1.  WELCOME!  Stone Hill Middle School BAND Program
Robert Roche, Director of Bands
703 – 957 – 4420 work
703 – 599 – 2926 cell

2.  WELCOME!  Stone Hill Middle School BAND Program
We will begin in 5 minutes …
Students, please make sure you are seated next to your parents.
Thank you.
Stone Hill Middle School
BAND
Program
Robert Roche, Director of Bands
703 – 957 – 4420 work
703 – 599 – 2926 cell

3.  WELCOME!  Stone Hill Middle School BAND Program
Robert Roche, Director of Bands
703 – 957 – 4420 work
703 – 599 – 2926 cell

4. Benefit of being in ‘band’
SELF-EXPRESSION & DISCIPLINE
BEING PART OF AN ENSEMBLE
POSITIVE PEER GROUP
High stakes = high expectations

5. 7:00 P.M. Stone Hill MS Auditorium
APRIL 26th, 2012
UPCOMING
6th Grade Band Concert
7:00 P.M. Stone Hill MS Auditorium

6. Music options in 6th grade
BAND! 
STRINGS
CHORUS
MUSIC LAB

7. REQUIREMENTs & RECOMMENDATIONS OF BAND 6
RENT AN INSTRUMENT …
PURCHASE VS. RENT … “WHERE TO RENT FROM?” form
PURCHASE A BOOK …
“Band Expressions Book ONE”
FEW AFTER-SCHOOL REHEARSALS & 2 CONCERTS 
LESSONS? … ALWAYS A GREAT IDEA! 

8. OVERVIEW of 6th grade band
Your child’s success is my goal!
WOODWINDS
BRASS
PERCUSSION
Questions? Concerns? (cell) or
Make a smooth transition
Open mind
Flexible in schedule – by team

9. WOODWINDS FLUTE OBOE CLARINET ALTO SAXOPHONE OTHER WOODWINDS
(bassoon, bass clarinet, tenor saxophone)

10. brass TRUMPET FRENCH HORN TROMBONE BARITONE HORN
OTHER BRASS (Euphonium, Tuba)

11. (bells, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone) OTHER PERCUSSION
MALLETS
(bells, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone)
OTHER PERCUSSION
(snare drum, bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, timpani)
NOT DRUMSET!

12. Questions? / evaluation time
703 – 957 – 4420 work
703 – 599 – 2926 cell

13. FLUTE

14. oboe

15. clarinet

16. Alto saxophone

17. trumpet

18. French horn

19. Trombone

20. Baritone horn

21. tuba Specifically rented through SHMS
Typically 6th grade tuba players start on
baritone horn

22. percussion
Korogi EKO32

23. percussion
NOT SHMS we BEGIN on mallets

24. percussion
PREFFERED
VS.

25. Questions? / evaluation time
703 – 957 – 4420 work
703 – 599 – 2926 cell