Student musicians at our school are recognized as high achievers and are committed to their academic learning. Through their creativity, curiosity, and musical exploration, they are respected as leaders and role models by their peers and teachers alike.
Our young musicians teach me every day about patience, compassion, and empathy as they develop their own identities and shape their own futures.
My challenge is to always find the most compelling ways to guide, nurture, and support my students in all of their endeavors, incorporating music as a powerful connector between their lives and the ever-changing world.
My Project
Percussionists are the "heartbeat" of any music ensemble, providing rhythmic stability and reinforcement. We have 3 concert bands (totaling 172 students), and within each one, our percussion students learn to play a wide variety of instruments, including the timpani, marimba, xylophone, snare drum, as well as ethnic percussion as needed in our repertoire.
It is important that our young percussionists are equipped with high quality drumsticks and mallets so that they can quickly recognize, with confidence, the connection between proper playing technique and the resulting sound production.
Having uniform materials and equipment also promotes a consistency in performance practice that benefits not only the percussion students but the entire music ensemble itself.
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