Band Concert

Maggie's 6th grade band concert was last night. They were awesome!! It certainly was not what I expected. They played like they have been playing together for a long time and not just 8 months. Mr. Soriano the band director is wonderful with the kids. He has been teaching band and lessons at the school for over 30 years. He is truly a teacher that loves his job. You can see that when you watch him standing in front of the students. Whenever I had a conference with him, he would, of course, tell me how Maggie was doing with her trumpet but he would also look at her other grades too. He feels that music is important in the overall education of a student but he makes sure that his students are doing their work in their other subjects. He spent time during achievement testing to help the kids prepare. I'm glad Maggie is going to continue in band. Just having Mr. Soriano for the next two years will be good for her.
Now, about the concert. Maggie plays trumpet so of course I have to say that the brass section sounded the best! But all of the sections sounded wonderful. They limit the size of the sections so that one doesn't over power the whole band. For example, the percussion section is limited to 10. Maggie's band has 7. The band is balanced.
The night started with the 6th grade chorus. The sounded great too. Last night was not their first concert however. They have been performing with the 7th and 8th grade choruses all year.
It was a wonderful evening!!