W-O-W. How can anyone afford to CUT music from their budget?

The Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania School District analyzed its 1997 dropout rate in terms of students’ musical experience. Students with no ensemble performance experience had a dropout rate of 7.4 percent. Students with one to two years of ensemble experience had a dropout rate of 1 percent, and those with three or more years of performance experience had a dropout rate of 0.0 percent.
Eleanor Chute, “Music and Art Lessons Do More Than Complement Three R’s,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
April 13, 1998.

Students with band and orchestra experience attend college at a rate twice the national average.
- Bands Across the USA

thanks to the childrensmusicworkshop.com

You must find a way to make it work.....and there are ways.

Canadian Brass, the flight of the bumble bee

And today, we experienced the Brass Family instruments of the orchestra. We listened and danced. We looked at the pictures of brass instruments to see the similarities and differences. Next time I'll bring in a trumpet to try!

Watch this fun video of a brass quintet. They are playing the "Flight of the Bumble Bee". It is VERY fast! I think the Tuba's fingers must be cramping up; everyone looks worried. But listen carefully. You can't tell! They are flawless. Wow.