M.U.S.E. Instrumental Programs
Dear Band Parents,

I want to welcome back all of our students and parents to our program. We are excited to have you on board for this 2016-2017 season.  As always, our goal is to make this a fun and positive experience for your child. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact your instructor or the M.U.S.E. office. Teachers emails are listed in the class schedules page on our website at: Class Schedules
Upcoming Band Workshops
 (Highly Recommended)
These band workshops are designed to not only give your child extra help on their instrument, it's also a motivational session and a great opportunity for students to play in a larger ensemble situation which can be very gratifying (especially for students in school bands that have less than 15 students in the band). 

Bryant Allard, Director of M.U.S.E. will be flying down from Portland to conduct these sessions. Mr. Allard has been teaching band for 30 years and loves getting students excited and fired up about playing music. Parents are encouraged to stay and watch. There is no cost for these sessions.  

East Bay:
(Band Room just behind the Theater)

11:00-12:15  Beginning Band Students

12:30-1:30pm    Returning students (Intermediate and Advanced band Students)

M.U.S.E. Students rocking out at a high school basketball game


Click here for Short Video Clip
School Calendar

We are working to finalize dates, locations, and times for our annual winter and spring concert.  These are multi-school events where students will have the opportunity to perform in a large ensemble. These are very exciting events. Teachers will also be planning individual school performances. We will have this calendar finalized in the next few weeks and we will post on our website as well as send an email with links to the website page. 
 
Practicing 
Please help your child set up a practice routine of at least 3-5 days a week for 20 minutes a session. Students are asked to log in their practice time in their Practice Journals in the back of their books. There is a spot for parents to initial each week. 
Honor Band
Teachers are in the process of choosing students for Honor Band(details about Honor Band are on our website). We will have a letter out by October 21. If your child was not selected and is interested in being a part of this group, please email your instructor. They can give you the criteria for being in Honor Band and what your child can do to prepare for an audition. Honor Band meets about every 4-6 weeks on the weekends and has performances throughout the year. Our first set of performances are in December performing holiday music at Ghirardelli Square. We will have several other performances which will include Great America as well as recording a CD at the end of the year. 
Accessories for Woodwinds

If you need to order reeds for clarinet or saxophone we would suggest Rico size 2 reeds (box of 10). Here are a few links:

Clarinet reeds

Saxophone reeds
Click here: Interesting Article on the Brain and Music. 


Thanks!


Bryant Allard
M.U.S.E. Instrumental Programs