Getting Started
RECRUITMENT
Parkland SD Festival of the Arts "Instrument Exploration"
Passport for Instrument Exploration
3rd Grade Survey (pre-interview)
Renting PSD Instrument Info Slip
MORE RECRUITMENT RESOURCES, including...
Example Video (Be a Part of the Band, Parent Video):
- Selmer Listening Test (Audio: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)
- ENTIRE (original) Selmer Music Listening Guidance Test
- Band Blast Off! (PDF Challenge Form, Video Excerpt)
Brent Cannon TMEA Preso Handout - Especially check out the "vetting" process that takes place to select instruments for students! Could this fly in your school/district? Regardless, what are some "take-aways" that you can use?
START UP
4th Grade COMMITMENT & INFORMATION Form
4th Grade OPEN HOUSE "Band Tips" Video
JOINING BAND" (drwatsonmusic.com)
Same Schedule, EMBEDDED in WEBPAGE
Example of Band Groups (CE 4th/5th)
SOUND INNOVATIONS ONLINE (SIONLINE)
Sound Innovations DVD Resource, Example: Flute video
PODCASTS!
WMM2M Podcast Episode: "Please Don't Quit"
Enjoy this episode of my occasional podcast, What Music Means to Me, "A Band Director's Guide to the Diagnosis of Student Diseases and Conditions."