Welcome to JOIN THE PRIDE!
A family of Sabercats is a Pride! This is the place to start your journey on becoming a part of the band family at Castle View High School. An extension of the band program at Castle View high school, Join the Pride is a beginning and supplemental band program for elementary aged students in the Meadows of Castle Rock. While there is no charge for this program, students and parents will still be responsible for providing an instrument and maintaining the instrument.
Be watching for information here! We will start on Monday, April 5, two nights a week (Mondays and Thursdays). Time scheduling will depend on registration numbers. We need to be sure to follow health safety guidelines, so each meeting is 30 minutes.
READY TO GET STARTED?
A family of Sabercats is a Pride! This is the place to start your journey on becoming a part of the band family at Castle View High School. An extension of the band program at Castle View high school, Join the Pride is a beginning and supplemental band program for elementary aged students in the Meadows of Castle Rock. While there is no charge for this program, students and parents will still be responsible for providing an instrument and maintaining the instrument.
Be watching for information here! We will start on Monday, April 5, two nights a week (Mondays and Thursdays). Time scheduling will depend on registration numbers. We need to be sure to follow health safety guidelines, so each meeting is 30 minutes.
READY TO GET STARTED?
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STEP 1 - PICK AND INSTRUMENT
Chose and instrument. If this is your very first time playing an instrument, we are focusing on four instruments: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone. Please watch the videos for these instruments and pick one of them that interests you the most. When you rent an instrument it is very easy to change if the instrument is not the right fit. Because each instrument has individual challenges, we will only be able to provide beginning instruction on these instruments. You can work with you individual schools to change to instruments not offered here. These 4 choices provide a good start that transfers well to other instruments if you change down the road.
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STEP 2 - REGISTER!
Follow this link to get signed up, please register by March 31. You may still sign up after that, but the practice schedule will be posted on April 1.
STEP 3 - ARRANGE FOR GETTING AN INSTRUMENT
Arrange for getting an instrument if you don't already have one. I recommend working with a music store that you trust to rent an instrument. Renting is a great option for a beginning player because rentals can be returned if a student needs to change instruments down the road. Most stores offer programs where the rent goes towards the eventual purchase of the instrument. Long term, an instrument purchase is more economical. Warning! There are many instruments available online, in general retail stores, etc. that may not provide sufficient quality. Beginning players who start on sub-standard instruments are doomed to struggle on their instrument. Many times, the instrument itself prevents progress. The vendors I am indicating here will help you to get a quality instrument that will allow your playing to excel. Cheep is rarely sufficient. As the old saying goes, "you get what you pay for." In this case, you are wasting money, not saving money. Be sure to get quality. Use one of these stores to make sure you get quality.
Local store in Castle Rock:
CIOMIT - (Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology)
https://ciomit.com/
651 Topeka Way, Ste 100, Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303)663-4084
National chain with location in Lone Tree:
Music and Arts
https://www.musicarts.com/rentals
8475 S Yosemite St. Suite B, Lone Tree, CO 80124
(303)799-1253
Either of these stores will do a good job for you and will back up their rental with service. Both stores also have representatives that work directly with Castle View High School and can arrange delivery directly to the school if that is more convenient for you.
We will use the same method book that is used by CVEIM: Sound Innovations for Concert Band Book 1. This can be purchased at the music store when you get your instrument. CVEIM also has other resources available as well. You can check them out on their website: https://cveim.webs.com/
Local store in Castle Rock:
CIOMIT - (Colorado Institute of Musical Instrument Technology)
https://ciomit.com/
651 Topeka Way, Ste 100, Castle Rock, CO 80109
(303)663-4084
National chain with location in Lone Tree:
Music and Arts
https://www.musicarts.com/rentals
8475 S Yosemite St. Suite B, Lone Tree, CO 80124
(303)799-1253
Either of these stores will do a good job for you and will back up their rental with service. Both stores also have representatives that work directly with Castle View High School and can arrange delivery directly to the school if that is more convenient for you.
We will use the same method book that is used by CVEIM: Sound Innovations for Concert Band Book 1. This can be purchased at the music store when you get your instrument. CVEIM also has other resources available as well. You can check them out on their website: https://cveim.webs.com/
step 4 - attend our regularly scheduled practices in april and may
JOIN THE PRIDE SCHEDULE (Times will be added after registration is complete)
Monday, April 5
Thursday, April 8
Monday, April 12
Thursday, April 15
Monday, April 19
Thursday, April 22
Monday, April 26
Thursday, April 29
Monday, May 3
Thursday, May 6
Monday, May 10
Thursday, May 13
Monday, May 17
Thursday, May 20 Performance Showcase TBA
Monday, April 5
Thursday, April 8
Monday, April 12
Thursday, April 15
Monday, April 19
Thursday, April 22
Monday, April 26
Thursday, April 29
Monday, May 3
Thursday, May 6
Monday, May 10
Thursday, May 13
Monday, May 17
Thursday, May 20 Performance Showcase TBA
Getting Started!
Information video for parents.
Student interviews.
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Instrument Demos It's never too late to get started! Simply register below, and arrange to get an instrument.
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Instrument Rental
CIOMIT is a local store in Castle Rock that can provide rental, service and/or purchase. They are located at
651 Topeka Way, Ste 100 Castle Rock, CO 80109 Phone (303)663-4084 |