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    Raa Middle School band provides an outstanding musical experience for students in grades 6 through 8 by offering a dynamic and immersive musical experience for students to grow and express their creativity. Our program provides three-band levels, all year-long courses. Students can participate and perform in district and community performances while promoting group effort and cooperation, creativity, discipline, and the enjoyment and appreciation of music.
     
     
    Beginning Band: The student and teacher will collaborate to choose one instrument from the woodwind (clarinet, saxophone, flute, oboe), brass (french horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba), or percussion to study. The goal of the beginning band is to provide students with the fundamental skills needed that will allow them to be able to explore and create in the musical world. Students are responsible for their musical development by creating practice habits that will ensure they have mastered a specific technique or skill while furthering their music education.
     
    Concert (Blue) Band: This year-round course is a continuation of a beginning band, allowing students to build their musicianship and musical experiences through performance opportunities of intermediate-level wind and percussion literature (Grade 1-1.5). The concert band will continue to promote group effort and cooperation, creativity, discipline, and the enjoyment and appreciation of music. 
     
    Symphonic (Gold) Band (Audition-based): This year-round course is a continuation of a beginning and concert band, allowing students to build their musicianship and musical experiences through performance opportunities of advanced-level wind and percussion literature (Grade 2-2.5). This advanced band course requires musicians to develop a mastery of rhythmic accuracy, awareness, and understanding of individual and ensemble playing. Students enrolled in this course are required to audition for the All-State and District Honors Band, Solo/Ensemble/Concert (spring semester), and participate in our community performance opportunities.
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  • Why should you be a part of the Raa Band?

    "As a strong advocate for all our arts programs at Raa, the Raa Band program is a fun and constructive way for students to teach discipline. Students gain a sense of achievement, develop their creative thinking, learn teamwork, and build self-confidence. My mission is to develop a dynamic and immersive music experience for students to grow, foster leadership skills, build self-esteem, and create new opportunities that will build better young people all through music."

     
Last Modified on May 14, 2023