Music education is the education of human feeling through the development of a responsiveness to the aesthetic qualities of sound. The Symphonic and Concert Bands provide the students intimate contact with these expressive qualities. In this context, performance is not an end in itself, but a means to an end, which includes the following: the knowledge and understanding of the structural elements of music, and of music as a creative art form; the cultivation of habits, attitudes, and appreciations; the development of each student’s aesthetic potential, sensitivity and responsiveness to that which is beautiful in music. The Symphonic and Concert Bands perform at quarterly concerts and non-competitive band festivals throughout the year.
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