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Band
Adviser Ms. Dean-Knapp
​Website: www.jwmsband.weebly.com

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Beginning Band

Beginning band is available as a yearlong elective for all 6th, 7th or 8th grade students at JWMS.  No prior experience is necessary to join Beginning Band.  Students need to either rent or buy their instrument to use in the class.  The school does have a limited supply of instruments that students can borrow if they can not afford to rent or buy their own instrument.  The following instruments are offered in beginning band:

Flute
Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
French Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Euphonium/Baritone
Tuba
Percussion (snare pad and bells)

Beginners participate in two concerts each year, one in December and one in May.

Concert Band

Wind Ensemble

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Concert Band is available for 7th or 8th graders who have at least one year of experience playing a musical instrument. 

Students perform in two concerts each year (February and May) and attend one performance festival, one in Fullerton, CA in March. 


Wind Ensemble is available for 7th or 8th graders who have at least one year of experience playing a musical instrument.  Students must audition to be placed in wind ensemble.  Students in this group are expected to stay after school one day a week for 90 minutes for mandatory sectionals (tutoring with Ms. Dean-Knapp). 

Students perform in two concerts each year (February and May) and attend two performance festivals, one in Indio, CA and Fullerton, CA in March. 


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M-F: 7:00am - 3:30pm

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760-770-8640 school
760-770-8545 fax
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