Families Advancing Music Education - Upper Perk Alumni Band

Alumni Band

NEWS !

The UPHS Alumni Band will be in the stands and on the field after the game (playing Joshua, of course) along with the UPHS Marching Band at the Upper Perk Homecoming Game on October 10, 2014. All band alumni are welcome and encouraged to join in (contact Ms. Nalepa for details and sheet music).

If anyone has any extra instruments that they would be willing to loan or donate to the Alumni Band, please Heather (Gendall) Schantz via email kixx6@hotmail.com.

The Upper Perkiomen Alumni Band was officially established in the spring of 2009. Our annual performance is as an exhibition band in the Upper Perk Festival of Bands. In the fall of 2009 we also attended an alumni night at a football game at the high school where the alumni received the stand tunes before the game and had fun playing along side the students. The UP Alumni Band plans to continue to be a part of the music programs in the community through the Festival of Bands, alumni nights, and the Christmas Parade, as well as parades in neighboring communities. Next year in March 2011we will have our first banquet at the East Greenville fire hall.

We encourage anyone who is an alumnus of Upper Perk who played or twirled in the band to join us no matter when you graduated. It’s a lot of fun to reminisce and a perfect excuse to dust off your instrument or band front equipment and use it again. Our meetings are monthly in the high school band room, the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00. If you are interested in joining please contact Heather (Gendall) Schantz via email kixx6@hotmail.com, or phone 215-679-3846. We hope to see you soon!

Check out the Alumni Band website,http://upperperkalumniband.org/and Facebook page and join in the conversation.

Alumni Band Photo from 2009 Festival of Bands

alumni band photos

2008 Alumni Band Rehearsal of Jericho

 

 

 

 

 

 

meetings

FAME meets from 6:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Upper Perkiomen Valley High School, in the Band Room; we meet 4 times a year - next meeting is on December 16, 2014.

Band Boosters, Chorale Fund Society, and Alumni Band join the FAME meeting and share information on their activities. Following the FAME meeting, at 7 p.m. Band Boosters and Choir/Orchestra Boosters hold their individual meetings.

 

 

 

Connections

Join us on Facebook, sign up for our e-mail list, share ideas and speak up at our blog, and/or come to FAME meetings; we meet 4 times a year - next meeting is in December.

 

volunteer

ALUMNI BAND needs volunteers this summer to staff an information table at community events. Check out their page for details.

Staff FAME's info table at concerts, school open houses, and on Community Day and let people know about the importance and value of music education in our schools.

Volunteer for FAME in publicity or outreach.

Volunteer for special events, helping other organizations support the music and arts programs in our public schools (e.g. selling tickets, ushering, handing out programs, setting up chairs, distributing posters, supplying props for stage shows... ).

Volunteer with Band Boosters and the Choral Fund Society.

Please e-mail us if you are interested in volunteering.

 

Resources

Upper Perkiomen School District - school board meeting dates and minutes, school curriculum and faculty information, school calendar, and more.

Support Music - how to build a case for local music programs and create a plan of action

Music Friends - music education advocacy site provides links to resources for parents and teachers. A part of the National Association for Music Education.

 

MISSION STATEMENT

To ensure the highest quality musical education for our children (K-12) so that the program may be continually improving, allowing each student to maximize their individual potential. Our objectives will be to address critical needs, promoting a close relationship among parents, staff, administration, the community, and the students at all grade levels.

FAME also seeks to serve as an umbrella organization and information clearinghouse for all the music groups and band and choral supporters in the Upper Perkiomen elementary, middle and high school.