January's band of the month is our largest group, which meets on days 1 & 4. These fine and committed musicians represent the classes taught by Mrs Hegland, Mr. Ramthun, and Mrs. Nichols. These home room teachers, like all of you parents reading this, are very supportive and encourage them to work hard, stick with it, and remember to bring their instruments on band days.
This band has a total of 47 students and is quite well balanced, which makes it easier and more enjoyable to rehearse our concert music:
Flute: 5
Clarinet: 10
Alto Sax: 7
French Horn: 1
Trumpet: 11
Trombone: 4
Baritone Horn: 1
Tuba: 1
Percussion: 6
We are currently working on three pieces of band music for our February 16th concert and plan to add at least two more before then. One of these will be Midnight Mission, by Brian Balmages, which is the opening tune of his Midnight Suite and will be followed by Midnight Sky, and Midnight Madness.
