New Band Students - News for current 8th Graders
Welcome to the pride, excitement and fun of the
Rosemount High School Band!!!
| Band at Rosemount
High School is a respected organization with a
strong tradition of musical excellence,
prestigious performance invitations, close
friendships among band members, source of great
pride and fun!!! You are joining a "family" of
band members in grades 9-12 who will be your
friends and help you make your experiences and
education the best it can be during your years
at RHS! Band Students
Excel in the Classroom
A continuing
tradition in the RHS band program has been
excellence in the classroom. The numbers are
staggering! In a typical school year at RHS, 60%
of the "top ten academic" students in each class
(Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors & Seniors)
areband students, and usually the Valedictorian
and Salutatorian of the senior class are all
band members.
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In addition, well over half of the
National Honor Society students in our school
are in band. Current research has shown a direct
relationship between participation in music,
intelligence, and success in the classroom.
Band
Opportunities for Freshman at RHS
1.) Concert Band
Blue & Gold (Trimester 1, 2 & 3)
2.) Pep Band(s) (Co-Curricular)
3.) Jazz Band(s) (Co-Curricular)
4.) Many small ensembles (Co-Curricular)
5.) Marching Band (Trimester 1, audition
is required before registering)
6.) Wind Ensemble (Trimester 2 & 3, by
audition only)
Questions??
Call the RHS
Band Office: (651)423-7541
Band Directors: Steve Olsen, Leon Sieve &
John Theisen will be happy to talk with you!
Or e-mail
us:
Steve Olsen, Band
Director - E-Mail:
steve.olsen@district196.org
Leon Sieve, Band Director - E-Mail:
leon.sieve@district196.org
Bo Hoover, Band Director - E-Mail:
bojan.hoover@district196.org
How to Fit in
All the Classes You Need
One of the
challenges in choosing classes for your freshman
year at RHS is fitting all of the courses that
look exciting into seven periods. New students
soon realize that five periods are filled with
required courses leaving only two periods for
elective classes. The solution to the puzzle
lies in the fact that in junior and senior years
students have less required areas. Band students
often delay other electives until 11th and 12th
grade. This allows them to make better class
choices based upon their plans after high school
and "first hand" information of various course
offerings. Last year's RHS Band graduates were
accepted at such prestigious universities as
Yale, Northwestern, Purdue, Stanford, Indiana,
St. Olaf, Carleton and Wisconsin.
Trimester 1
/ Trimester 2 / Trimester 3
Class 1 -
Required English / Required English /
Required English
Class 2 - Required Math /
Required Math / Required Math
Class 3 - Required Phy Ed /
Required Phy Ed / Required Phy Ed
Class 4 - Required Science
/ Required Science / Required Science
Class 5 - Required Social /
Studies Required / Social Studies / Required
Social Studies
Class 6 - Elective / Elective / Elective
Class 7 - Elective-BAND / Elective-BAND /
Elective-BAND
Trimester 1
/ Trimester 2 / Trimester 3
Class 1 -
Required English / Required English /
Required English
Class 2 - Required Math /
Required Math / Required Math
Class 3 - Required Health /
Required Safety Ed / Required Phy Ed
Class 4 - Required Science
/ Required Science / Required Science
Class 5 - Required Social /
Studies Required / Social Studies / Required
Social Studies
Class 6 - Elective / Elective / Elective
Class 7 - Elective-BAND / Elective-BAND /
Elective-BAND
Trimester 1
/ Trimester 2 / Trimester 3
Class 1 -
Required English / Required English /
Required English
Class 2 - Required Social
Studies / Required Social Studies / Required
Social Studies
Class 3 - Required Math /
Required Math / Required Math
Class 4 - Required Science
/ Required Science / Required Science
Class 5 - Required Phy Ed
/ Elective / Elective
Class 6 - Elective / Elective / Elective
Class 7 - Elective-BAND / Elective-BAND /
Elective-BAND
Trimester 1
/ Trimester 2 / Trimester 3
Class 1 -
Required English / Required English /
Required English
Class 2 - Required Social
Studies / Required Social Studies / Required
Social Studies
Class 3 - Elective /
Elective / Elective
Class 4 - Elective / Elective /
Elective
Class 5 - Elective / Elective /
Elective
Class 6 - Elective / Elective /
Elective
Class 7 - Elective-BAND / Elective-BAND /
Elective-BAND
Athletics and
Band
One of the common
misconceptions about the band program is that
athletes are not in band. The fact is that most
band students participate in nearly every
athletic team in our school. We have many
varsity level athletes in band. We also have
some band members who are team captains for
their sport.
