Daily Practice is required of all band/orchestra members. Beginning Band/Orchestra students will be required to practice at least 5 days a week, 15 minutes a day, gradually being increased by the director to 30 minutes a day. Intermediate and Advanced band/orchestra students will be required to practice for at least 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.  Recorder students are required to practice for a minimum of 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week.

 

Weekly practice minutes must be recorded each Monday in the Practice Minute Notebook before your class begins. If a student does not practice sufficiently to learn the assigned band music, he may have his seating changed, be placed in a lower band or dismissed from the class.  If your student is absent one week, they may add up their practice time and enter it on the following week's sheet.  Please do not go back and write time in on a day that has been marked as "Absent".

 

The Practice Minute Record Sheet is available to all students to aid in keeping track of thier practice time.  Students taking private music lessons on their band instrument may record those minutes as well!  Students meeting the minimum required practice time will recieve a small reward at the Winter and Spring Concerts.  The student with the most practice minutes in each band will recieve a special award at the Spring Concert!