F.A.M.E. - Upper Perkiomen Valley

Families Advancing Music Education

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Make Some Music!

 

Hereford and Marlborough Elementary Schools

• join the choir
• 3rd grade - learn to play the recorder, sign up to learn to play a string instrument
• 4th grade - sign up to learn an instrument and join the band
• 4th-5th grade - school band
• 5th grade - join chorus

Upper Perkiomen Middle School

• sing in the choir
• learn to play the guitar
• play in the marching and concert band
• play in the orchestra
• tryout for the Middle School Musical

Upper Perkiomen High School

• 9th grade - sing in B-Choir
• 10th-12th grade - audition for A-Choir, Uptones, and Women's Choir
• join the marching and concert band
• play in the orchestra
• tryout for the High School Musical

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

Staff our 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.

 

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.