Halethorpe Elementary Instrumental Music Program

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Halethorpe Elementary Instrumental Music Program

• Information for Parents and Students

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Lessons

• Pullout Program
• Students come out of other classes for lessons.
  Every effort is made so that students are not
  pulled out of Math. Students ROTATE which classes
  they are pulled from!

Two 20-minute group lessons per week Lessons are
scheduled in a two week rotation, Blue Week and
White Week. These schedules can be found posted
in the halls, and your student will bring home a
slip of paper indicating their lesson days and
times. It is also posted on my door in the
cafetorium. THEY WILL NEED THEIR INSTRUMENTS
EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY!
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Performances
Two Main Concerts

• Winter Concert TUESDAY Dec. 15th 7pm

• Spring Concert TBA

It is my expectation that each student musician
is expected to attend all performances for the
Winter and Spring concerts, except under
circumstances of emergency, illness or death in
the family.
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Other Performance Opportunities

• Side by Side Concert with Arbutus Middle School
  on March 25th with other local Elementary
  Schools. We will have after school rehearsals 1
  week before the concert from 4 to 500 Tuesday
  March 16th for band and March 17th at AMS.
• Various performance opportunities at school-wide
  functions throughout the year.

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HOME PRACTICE SUCCESS
Home Practice Expectations

• Average of 10 Minutes of practice at home per
  night, 7 days per week. PIANO, GUITAR, OTHER
  MUSIC LESSONS COUNT!!!

• Home practice must be recorded on monthly
  practice charts which are graded each month.

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What Your Child Needs to Get Started

• INSTRUMENT

Please refrain from buying unknown instrument
brands off the internet or from a warehouse chain
store.

• ACCESSORIES - reeds, valve oil, etc.

• MUSIC STAND a wire one is fine for them to use!

• LESSON BOOK I have them, they are 9.50 and can
  be paid through a check payable to HES.

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Grades/Report Cards
Report Cards are issued each quarter. Grades
are based on

• Lesson Attendance

• Participation/Preparation for lessons
  (instrument/ music EACH Tuesday and Thursday!)

• Performance Assessments (Playing Quizzes)

• Home Practice (Practice Charts)

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First Lessons

• All beginners will start lessons September 29th.
• Students will bring home a letter from me with
  information regarding lesson days and times by
  September 22nd. Please be patient!!

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For More Information

• Go to Ms. Trumplers Webpage! Click on the
  HALETHORPE Link that is on the side! It can be
  located on the Westchester Elementary School
  website (her other school).
• http//teachers.bcps.org/teachers_elem/ktrumpler/

• Email Ms. Trumpler
• ktrumpler_at_bcps.org

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Questions?