PERCUSSION
Students with the high academic standards, lowest discipline problems, backgrounds in piano lessons, and extremely high gross and fine motor skills will be considered for percussion.  All percussion class candidates will be screened by our Flower Mound High School percussion instructor, Mr. Gronneberg.  While the primary two instruments in beginning percussion class are snare drum and marimba, students in percussion get experience on many different percussion instruments throughout the course of the year.

Physical Characteristics
Students should exhibit a great deal of coordination in gross and fine motor skills.

Other Considerations
The study of percussion includes bells, xylophone, marimba, triangle, tambourine, maracas, claves, among many other instruments.  Private Lessons for percussion are strongly encouraged due to the nature of the instrument group and the amount of material that will be covered in class ($22.00 per week).  Just because you are always tapping on things does not mean you are a natural percussionist (drummer).  In fact, the percussion section is the most select, hand-picked section of the band.

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