FREE Summer Band Program 2023
Bristol's Summer Band Program is scheduled to run Monday, July 24th through August 25th, on Monday-Thursday. There will be no band program on Fridays.
Bristol School District #1 is excited to continue offering the Summer Band Program FREE of charge to any current Bristol band students in 5th-8th grade. All students will participate in a one-hour small group lesson to help them with our concert music or advanced material for private study.
Any student presently in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade is eligible to participate in Bristol's advanced jazz ensemble.
Registration Information:
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The Summer Band registration window will be from May 15 - June 2, 2023
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More information coming soon: Registration will take place through the primary guardian's Skyward Family Access
Important Reminders about Bristol’s FREE Summer Band Program Participants:
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All participants are to contact Pacetti's Music to keep their instrument rental contract going through the summer
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Upper-grade band students may also be working on advanced solo and ensemble music for the future, trying out second instruments, and possibly experimenting with jazz improvisation
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It’s a FREE summer program and students who are presently renting school instruments may use them for summer band
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This is not a graded course but all students who join are expected to diligently practice their assigned music in preparation for the August concert
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The summer concert will take place around the middle of August: Families will be surveyed in early August to determine the specific date for the summer concert
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The concert date will be scheduled based on the least amount of conflicts and take band participants’ family vacations and sports schedules into account
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Google Classroom music recordings available: Consider having your child join our free summer band program even if you have vacations and busy sports schedules
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Students can keep current with our summer band music by practicing with recordings in our Google Classroom
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