Peoria’s Panther Pride Marching Band

Peoria High School Band Director

Mr. Chris Pierson

Band Programs in PUSD

High School and Elementary BandMr. Robert Panzer – Director of Arts Education

• Overview of H.S. and Elem. programs• Extended band opportunities for Peoria

students • Special performances and events • Data about programs and learning• Spotlight on success

Objectives

an ensemble of musicians that march in time to the music for entertainment at events and in parades, often with brass, wind, and percussion instruments, drum majors and/or majorettes

Band noun \ˈband\

What do we think of when we say “Band”?

Establishing the Foundation for Band

10,000District-wide close to

Kindergarten through 4th grade students have a general

music class to help create a music education foundation

• Elementary– 5th (Beginning)

– 6th (Intermediate)

– (JH/7th /8th ) (Advanced)

• Extended Student Opportunities– Steel Drums– Jazz Band– Pep Band– Percussion (trash can band)

Elementary Band Programs

Student Connections to Band Programs

5th Grade

1,301Junior High

1,421Total students participating

district-wide

Student Connections to Band Programs

3,70635%

5th-8th grade students participating district-wide in Elementary band

District-wide Special Band Programs

• Jump Start Band• Honor Jazz Band• District Elementary

Honor Band

• Standard course offerings– Marching band– Concert band– Jazz band

• Extended course opportunities– Guitar and Piano– Digital Music– On-line/eCampus Music Theory

• Extended student opportunities– Pep band– Percussion/steel drums– Pit band– Extended Jazz combos

High School Band Courses

Extended course

opportunities

Student Connections to Band Programs

Marching band

685

Concert band

308

Jazz band

429281students participating district-wide

Student Connections to our Programs

1,70313%

Students participating district-wide in high school band programs and opportunities

Student Performances

• Elementary– Winter concerts– Spring concerts

• High School– Friday night marching – Fall jazz concert– Spring concert band– Numerous competitions

throughout the year– Graduation ceremonies

Special Performance Opportunities

Across our District• Fall into Jazz• Friday Night Game Night• Feeder Festival Performances• Arts and Cultural Festival • Honor band performances

Beyond Peoria Unified• Regional band (individual students)

• Regional and State festivals • All-State band (individual students)

Ironwood Feeder Festival 2015

Connections to Elementary Student Learning and Achievement

• Music education prepares students to learn and is a positive predictor of academic achievement

– Fosters superior working memory– Cultivates better thinking skills– Advances math achievement – Boosts reading and English language arts skills– Strengthens perseverance– Supports better study habits and self-esteem

Connections to Elementary Student Learning and Achievement

• Background research– Arts Education Partnership, Music Matters: How Music Education

Helps Students Learn, Achieve, and Succeed, Washington, D.C., September 2011.• (Berti et al., 2006; Pallesen et al., 2010).• (Rauscher, 2000)• (Helmrich, 2010; U.S. National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 2008)• (Baker, 2011; Catterall, 1998).• (Scott, 1992)• (Neville., 2008)• (Chesky et al., 1997).

Connections to High School Student Learning and Achievement

• High school music students have been shown to hold higher grade point averages (GPA) than non-musicians in the same school. (National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988)

• Top 25% of the 2015 graduating class in Peoria • Increase in SAT Scores

Connections to Lifelong Learning

Analyzing

Comparing and contrasting

EvaluatingProblem solving

Tracking cause and effect

Creating

Entertaining

Imagining

Improvising

Problem solving

Innovating

Analyzing the situation

Listening actively

Speaking

Writing

Evaluating messages

Decision-making

Allocating resources

Delegating

Evaluating

Goal setting

Resolving conflicts

Team building

The 4 C’s

Program Successes

Peoria Bands have received: Peoria Band Directors are:

• “Best Band” at the City of Glendale Holiday Parade

• Excellent ratings at the NAU Jazz Festival• Excellent ratings at Arizona Band and

Orchestra Directors Association concert festivals (ABODA)

• Superior with Distinction at the State Jazz band qualifiers

• High school and Elementary Jazz bands have received Excellent ratings

• Many of our band programs continue to grow larger each year

• Pride of Peoria Winners• Kellis Leadership recipients• ABODA Board members• ABODA judges and

Clinicians • Adjunct instructors • Summer Community

Directors

The Everyday Impact

• More than 14,000 students in the Peoria Unified School District have a Music Education experience each week

• There are correlations to how Music education positively impacts student achievement in the classroom

• The benefits of a Music education extends beyond a students time in K-12 education

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