Amarillo Youth Band

Introduction: We are here for the purpose of teaching students to love music. Whether their prior experience is rock or classical, there's something about the music that drives us all. Amarillo Youth Band is geared for students in grades 3-12 in public, private or home school situations. Our goal is to guide them through instrumental lessons and enjoy ensemble playing. Students will be able to not only play the piece of music but be able to tell you about it and the composer. We engage the senses through music and movement games. Each lesson encompasses many school subjects such as: math, science, social studies, reading, writing and physical education. We also take the time to teach space and breathing. Sometimes, music calls for balancing many tasks at once. Amarillo Youth Band likes to keep pace with technological advances. We use the Alfred's Music Theory 2.0 and NoteWorthy Composer 2.0 software as part of learning theory and composition. We encourage students to start writing their own music shortly after they learn some basic theory skills.