Information About Music at MPSA

All Returning Lower and Upper Elementary Students

Please bring your labeled music bags back to school.  Leave them outside Ms. Shakespeare’s classroom.

Upper Elementary Students

Register now for Band and Orchestra.  Registration ends September 10. Students who qualify for free or reduced lunch may rent instruments from the school for a minimal fee.String players (violin, viola, cello) and percussion players (snare drum and bells) will always be masked and maintain 3-foot distancing during instruction.  Wind players (flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone and baritone) will be provided bell covers for their instruments from the county and must use them in order to play during indoor class time. While indoors, players will be at least 3 ft apart and only lower their mask while playing and then cover immediately after. When conditions outdoors allow, some wind instruction will take place outdoors for additional safety. Wind instrument students will be responsible for the bell cover and wash it each week and bring it to lessons. Students who lose the bell cover will have to purchase a new one and only be allowed to pretend to play during indoor class time. These guidelines follow NAFME, VMEA guidelines as well as additional from APS.