register for the Elementary All-Town Honors Band (Tue 4:30-5:30 at Wood Hill MS)
j2wright@aps1.net if you have any questions.
Monday, November 6, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Click here to register for the 2017-2018 All Town Elementary Honors Band!
This band will rehearse weekly in the
band room at Wood Hill Middle School on TUESDAYS, from 4:30-5:30PM. It will
begin on November 7, and run until the second week of June. There are two
performances planned at the moment, March 13 (All Bands Night at the Collins
Center), and a Spring Concert/Festival on Saturday, June 16, including a
morning dress rehearsal and clinic, a late morning concert, and an afternoon of
celebration and fun in a location to be determined. (There will be an
additional fee for the celebration, to be determined as the plans are firmed
up.)
Students in
All-Town Band need to:
1) ...be
a member in good standing of their school bands, maintaining regular
attendance.
2) ...have
one year or more experience in Andover bands.
3) ...have
paid a $125 fee for the school year.
4) …be
reliable and responsible members.
For those
eventually selected for a jazz band, there will be only a $75 fee due for that,
rather than the $125 jazz fee, for students doing both bands. This is a $50
credit for being involved in both.
Registration fees
are non-refundable. Please have a check made out to Andover Public Schools at the student's first rehearsal. Band
begins on Tuesday, November 7.
Please provide
the following information. All other information has been collected via your
registration form for school band.
Let me know if
you have any questions! j2wright@aps1.net
Monday, September 11, 2017
Getting Started In Band
Welcome to BAND!
Just starting in band? Here is everything you need to get started!
Registering here will give us all the information we need to steer you in the right directions:
THINK ABOUT WHAT INSTRUMENT IS RIGHT FOR YOU!
These are the choices for band!
WOODWIND: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
BRASS: Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone
PERCUSSION: Percussion Kit (snare and bells)
These instruments are available in an affordable rent-to-own agreement from Leonard Music. Please visit their easy-to-use website for more information!
If you have an alternative source for procuring an instrument, it is strongly suggested that you have this instrument checked out by either Mr. Wright or Ms. Hofius. The wrong or malfunctioning equipment can be significant obstacle to a rewarding band experience. Let’s work together to make sure a good instrument in excellent shape is the place from which we all start.
Beginners of any age will also need Standard of Excellence, Book 1 for your instrument. This also is available from Leonard Music, and can be delivered with your instrument. There are local stores that stock this book, such as The Real School of Music in Andover, The Music Place in North Reading, Tewksbury Music Center in Tewksbury, National Music in Woburn, and University Music in Lowell. It is also available on line through Amazon.com.
Band is a large group class, and it has been very much the case that additional study on the instrument in lessons outside of school has been a huge help in a successful and happy experience in band. There are many opportunities in the community for outside study, including the schools’ own Andover After School Music Program. There is a one time $35 registration fee for the program, and private study is $35 per weekly 30 minute lessons. Upon registration for band, you will be sent more detailed information about AASMP
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Joe Wright, band teacher in the Andover elementary school! j2wright@aps1.net
Friday, June 9, 2017
It's Easy to Join Band!
Welcome to BAND!
Band in the elementary schools is available for grades 4 and 5, and meets before school once per week for 40 minutes. If it is your first year of band, your meeting will be from 8:10-8:50 AM.
Bancroft – Tuesday mornings, starting September 26
High Plain – Wednesday mornings, starting September 27
Sanborn – Monday mornings, starting September 25
South – Friday mornings, starting September 29
West – Thursday mornings, starting September 28
There will be a morning ‘open rehearsal’ for parents to join us in December to see our progress, a debut “All Bands Night” concert in March including all the elementary band students in one giant band at the Collins Center, and a performance for the individual school bands in our school’s Spring Concert. Band ends shortly before the end of the school year.
THINK ABOUT WHAT INSTRUMENT IS RIGHT FOR YOU!
These are the choices for
band!
WOODWIND: Flute, Oboe,
Clarinet, Alto Saxophone
BRASS: Trumpet, French Horn,
Trombone
PERCUSSION: Percussion Kit
(snare and bells)
These instruments are
available in an affordable rent-to-own agreement from Leonard Music. Please visit their easy-to-use website for
more information!
If you have an alternative source for procuring an
instrument, it is strongly suggested that you have this instrument checked out
by either Mr. Wright. The
wrong or malfunctioning equipment can be significant obstacle to a rewarding
band experience. Let’s work together to
make sure a good instrument in excellent shape is the place from which we all
start.
You will also need Standard
of Excellence, Book 1 for your instrument.
This also is available from Leonard Music, and can be delivered with
your instrument. There are local stores
that stock this book, such as The Real School of Music in Andover, The Music
Place in North Reading, Tewksbury Music Center in Tewksbury, National Music in
Woburn, and University Music in Lowell.
It is also available on line through Amazon.com.
Band is a large group class,
and it has been very much the case that additional study on the instrument in
lessons outside of school has been a huge help in a successful and happy
experience in band. There are many opportunities
in the community for outside study, including the schools’ own Andover After School Music Program. There is a one time $35 registration fee for the program, and private study is $35 per weekly 30 minute lessons. Keep an eye out for information regarding AASMP.
If you have any questions,
please do not hesitate to contact Joe Wright, band teacher in the Andover
elementary school! j2wright@aps1.net
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