We will follow the regular early morning and after school band schedule this week. We have a lot of performances and events coming up in April and May so I’m looking forward to getting back to our full band rehearsals!

Tuesday, April 1st: 7:45 a.m.  Grade 7 early morning band

Wednesday, April 2nd: 7:45 a.m. Grade 8 early morning band 

Thursday, April 3rd: 7:45 a.m. Grade 9 early morning band

Thursday, April 3rd: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Jazz Band

Upcoming Performances

Tuesday, April 22: PEI Band Days at the Scott MacAulay Performing Arts Centre at the College of Piping, Summerside

9:30: Grade 8’s perform (Set up at 8:30, Warm-up at 9:00)

11:00: Grade 9’s perform (Set up at 10:00, Warm-up at 10:30)

Wednesday, April 30th-Thursday, May 1st: Grade 9 Band trip to Sackville, NB and Fredericton, NB

Thursday, May 8th: PEI Beginning Band Day at Athena Consolidated School. Grade 7 Concert Band will participate.

Friday, May 9th: Grade 7, 8, and 9 band performance and information sharing about the band program for grade 6 students (East Wiltshire gym)

Tuesday, May 27th: SPRING CONCERT (All four bands will perform in our final big concert of the school year)

Wednesday, May 28th at 10:00 am: Concert by the CEC Symphonic Band (Truro, NS) at East Wiltshire

TBA in June: Grade 8 Band Field trip

Congratulations to all of the band students on a very successful second term in the band program! The music is sounding great, and we have been making excellent progress in all four EWS band ensembles. Thank you to the students for their efforts, and thank you to parents for your support in getting students to early morning and after school rehearsals. I know that it’s not always easy, particularly in the dark winter months!

I have already announced this to most of my band classes, but we are taking a well-deserved two week break from early morning and after school band practices before we begin again in April for the third and final term of the school year.

Grade 7, 8 and 9 early morning band practices are CANCELED from March 11-13 (the week before March break ) and from March 25-27 (the week after March break). 

Students are encouraged to practice their band music and their scale assignments during this time!

Grade 7, 8, and 9 Practice Guide:

Grade 7: Ab concert full 8 note scale, arpeggio, and thirds, pg. 20 Sawmill Creek, Beginner’s Rock, Acropolis and Lullaby for Winds

Grade 8: Eb concert scale and arpeggio, 9 stroke rolls, Too Much Percussion, Cayuga Lake and The Pilgrimage

Grade 9: F concert scale, arpeggio, and thirds, 9 stroke rolls, Black Forest Overture, Be Still My Soul, The Dragon Lord and How to Train Your Dragon

Have a great weekend!

Don’t forget that all band students are asked to bring their uniforms (BLACK pants, white shirts, and vests) and instruments for yearbook photos tomorrow!

I hope everyone has had a great weekend. We will follow the regular early morning band schedule this week. Jazz band rehearsal time will be announced this week. We may have to change our rehearsal time due to parent-teacher interviews.

Yearbook pictures for all four bands (Grade 7, 8, 9 and Jazz) will be taken on Wednesday morning (March 5th). All band students are asked to bring their uniforms including BLACK PANTS on Wednesday so that the photos look professional. Thank you!

Permission forms for the grade 9 band trip were provided to grade 9 band students on Thursday at early morning band practice. If said permission form is most likely crumpled at the bottom of your child’s kit bag or locker, you can find printable PDF versions below! In order to finalize reservations for accommodations and activities we need to have signed permission forms returned by this Friday (March 7th). Payments are not due until Friday, April 11th. Thank you for your help with this!

2025 Grade 9 Trip Contract

2025 Permission Form