YES you can do
sports and band!!!
Rosemount High
School Tradition of Excellence
The RHS band
program continues to be recognized as one of the
outstanding band programs in the Midwest. The
Wind Ensemble was a featured ensemble at the
1993 North Central Division Music Convention (MENC)
and has performed by invitation at several
Minnesota State Music Conventions (MMEA). The
RHS Jazz I has won awards at many jazz festivals
including first place honors at the prestigious
Eau Claire Jazz Festival. Many students from the
RHS Band program have been selected to Minnesota
All-State Band, Orchestra and Jazz Ensemble. The
marching band continues to be in demand for
performances at area field competitions and
professional sports events. Past performance
highlights for the marching band include
appearances at Minnesota's Prep Bowl, NFL
SuperBowl XXVI, 1991 Baseball World Series,
European Tour, DisneyWorld-Orlando, Universal
Studios-Orlando, and numerous NFL Vikings &
Green Bay Packers football games and Minnesota
Twins baseball games (including performing at
the 2002 Divisional Play-off's in the Metrodome!).
Our annual marching band festival is the largest
and most well attended festival of its kind in
Minnesota, attracting over 4,500 spectators last
Fall! The RHS Marching Band performed in Hawaii
during Spring Break 2004 and Beijing & Shanghai,
China during 2007!
Freshman Earn
A Varsity Letter in Band at RHS!
One of the
exciting opportunities for freshman Band members
is to earn a Rosemount High School Varsity
Letter in Band. Letters are awarded for students
in grades 9-12 who participate in Band Camp
(Summer) Marching Band (Fall) and Pep Band
(Winter).
Many freshman
Band members will be proudly wearing their
Varsity Letter jackets at Rosemount High School!
Why Take Band?
In today's
society there is much conversation about school
curriculum, and the use of academic time. With
an emphasis on "back to basics," it becomes
increasingly more important to focus on Band as
it relates to this ongoing educational
discussion.
Why should
a young person join the Band, or continue
participating in Band? What will it mean to
her/his life?
Several recent
research studies have shown that music education
instills students with responsibility,
discipline, maturing social skills,
communication and analytical skills. Music
students tend to possess the qualities that
employers consider essential. Simply put,
learning a musical instrument is a positive
preparation for life.
Music appeals to
the part of the mind that opens new horizons.
The study of music supports wonderment,
imagination, appreciation and sensitivity. This
creativity leads to an inventive thinking style
allowing the individual greater personal
choices.
Music is a
language unto itself. It allows the human to
experience and express feelings and personal
understandings generated from the soul,
unlike any other form of communication.
Music is one of
the few disciplines that requires the individual
to access both the cognitive and affective sides
of the mind. Critical assessment, the ability to
conceptualize and respond to any given
situation, is the foundation of intelligence as
it applies to living a full rich life, and music
is a pathway to this intellectual pattern.
One of the keys
to success is completion of the tasks at hand.
Positive, productive living is based on the
establishment of habits of tenacity and personal
persistence; commitment. In music, commitment is
fundamental. It becomes a part of the musician's
personality and transfers to every avenue of
life.
Participation at
the level of excellence is not a personal
preference in music, it is a requisite. The
musician quickly discovers that it is not the
destination, but the journey that counts. It is
not the product, but the process. The joy of
music generates further growth and understanding
of our very existence.
The Rosemount
High School Band program is a unique
organization whose purpose is to provide these
life-expanding educational opportunities to
students so they can further their skills and
nurture personal growth and self-appreciation
through an array of musical activities and
events embracing all aspects of instrumental
music education, (Concert Bands, Marching Band,
Jazz Bands, Summer Band Camp, Broadway music
theater Pit Band, On Stage, numerous solo &
ensemble opportunities, Color Guard, Percussion
Ensemble, travel opportunities and Pep Bands).
