Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year!
We are extremely excited for the year ahead! This will truly be a year to remember, as we begin the year in a virtual format! While we are busily planning for an engaging and successful year, here is the status for many of our normal activities:
6th Grade Beginning Band
Students WILL be able to sign up for band! Here are the basics:
Concerts
We are not sure exactly what our performances will look like this year. I imagine the first round of performances (typically late November, early December) will not look exactly like a traditional concert. However, rest assured that students will have opportunities to perform and share music with our families and community!
Ensembles for 7th and 8th Grade Band
Our extracurricular ensembles will not start at the beginning of this school year. They will need to wait at least until we are back at school in person, and more likely until second semester.
GMEA Events
These include District Honor Band, All-State Band, and LGPE. Our state organization is still working out plans for these events, and many ideas have been proposed to continue these events in some form. There is a possibility that the honor group events (All-State & Honor Band) may happen later than usual, or may adopt a different format. LGPE is a more locally controlled event, so we will have to wait and see if, when, and how that will happen.
Disney Performance
Currently, field trips are suspended until further notice. This means that under current CCSD guidelines, the Disney trip for 8th grade cannot happen. If and when trips are allowed again, we will explore available options.
6th Grade Beginning Band
Students WILL be able to sign up for band! Here are the basics:
- All 6th graders will have two music classes on their initial schedule. This is to facilitate the music department orientation, and will be changed the second week.
- While attending these music classes, the students will have an overall orientation to the music department, then spend one virtual class session with each of the three music groups.
- After class on Friday, August 21st, the music group signup form will be released!
- Music and connection classes will be scheduled and officially start on August 27th!
- Band will spend the next week helping students choose their ideal instrument and going over music basics.
- We will start with instruments after Labor Day!
Concerts
We are not sure exactly what our performances will look like this year. I imagine the first round of performances (typically late November, early December) will not look exactly like a traditional concert. However, rest assured that students will have opportunities to perform and share music with our families and community!
Ensembles for 7th and 8th Grade Band
Our extracurricular ensembles will not start at the beginning of this school year. They will need to wait at least until we are back at school in person, and more likely until second semester.
GMEA Events
These include District Honor Band, All-State Band, and LGPE. Our state organization is still working out plans for these events, and many ideas have been proposed to continue these events in some form. There is a possibility that the honor group events (All-State & Honor Band) may happen later than usual, or may adopt a different format. LGPE is a more locally controlled event, so we will have to wait and see if, when, and how that will happen.
Disney Performance
Currently, field trips are suspended until further notice. This means that under current CCSD guidelines, the Disney trip for 8th grade cannot happen. If and when trips are allowed again, we will explore available options.
The Virtual Spring Concert!
5-20-2020
This has been quite an interesting year! We have had unprecedented individual success, breaking our previous record for All-State Band members, and having HUGE representation in District Honor Band! We also had amazing group success in our full band and ensemble concerts! We were also fortunate that our 8th grade class got to have their performance in Disney World in February! Unfortunately, all of our spring semester performances were cancelled due to the Coronavirus school closure.
But the band found a way to play on! We hope you enjoy our Virtual Spring Concert, and look forward to seeing ALL of our students when we resume in the fall!
5-20-2020
This has been quite an interesting year! We have had unprecedented individual success, breaking our previous record for All-State Band members, and having HUGE representation in District Honor Band! We also had amazing group success in our full band and ensemble concerts! We were also fortunate that our 8th grade class got to have their performance in Disney World in February! Unfortunately, all of our spring semester performances were cancelled due to the Coronavirus school closure.
But the band found a way to play on! We hope you enjoy our Virtual Spring Concert, and look forward to seeing ALL of our students when we resume in the fall!
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