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Components of Your Instrumental Music Program

Components of Your Instrumental Music Program. Professional Development Milford Public Schools August 29, 2008. Recruiting. The MOST important event for your program. Planning & Preparation is key. You are selling your program – the impressions you make will make a difference.

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Components of Your Instrumental Music Program

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  1. Components of Your Instrumental Music Program Professional Development Milford Public Schools August 29, 2008

  2. Recruiting • The MOST important event for your program. • Planning & Preparation is key. • You are selling your program – the impressions you make will make a difference. • Communication is essential.

  3. Timeline • Get to the students early. • Send a letter home to all parents. • Demonstration concert for students. • Mouthpiece / Instrument Trials • Rental / Information Night

  4. Customize Your Approach • Set enrollment goals. • Identify short term and long term instrumentation needs. • Communication is key.

  5. Assembly for Students • Play ALL of the instruments that you will offer for the students or invited older students to help. • Songs selection can affect students choices. Choose carefully. • Your enthusiasm for your class will be as important as the musical performance.

  6. Instrument Testing The purpose of having students try instruments is multifaceted: • Generates enthusiasm. • Aid students in selecting an instrument that will allow them to be successful. • Influence instrumentation.

  7. Information (Rental) Night • Be available to parents before AND after the meeting. • Have parents sign in. • Discuss the key aspects of your program. • Provide parents with information about renting. • Invite more than one vendor. • SELL YOURSELF AND YOUR PROGRAM.

  8. Follow Up • Mail information packets to parents who could not attend. • Allow parents time to obtain instruments. • Work with classroom teachers to develop a schedule that they can support. • Be available to students for questions.

  9. Ongoing Recruiting • Recruiting never stops! • Utilize MS & HS performing ensembles. • Every concert is a recruiting opportunity. • Consider Tri-M

  10. Rentention • Begins at the first lesson. • #1 reason students quit is frustration or feeling of failure. • Teaching approach must ensure that students can play songs independently as soon as possible.

  11. Follow Up • Positive reinforcement. • Achievement “honor rolls” • Postcards home. • Communication with home. • Written assignments. • Performances.

  12. Roundtable

  13. Curriculum = Literature • The music we select IS our curriculum. • How do you find music? • What is your criteria for selecting music?

  14. Method Books • What makes a method book good? • Is one better than another? • Are you meeting your recruiting / retention goals and is this a factor? • When do you switch? • How does technology fit in?

  15. Connecting to the Standards • Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. • Playing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. • Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. • Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. • Reading and notating music. • Listening to, analyzing and describing music. • Evaluating music and music performances. • Understanding relationships between music, the arts, and disciplines outside the arts. • Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

  16. Concert Planning • When possible, put the musical and learning needs of the students first when scheduling performances. • Consider all school events when scheduling concerts. • Utilize all of your resources.

  17. Concert Programming • Select music that meets your curriculum. • Select music that addresses the standards. • A “Band” or “Orchestra” concert should reflect the design of the ensemble. • Consider long term curricular goals when selecting music for winter and spring and from year to year. • Core literature vs. Contemporary literature. • Something for everyone.

  18. Resources • Colleagues • Conferences – State, Eastern Division, National & MidWest • Books • Recordings • Websites & Stores

  19. Creating Units • “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” • Standard of Excellence Series • Utilize vocabulary lists. • Rhythm, Harmony, & Melody • Keep students engaged when working with larger classes. • Expose all instruments to melody and harmony.

  20. Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Create a musical community within your school. • Interaction and collaboration with colleagues. • Visually enhanced performances.

  21. Roundtable on Literature

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