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Updated: 05-Jun-2008

Is music a required subject?
No, it is an elective.

Can anyone enroll in or sign up for music classes, such as band, or chorus?
Yes. No prior experience is required and anyone from 7th through 12th grade may sign up for beginning band or chorus. Only Intermediate or Advanced Band or Chorus students must have prior experience.

Who decides whether I should enroll in beginning or intermediate/ advanced band or chorus?
The music teacher and the counselor

Must I have my own instrument to enroll in band?

No. The school will provide an instrument if parents sign a Responsibility Statement.

I can play by ear. Will I be required to read music?

Yes. Learning to read music is one of the DoDDS-E, as well as the national, music standards.

How does a student decide which instrument or voice part to learn?
The teacher will explain the basic requirements of each available instrument and/or voice part and help the student decide, or advise which would be best.

Is there a string ensemble at VM/HS?
Yes. The string ensemble is an extra-curricular activity, so it meets after school, once or twice a week.

Is a guitar part of the string ensemble?
No. The string ensemble is made up of instruments belonging to the violin family: violin, viola, cello and string, or double, bass….also called the contrabass.

Must I have my own instrument to play in the string ensemble?

Yes. Currently, a violin and a viola are available.

What happens if I damage or lose a school instrument?

Minor damages are repaired by the repair technicians in our DoDDS-E Repair Facility in Mainz-Kastel , Germany . If the damage is beyond repair, or if the instrument is lost, parents will have to pay for the loss.

Will I get to participate in performances?
Yes. Performing in concerts, or any other special activity, in or out of school (e.g. the General's COMREL, MLK Day, NHS Induction Ceremony, Graduation ceremony, etc.), is an integral part of band, chorus, string ensemble, or any performing arts course.