It's time to get cracking on the BIG INSTRUMENTS! 

 

 

Fifth grade band is where the instrumental music program begins at CSS.  A greater appreciation for instrumental music is cultivated as students discover new talents on their band instruments and create music together.  A STRONG emphasis is placed on understanding and using the fundamentals of music!!! 

 

 

 

 

"Did you know that 82 percent of Americans who don't currently play an instrument wish they had learned to play one? " (Gallup Poll)

 

  

 

Albert Einstein

 

Check out what other famous people play instruments...

 

 musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/famouspeople3.htm 

 

 

                      

                (trombone)                                                           Katie Couric                                     Trevor Pryce 

                                                                       (Journalist - piano)                                                     (drums)

                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

 

Click here too!

 

 www.wannaplaymusic.com/look-whos-playing

 

 

 

                      

 

                      Ewan McGregor                                                        Julia Roberts  

     (Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episodes I, II, and III)                                       (clarinet and oboe)

                          French Horn

 

 

                            

       Samuel L. Jackson                                              Halle Berry

        (French Horn & Trumpet)                                                               (Flute)

 

 

 

 

More TV/Movie personalities who play a musical instruments...

 

http://musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/famouspeople2.htm

 

http://www.menc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2634

 

 

 

President Bill Clinton

 

Political figures who play a musical instrument...

 

musiced.about.com/od/famousmusicians1/a/famouspeople.htm

 

 

 

 

Here are the instruments you can find in the CSS band...

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

      

   

  

 

 

Learn about these instruments by clicking on the links below!

 

Woodwinds: 

 

library.thinkquest.org/15413/instruments/woodwinds.htm

 

Brass:

 

library.thinkquest.org/15413/instruments/brass.htm

 

Percussion:

 

library.thinkquest.org/15413/instruments/percussion.htm

 

 

Have some fun with the instruments...

 

artsalive.ca/en/mus/instrumentlab

 

 

           

 

Some band humor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Even Mickey Mouse and his friends enjoy playing in the band!