Band Director Personal Statement

Personal Code of Chivalry Have you ever had an event change your life? When I took my first steps onto the marching band field for the first time, I realized I had found a place where I belonged. I quickly realized how the lessons I learned in marching band would become an integral part of my personal code of chivalry—a code that would guide not only my steps on the field but into my future as well. These three codes are: lead by example all the time, punctuality breeds perfection, and you can’t

arts and I chose the career named, Music Director/Composer. Directors lead orchestras, choirs, groups, and bands while composers make music or arrange other piece in a variety of music styles. Directors ensure that the musicians play with one concert sound, balancing the melody, tuning, rhythm, and dynamic. They give feedback to the musicians or section leaders so that they can achieve the sound and style they want in the music. The work environment for directors work in religious organizations, and

Story We have all heard the stories that our parents tell in order to prove a point. One example is the “I walked 10 miles over snowy hills to get to school” or one of my favorites, “If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you?” These stories or statements try to convey a truth. The only problem is that while a parent sees it one way, his or her child does not. Even if the parent had walked to school 10 miles over hills every day in snow or god-forbid had friends who jumped off cliffs, his or her

instrument. In sixth grade year there were probably 120 kids in band. Slowly through my band years many kids have dropped out. By the time I made it to the high school there were maybe 30 band students in, my grade and Mr. Rice the band director said, “They weren't able to handle it because band isn't easy.” One you have been in band you don't realize if you struggle or if you can't handle band and it's not a bad thing that students drop out of band. It just shows that they have decision making skills and

year at Towers high school, band students are invited to go to New Orleans, Louisiana to perform in a total of two Mardi Gras parades. The parade is very important because they have the opportunity to let hundreds of people hear them and they have the opportunity to hear amazing college bands. This can inspire and motivate them to do great things in their schools music wise. Towers has also been invited to perform in Orlando, Florida along with other high school bands. During that trip, it gave towers

development needs and maintain a plan for personal development. For the purpose of this report I will use research journals, books and internet searches, in particular, help and guidance from the CIPD website in order to reflect on my own personal experience and skills to constructively align with the assessment criteria. Career in brief Throughout my career I have had a diverse range of roles including the

argues that “contrary to popular belief, the brain is not designed for thinking” and that “it’s designed to save you from having to think, because the brain is actually not very good at thinking” (Willingham p. 40). I absolutely disagree with this statement. The brain is certainly the greatest supercomputer in existence, which explains why we have developed such advanced technology as the Google indexing search engine, which essentially learns new things daily and is capable of having pseudo-dreams

personnel are concerned with. The map includes 10 professional areas, 8 behaviour areas and 4 bands of professional competence. The specific professional areas are defined by Bands which describe professional competence, with Band 1 being the entry level standard or those working in an administrative role up to Band 4 the HR Director and elaborates on the transitional constraints between moving through the bands and how their contribution and ultimate success is measured. As previously mentioned the map

Since 1939, Hewlett-Packard has been a leader in technology and corporate culture. Founders, Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, were peers at Stanford University, where they met as engineer students. Their professor, Fred Terman, encouraged them to start a technology company together, although they went their separate ways after graduation they eventually re-united. The partnership, Hewlett-Packard, began in a rented garage, 12 by 18 feet, located in Palo Alto, California. With $538 in US Capital, in

The Knowledge of reading music, and playing an instrument has proven to be beneficial to the learning curb in students including those of little to no background in a literary education to students in college. However, there are schools in America where music isn’t offered. Having a music program could create improved grades, memory, concentration, and quicken the learning process of literacy, but it is believed that music isn’t for everybody. Many parents and administrators believe that music