Home Band Calendar Recordings of pieces that we are working on in band Honor Band Page Pictures Listen to the Dutchtown Band Band Forms Why Learn Music Beginning Band Info Sheet Advanced Band Info Sheet Director Links Email the Dutchtown Middle Band  Many of the files on this site are in adobe pdf format. You can get a reader for this format free at www.adobe.com

This site contains information about the Dutchtown Middle School Band Program located in Geismar, Louisiana. This website will be useful for current members of the band, as well as prospective members, and members of the community that are interested in what is happening with the Dutchtown Middle School Band. The Band Room will be open after school most days for extra help if needed. We are conducting Clarinet and Sax classes, and will be starting Oboe, Bassoon, French Horn and Tuba for 6^th graders soon. Check the band Calender. Our Annual Christmas Concert was very good. If you missed it, or want to hear it again, you can listen to a recording at the Sounds page. Practice charts are due on Mondays for all band members. This is part of the band grade. If you have lost your practice chart, you may go to the Band Forms page and print as many as you like. This page also has many other useful forms that you may need for band. Email list: Please complete and turn in the back page of the band handbook. I need your email to compile an email list. I will email important band notifications to those that are on the list. You may email me at Richard.bresowar@apsb.org to get on the list. If you are a 7th grader in Symphonic band, or an 8^th grader playing in Symphonic Band for the first time, you will need the formal concert band uniform which is white pants, white shoes, white socks, and our purple band shirt. If you have a waist size above 26” we have white pants in stock in the band room and these are for sale for $25.00. White shoes can be tennis shoes and are available at any shoe or department store. Band shirts are $10.00 if you don’t still have the one from 6th grade band. If you are smaller than 26” waist, please try to find some white pants. White work pants or Dickies are acceptable. Pants must be full length and not cargo style. Sometimes you can find these at uniform shops. I have done up a little tutorial on how to get and use Audacity for recording tests on your computer. I hope you find it useful. Click here to read. You can use this program to record sound and save as .mp3 files to send via email. Recorded tests may also be recorded on IPhone and emailed to me. Please change the file name to something with the students name in it. Why Learn Music? Interested in some good reasons why we do what we do? Click here.