On Tuesday, December 2nd, the Big Rapids Middle School 8th Grade Band toured the Brookside and Riverview Elementary schools playing music and demonstrating instruments for the younger students.
Our middle school band director, Albie Todd, explained the various types of music that school bands play, and taught the Kindergarten through 4th grade-aged students about the different sounds that instruments can make, and how they come together to form the whole band.
Both the middle school and high school have several concerts in the upcoming two weeks: 6th Grade Band and the High School Chamber Winds have their concert on Tuesday, December 16th, the 7th Grade Band and the High School Concert Band share Wednesday, December 17th as their concert date, and the 8th Grade Band and High School Wind Symphony have a combined concert date of Thursday, December 18th. All concerts are free to the public, begin at 7:00pm, and are held at the Big Rapids High Sc auditorium.
