MAPS classes next school year:

• Please join the AMS band again next year!
• Upcoming 7^th and 8^th graders should fill out their online registration form for their 2020-2021 MAPS choice.  If you were in band last year, just put what you play now as your first and only choice is fine.  For those wishing to change instruments, you must discuss and clear that with me first.  Remember that if you keep changing instruments, you have to backtrack and relearn things and it is harder, but doable.  
• I’m sorry we are missing band events due to the school closure and that we are all disappointed. Please know that I cannot wait to see you and play as a band together again! We were already playing so well this year and having so much fun! 
• I can already see the potential for next year. Please register online for band as your MAPS class. Get your friends to join too!  We do have beginners that join late and it is harder for them because most have played before, but it is definitely doable and we will help you!
• There are SOOOOO many possibilities for the future in band even past middle school. Possibilities for friendships and memories, building leadership and teamwork skills which will help you in the workforce and in life, and learning how to play an instrument and read music which you can carry with you the rest of your life.  Appling feeds into Bartlett High which has an incredible band program and then beyond that there are so many possibilities for college scholarships through playing a musical instrument.  
• If you have any questions about instruments next year or anything, please send me an email to [email protected].  You are awesome musicians that I definitely want to continue in future musical performances and endeavors.

We were so bummed about having to cancel our Annual Spring Keyboard Festival this year that we decided to host an online music festival!  This will be a fun opportunity to show everyone what you’ve been practicing while you’ve been at home these last few weeks.

Guidelines:

• This festival is open to all piano, band, and orchestra students ages 18 and under.
• Only one submission per student is allowed.
• There are no rules or restrictions on what to perform.
• This festival is purely to spread the joy of making music!

To submit:

• Post your performance (or your child’s performance) on Facebook.
• Like Amro Musicon Facebook.
• Tag @AmroMusic and your music teacherin your post.

Prizes:

• Teachers will receive a $5 credit on their Amro account or school account for each of their students that enter.
• Each student submission will be entered to win one of three $50 gift cards.
• There will be one band, one orchestra, and one piano student selected at random to win the gift cards.

Submissions must be received by midnight on April 15, 2020 to be eligible for the gift card drawing!

We can’t wait to see your performances!

Good morning!

As many of you have seen, the district's Remote Learning Opportunity page went live today.  Here is the link:

https://www.bartlettschools.org/apps/pages/BCSRemoteLearningResources

As all bands 6-12 are doing this challenge, we chose to make the pdf explanation very concise and flexible.  Here are additional instructions for the challenge:

• Opportunities (dubbed Assignments in SmartMusic) can be done at the student's leisure.
• They can choose to do some or all of the Opportunities.
• There is no real "due date".  I will total up every student's points at the end of the week then feature the Top 10 students.
• I will continually update SmartMusic with more assignments.  Don't stop if and when you complete what's on there, because there will be more to do later.  As I find new things to benefit you, I am putting them there for you. 
• Feel free to explore SmartMusic on your own!  If you would like me to assign something for you to get more points, feel free to shoot me an email!

Thanks!  I'll be in touch, and feel free to shoot me an email anytime you have questions, concerns, or just want to chat!

Stay safe and healthy!

Angela Sanders