Band
North Shore Middle School offers band for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. The band instructor teaches the jazz band, the middle school band, and orchestra. She also plays the clarinet in the Waukesha Symphonic Band.
Band is one of the many electives you can choose in North Shore Middle School. If you choose to take band in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade, it will become one of your daily classes. Every week, to earn points you are required to practice 80 minutes on your instrument. It is also your responsibility to make sure your instrument is clean and in good playing condition. If you are still very interested in band during 8th grade, you can try out to be in the Arrowhead High School band.
Fifth grade students come into the North Shore band with different types of experience levels. Some students took a summer class in the districts “Summer Splash” program. Other students participated in the 5th grade band and other students come in with no experience at all. By the 2nd or 3rd trimester every 6th grader is around the same playing level. If you choose to take band there are many different instruments to choose from. The main instruments come from the instrument families of brass, woodwinds, low winds, and percussion. The only requirement for 6th grade band is that if you would like to play percussion you must have two years of piano experience. In band, Mrs. Sundstrom makes sure that you get some one-on-one time with her. Every other week you go to a group lesson with one other student playing the same instrument as you. Mrs. Sundstrom looks at your strengths and weaknesses so she can help improve your playing.
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