Middle School Bands

About LTMS Bands

Loyalsock Township Middle School offers students the opportunity to make music in full ensembles as a part of the curricular day. Under the direction of Mr. David Tini, the 7th/8th Grade Band meets every day 1, 3, and 5 while the 6th Grade Band meets every day 2, 4 and 6. These ensembles provide students a musical outlet during the school day to create music and continue developing individual and ensemble skills.

Small Group Instruction 

Full ensemble classes are the dedicated time for student musicians to develop ensemble skills of teamwork, leadership, listening, blend, and balance; however, the individual skills that students develop with one-on-one teacher instruction occurs during small group instruction. Each band student receives 2 types of small group instruction experiences in middle school band: Instrumental Music and Lessons.

Instrumental Music (class) is a related art class which combines like-instruments together. In 6th and 7th grade, Instrumental Music groupings are brass, percussion, reeds, and flutes and meet every other day for 2 marking periods per year during marking periods 1 & 3 or marking periods 2 & 4. In 8th grade, Instrumental Music groupings combines brass with percussion and reeds with flutes and meet every other day for all 4 marking periods of the year.

Lessons are offered to students during the marking periods that they are not enrolled in the Instrumental Music Class. Students receive 1 lesson per 6 school days. Lessons are held in small groups of instrument groupings: flute, clarinet, saxophone, french horn, trumpet, low brass, and percussion.

Extra Curricular Ensembles

Additionally, LTMS Bands offers extra curricular ensemble experiences for students. The LTMS Jazz Ensemble that meets once a week; this select ensemble introduces the jazz idiom of music and provides new and exciting challenges for middle school musicians. This ensemble is open by audition to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade band students.

8th Grade Band students have the opportunity to join the Loyalsock Township High School Marching Band. This award winning group is highly active in the community, performing at home football games, regional competitions, parades, and more!

“We live in a society filled with music. It is everywhere that we live. Music is the most pervasive of all the arts and is the most easily used for enjoyment and relaxation, for study or participation. Understanding the role that music plays and being able to use it to express ourselves are important means of developing as human beings. Those who develop an understanding of how to make music are forever enriched by this experience.”

– Great Beginnings, Yamaha