Band Director Personal Statement

On Tuesday February 8th, thirteen high school band members represented our school at the Trailways South Conference Honors Band. It was held at Edgerton Performing Arts Center. The students who participated were Brett Miller, Josh Kupsche, Sierra Wirth, Chris Yezzi, Madison Graf, Tori Nizzi, Madeline Wenzel, Megan Karczewski, Noah Argus, Katie Woodward, Allison Reichert, Summer Manzke, and Arianna Wichman. The students rehearsed all day as a full band with Rick Kirby and performed later that night. It was a day filled with great music, collaborating, and lots of fun. The student performed four songs, “Three Colonial Moments”, “The Willows of the Winter,” “Call of The Wild,” and ‘Crown Imperial March.” The director of the honors band was

I want to be an aspiring educator. Becoming an educator had been instilled in my mind at a young age. With my determined drive and enthusiastic personality, I will do everything in my power to achieve that. I would definitely state that I am a sufficient at time management. I make enough leisure time for my friends, and family. On the weekends I participate in the steel orchestra at my church. This instrument is indeed a divine way to release stress. In addition to playing the steel pan I also enjoy dancing and singing. I mostly dance for fun however, throughout my high school and middle school years I have participated in the school choir. I attended a performing arts school for both high school and middle; therefore, I was exposed to all the diversity of dancing singing, creative expression and visual art. Growing up it was vital for me to be a well-rounded student; I tried to include extracurricular activities besides school work in to my daily

Most schools offer a variety of activities, classes, and clubs. I personally was never interested in school or anything to do with it. Then I came across band and was instantly hooked. Band has concerts, marching band, and you get to meet new people. Band is my favorite class and here are some reasons why.

A band director may direct an orchestra or concert band, but is usually not the head of the academic music department. You have to find arrangements for the band and help the students learn to play an instrument., This paper will discuss band direction and music performance; what you need to learn, degrees needed, qualifications, and employment.

I would be directing my own band, and teaching students to play instruments, read music, and march. I would like to work at the high school level. Working with high schoolers is more rewarding. When you work at the high school level you would also get to teach music theory, music appreciation, and jazz band. When you work with special need students you get to teach them the simple things such as spelling, reading, adding and subtracting. Working with special need kids is so rewarding. They can teach you how to be a better person, and how to manage your anger.

I have always looked to spend more time in music, so even with the challenges of marching band I have been the lead bassist for my school’s top jazz band all four years of my journey. Even with the time I spend in marching, I spend at least four hours a week creating music with my peers. In this I’ve not only been able to prove to myself that I can play, but I’ve also learned how to synergize with my fellow musicians to make something beautiful. I’ve been able to transfer this to my life outside of band through group projects and community service projects.

I don’t know how many notes I repeated. I don’t know how many hours I practiced. I can’t quantify how much I stressed. All I know is that it did not feel worth it.

Freshman Band- Freshman is included in my curriculum because this allows the directors focus on the development of 9th grade students understanding of music and fundamentals. Skill ranges will vary but those that are “rising stars” will be placed in musical leadership positions that they may not obtain if they were in the upper level ensembles.

I have chosen the career of a professional musician. My job will be to write songs and perform them on stage. I will incorporate all of my instruments (piano, alto sax, guitar, and voice) into my songs. Creating self-fulfilling, emotion-eliciting music and sharing it with the world is my goal. Audiences will literally feel my music, being taken away from the present to a haven of musical bliss. This choice is a result of lifelong experiences.

A love of marching band acts as fuel for the commitment the members put into it. The activity has rapidly grown into an important event I look forward to in the fall and whenever there is an upcoming event. Likewise, the band room has created a home. Marching season brings out excitement and determination in me in wanting to put on the best show we can. Moreover, band has inspired me to become my better self through physical, mental, and emotional challenge. It has helped boost my confidence as well. Overall, I have definitely grown as a person because of marching band. I would love to have a role within the student leaders of a sport and art that has

My number one goal in all aspects of my life is to cultivate, preserve, and further the field of music through music education. It is a strong belief of mine that education is about innovation, not re-invention. In the future I hope to find ways to make music relevant to all students; to find ways to connect the classroom a student's everyday academic and personal life. Another aspiration of mine is to teach music abroad. This is something that I suspect

I stood on the podium, looking out at the field and took a deep breath. The fans in the stands behind me were a buzz in my ears as I made eye contact with every member of the band. I held my hands up and clapped three times and then SNAP! The instruments were up and I counted off, starting our first marching band show of the season.

It’s a normal October Friday night, and I’m at the football field. No, I’m not in the student section cheering for my football team with big signs or streamers; I’m on the actual field, about to conduct my marching band’s field show. The bright stadium lights reflect off my glowing smile as I silently wish all of my bandmates good luck. My adrenaline rushes and I start to conduct as if my life simply depends on it. For five years, I have contributed to this band and called it my family (and for good reason). I have met some of the greatest people that I have ever known through playing with them and being by their sides through the best and worst performances. The first 10 weeks of school are some of the busiest in the entire school year, due to all of the practices and games. However, despite its craziness, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Becoming the drum major of the band I had

Ever since I stepped foot in my high school band program, I aspired to exceed my band director’s expectations and be able to perform to the best of my ability as a member of such a successful program. My band director has always been, and remains to this day, an exceptional

I see two possible career routes that I could pursue. This first would be the more traditional route of teaching music history at a college or university, which I believe would be a path I would thoroughly enjoy. The second path I have considered is combining my love of musicology with the need I see in our culture to teach high school students higher thinking, writing and communication skills. I would love to develop a curriculum that uses musicology as a vehicle to improve these skills for college preparation.