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DocuSign Envelope ID: 16527E62-848E-428A-BF83-02D57E8435C9 <br /> program serves approximately 140 students this year, which is almost 25% of the <br /> student population. The bands perform public concerts anywhere from two to five times <br /> per year. Phillips band students regularly compete at local and regional competitions <br /> and earn placement each year in the County, District and State Honor Bands. The band <br /> program regularly participates in the North Carolina Music Performance Adjudication <br /> where they have earned consistent Superior ratings since 1994. They have <br /> also participated in the Carowinds Music festival where they also received Superior <br /> ratings. It is the goal of the band director to provide instruments for all students with the <br /> desire to learn that might not be able to afford an instrument. Students receive 47 <br /> minutes of instruction daily and as with orchestra, the retention rate from grade to grade <br /> is very high. New additions to the band program this year include opportunities to <br /> participate in a jazz band and chamber ensembles. <br /> *Some examples of art-related FIT (Falcons in Training, a new enrichment program at <br /> Phillips) sessions: <br /> Music Composition 101 Have you ever wanted to write your own music but did not <br /> know how? Together, we will explore the building blocks of music composition: melody, <br /> rhythm and harmony. As a culminating project, we will write a song for chorus, band or <br /> orchestra. <br /> In Tune with Music In Tune with Music has students read articles from In Tune <br /> magazine giving young musicians essential insights into a wide variety of musical <br /> genres, instruments and technology. It explores the music they are passionate about <br /> and explains in the simplest terms how it is made, learned, performed, recorded, and <br /> distributed. <br /> Crystal Clear Shakespeare Students will read Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in the <br /> original Elizabethan English and analyze the plot and characters, as well as the Bard's <br /> poetry. Students will read the play aloud with each reader assigned a part from the play. <br /> The film version of the play will accompany our reading and we'll cap the project with a <br /> field trip to Playmaker's Theater on the campus of UNC to see a live production of this <br /> uproarious comedy. <br /> Let the Lyrics Lead Us! Poetry is the language of the soul and the pulse of the <br /> movement. Learn how to project your present inner voice through an analysis of how <br /> historical lyrics have reflected and impacted our society. <br />