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MSBOA Band & Orchestra Festival 2011
7th Grade Concert Band - Division III Rating
8th Grade Concert Band - Division II Rating
Click HERE for complete FESTIVAL Results!

Review the Sight-Reading Procedures HERE.

Winter Concert 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
6th, 7th and 8th Grade Concert Bands
Concert Program - Page 1 - Page 2

TRENTON CHRISTMAS PARADE
Saturday, December 5, 2009
- Click HERE for information

Click HERE for 7th Grade Band STATE FESTIVAL Information!

Click HERE to read an article about our Band Festival success in the News Herald Newspaper!

MSBOA Band & Orchestra Festival 2009 - Click HERE for ALL PERFORMANCE INFORMATION!

MSBOA Solo & Ensemble Festival 2009 - Click HERE for INFORMATION!

Concert Band Method Book Information

6th Grade Concert Band will be using Essential Elements 2000 Book 2 (red).
7th Grade Concert Band will be using Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 2 (blue).
8th Grade Concert Band will be using Essential Technique 2000 Book 3 (green).

The Essential Elements and Standard of Excellence books come with a practice CD - the Foundations for Superior Performance book does not. I will have copies of the books for each student to purchase at a discounted price. You may elect to purchase your copy elsewhere, but I can make these books available at the following prices:

“Essential Elements 2000 Book 2 (Red)” prices:
$7.20 -- for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Baritone (B.C.), Tuba, and Electric Bass.
$13.50 -- for Percussion.
“Standard of Excellence Enhanced Book 2 (Blue)” prices:
$9.00 -- for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone
Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone (B.C.), Tuba, and Electric Bass.
$9.50 -- for French Horn, Drums & Mallet Percussion.
“Essential Technique 2000 Book 3 (Green)” prices:
$7.20 -- for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Baritone
Sax, Trumpet, Trombone, French Horn, Baritone (B.C.), Tuba, and Electric Bass.
$13.50 -- for Percussion.

Please make checks payable to “A+R Music” or you may pay in cash.

Please Read and Review the Band Handbook for this year - Band Handbook
Please Read and Review the Chorus Handbook for this year - Choir Handbook
-- Need a PRACTICE CARD?! Download one here: Practice Card.

Valuable information for Parents:

Trenton Band Boosters
Website: http://trentonbandboosters.tripod.com/
Email: trentonbandboosters1@yahoo.com
Calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/trentonbandboosters1
Meijer Rewards Program

-- Start building your child's Trenton High School band account now! Click on the Meijer image above and enroll!
The THS Marching Band organization number is: 757858

Links:

Looking for a new instrument?? The School Band & Orchestra Magazine has created a website with information that might be useful to you when embarking upon the fairly difficult task of purchasing a new instrument. http://www.sbomagazine.com/HowTo/clarinet.aspx -- PLEASE beware of instruments that have a cheaper sticker price -- they look great, but there is a reason that they don't cost as much, and usually they develop major wear problems very quickly. Ask a private teacher or your band director about the brand you are considering. Don't just buy off the shelf! I would say never buy from a discount store, and I would be cautious about buying from a store that seems to deal primarily in guitars, keyboards, drumset, etc. I have found that even though they look like they have a band/orchestra instrument department, they often don't have people who really know the instruments and the instruments are often not good quality.
Why You Should Not Buy A Cheap Musical Instrument - click here!

Advocacy and Important Music Related Issues

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)
NFAA's mission is to identify emerging artists and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development, and to raise the appreciation for, and support of, the arts in American society.