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We are a Title I school in California. Over 75% of our students receive assistance in lunch programs. Most of my students cannot afford their own horns much less private lessons; I am not only their band director I am their private teacher. They have an amazing thirst for music theory, improvisation, and composition curricula and I provide that through lunch time lessons with the "Rock-It Science" club. The band has grown from 29 members to 80 members in three years. They have a profound passion for music. The band meets one hour and 40 minutes before first period to rehearse, they thrive on after school and night rehearsals; they cannot get enough! During the Spring Musical they put in fifteen hour days, do their homework and return the next day eager for more. They research every musician I mention and search out transcriptions on the Internet. The question I hear most is,"Can you teach me how to solo like that?" I want to offer my band the most effective resources available.

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We are a Title I school in California. Over 75% of our students receive assistance in lunch programs. Most of my students cannot afford their own horns much less private lessons; I am not only their band director I am their private teacher. They have an amazing thirst for music theory, improvisation, and composition curricula and I provide that through lunch time lessons with the "Rock-It Science" club. The band has grown from 29 members to 80 members in three years. They have a profound passion for music. The band meets one hour and 40 minutes before first period to rehearse, they thrive on after school and night rehearsals; they cannot get enough! During the Spring Musical they put in fifteen hour days, do their homework and return the next day eager for more. They research every musician I mention and search out transcriptions on the Internet. The question I hear most is,"Can you teach me how to solo like that?" I want to offer my band the most effective resources available.

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