Welcome to the 8th grade Gentry Jaguar Band page.
JAGUAR CONCERT BAND STRUCTURE
The 8th grade band program at Gentry Middle School is designed to prepare students for high school band. In 8th grade, students learn to play as a part of an ensemble, while still continuing skill advancement on their instrument. Students meet in a full band setting every day, with the ability for one director to pull sections out to rehearse homogeneous sections of music or give mini lessons that will aid the student in continued advancement on his/her instrument. 8th graders perform two band concerts during the year, a winter and spring concert. There are no out-of-school rehearsals for 8th grade band.
PEP BAND
The 8th grade pep band will perform for one GMS football game and two 8th grade basketball games.
While we are not requiring participation in pep band, we will distribute music and rehearse during class time and strongly encourage each member of the Jaguar Concert Band to participate in supporting our Gentry Athletic Program. This band will be volunteer-based and our ability to perform will be contingent on the number of students willing to participate. Most of the rehearsal for pep band will occur in class, however we will ask students to arrive prior to game time (approx. 45 mins to 1 hour) to rehearse together in addition.
JAGUAR CONCERT BAND STRUCTURE
The 8th grade band program at Gentry Middle School is designed to prepare students for high school band. In 8th grade, students learn to play as a part of an ensemble, while still continuing skill advancement on their instrument. Students meet in a full band setting every day, with the ability for one director to pull sections out to rehearse homogeneous sections of music or give mini lessons that will aid the student in continued advancement on his/her instrument. 8th graders perform two band concerts during the year, a winter and spring concert. There are no out-of-school rehearsals for 8th grade band.
PEP BAND
The 8th grade pep band will perform for one GMS football game and two 8th grade basketball games.
While we are not requiring participation in pep band, we will distribute music and rehearse during class time and strongly encourage each member of the Jaguar Concert Band to participate in supporting our Gentry Athletic Program. This band will be volunteer-based and our ability to perform will be contingent on the number of students willing to participate. Most of the rehearsal for pep band will occur in class, however we will ask students to arrive prior to game time (approx. 45 mins to 1 hour) to rehearse together in addition.