Students receive a private 15 minute lesson each week from Mrs. Gleason or Mr. Quaglieri. It is vitally important that every child make their best effort to be on time to their scheduled lesson. We have noticed a number of students who do not show up to their scheduled lesson time but request a make up lesson. We are happy to offer make up lessons, however, we only have limited spots available. Here are a few suggestions to help with this:

Ask your child to put their lesson time into their digital calendar with notifications turned on OR have Siri, Google Home or Alexa remind them of their lesson time!

Communicate in advance with your child's lesson teacher if your child will be gone. We will do our best to reschedule.

Thank you for your help with this. We LOVE seeing your children and value this time with them each week. Your assistance will help us to remain efficient and avoid the very real Zoom fatigue.

In an effort to make things go even better for your children in band, here are a few things that we think would help as we move forward to the third week of lessons!

• CAMERAS - Please ask your child to turn on their cameras during class (If possible). Certainly, there are reasons to keep it off (WIFI signal strength, etc). However, we rely on seeing your children as much as we do hearing them. As you can imagine, seeing hand placement, embouchures (mouth), posture, instrument angles, etc are all visual cues that assist us. If your child's camera doesn't work on their Chromebook, please have them fill out an Incident IQ Repair Request online to get it fixed.

• FOOD/DRINK - Please remind your kids that eating food and then playing immediately afterward will get food particles into their wind instruments causing damage. Students should take a drink of water after eating and before playing and always avoid eating while playing in general.

• CHAIRS - We have noticed a number of students sitting on couches or recliners during their lesson or band class. Your child will play best using a hard, flat chair like a wooden kitchen chair. Students are encouraged to stand and play (depending on the instrument) as well. However, stay away from beds, couches, and other soft surfaces.

• STANDS - We highly recommend that students use a music stand to hold their books and other sheet music. Doing so improves posture and reinforces good playing habits. Wire stands can be purchased from Ward-Brodt.

• DOGS/CATS - Nothing wrong with this at all. Love seeing them :) Even the fish.

For students that are interested in taking private lessons for enrichment and extra help from a professional musician, please consider reaching out to our list of fantastic professional musicians. These are a group of people that are connected to Sun Prairie in various ways - some are alumni! Whether your student is looking for a challenge or would just like some extra help with a specialist on their instrument - please check out this fantastic resource!

This is an optional resource that is being run through our band booster organization.To start lessons with any of these teachers, simply email them requesting a lesson time. Payment will be done between you and the teacher directly. Click below find a teacher.