I hope you are having an excellent day. You have a wonderful smile. Hey, the color of your shirt matches your eyes! What is all this leading into? Well, I don't know. BUT! Here are your Top Ten Elements of a Successful Music Program (TTESMP). Actually, you are supposed to list "ten things that you will fight for in order to protect the sanctity of your ensemble". Ahem.
- TIME with students
- Instruments and equipment
- A good rehearsal room with room for instruments
- School/community desire for a program
- Policies and Procedures supported by parents, teachers, and administrators. (I think it's most important for administrators to be on board with Policies and Procedures. So talk to them so they know what they are!)
- Advanced planning (I will plan ahead so everyone knows what is expected of them as far as performances and other such things.)
- Parent Booster Organization (fundraising for trips, advocacy, etc.)
- Support from guardians for practicing
- Attendance at ALL concerts
- Quality Repertoire
I put Quality Repertoire at the end because I figure, I can always arrange something and or borrow something from other schools. This list is very important to me though as I feel that I will have a great program if I remember that this list ensures quality education for my students.
Warm regards,
Shannalee
Your posts are always so fun and positive :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad you mentioned the thing about quality repertoire. Kudos to yo for putting it as one of your top ten. However, I would not encourage you to do a lot of arranging for your groups if you can avoid it. Let the composers and professional arrangers take car of that. Your time is too valuable to spend doing that. The better approach would be to develop your band/orchestra so that they can use stuff that is readily available.
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