A few days ago, I received an email from Mrs. Jennifer Schoener; she was replying to a question that I sent to her husband last month. In her email, I learned that Mr. Schoener passed away on March 19, after a lengthy battle with cancer. She is a band director as well, and from her [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 5, 2009
what’s going on next year
As I mentioned in a previous post, this is the day after try-outs in my school. There is actually one more building to go, but my own recruiting is done for the year. Right now, I am working on putting kids into the databases that I have to use and I am preparing my end-0f-year [...]
June 5, 2009
looking at last year’s june entry
It’s the day after instrument try-outs, and I have taken some time to look over next year’s numbers. I also read through the post that I made at this same time last year.
At that point, I had 105 students on my list and walked into school in August 2009 with 105 students on my roster. [...]
June 5, 2009
spring concert program notes
Beginning Band
The first band to perform is the 4th grade Beginning Band, our first song is Bugler’s Dream, arranged by Paul Lavender. The original melody was written by French composer Leo Arnaud. It was later arranged by famed American composer John Williams, as a theme song for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Our [...]
