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kelleher@brooklynschools.org
or 774-9153 ext. 1275
Thanks to all the band students at BMS for a great year. The 7th & 8th Grade Band earned a Gold Medal rating at the recent adjuducation festival in East Hartford. Congratulations to them.
Click here for information on joining the BMS Band program (posted 6/9/2010)
Report time for the Memorial Day Parade is 8:30 @ the Brooklyn Fairgrounds on Monday, 5/31.
Click here for information on the Memorial Day Parade (all 7th & 8th grade band students, and selected 6th grade members)
Report time for the Adjudication Festival/Six Flags trip is 7:30 in the Middle School Auditorium on Thursday, 6/3.
Click here for information on the Adjudication trip on 6/3 (7th & 8th grade members only). Band members will be performing at East Hartford M.S and then travelling to Six Flags NE.
Click here for the permission slip for 6/3
Click here for the lesson schedule
Click here to find your group number
Welcome to the 2009-2010 School Year. 7th & 8th Grade bands are already practicing - 6th grade Band will start the week of 9/14/09 on Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 11:30. Small group lessons will be starting soon - look for details coming home or here.
The Winter Band Concert is scheduled for Wed. Dec. 15 @7:00.
Click here for QVMSMF recordings from 11/12/09
Click here for info on the ERMS Festival.
Click here for clips of the 7th & 8th Geade Band at the Winter Concert 12/15/09
Performance Dates as of 1/15/10 - as the events approach, those involved will receive specific details.
-*ERMS Festival Concert 2/26 & 2/27 2010
-Woodstock Academy Mini Festival Concert (grade 8) 2/12/10 click here for information and a permission slip
-Spring Concert (grades 5, 6, 7, 8) April 28
-Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade Monday, May 31, Brooklyn Fairgrounds
- 6 Flags Adjudication Festival, 6/3/10
5th grade band All 5th graders are invited to join the BMS band program. Students need not have any prior experience playing an instrument in order to participate. In most cases, students must provide their own instrument in order to participate. If students do not own or have access to an instrument through a relative or friend, the best choice is a rent to own program. A representative from Rayburn Music comes to the school every week to aid in the maintenance of all instruments. In addition, there will be an informational meeting at 6:30 on September 16 2008in the Middle School auditorium (just before the Middle School open house) to explain the band program, as well as the rental program offered by Rayburn Music. Parents/Guardians of students who wish to join the BMS band program but are unable to attend the open house should contact Mr. Kelleher for more info. Any student not renting an instrument should bring their instrument to Mr. Kelleher as soon as possible to make sure it is in good playing condition. The school does have a limited number of instruments that students can use free of charge - please contact Mr. Kelleher for details.
Instruments offered to beginning students are Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Baritone Horn, French Horn, and Percussion.
All lessons and rehearsals will take place during the school day. Students will have one small group lesson per week to begin. As the students progress, we will have a weekly rehearsal with all 5th
grade band members together. Generally, flutes will meet Monday, clarinets on Tuesday, saxes on Wednesday, brass on Thursday, and percussion on Friday.
All 5th grade band members are expected to perform on the BMS Spring Concert which will be held in the evening sometime in April or early May.
Band and group Lesson Schedules -
Just
a reminder for all band members - make sure you know when your lesson
is.
You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the lessons, get acrobat reader.
The
schedule is always posted in the band room, and in many classrooms at
school.
In addition the schedule is posted (usually) on the school's web site .
It
is the student's responsibility to know when lessons are scheduled.
BMS Band General Information - click here for the 2008-2009 BMS Band Info Sheet - the one that 7th & 8th grade band members need to have signed
All bands are instructed by Mr. Kelleher.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me (Mr. Kelleher) at 774-9153 (school) or e-mail kelleher@brooklynschools.org