Music at Yorkville Middle School:
Music Education at Yorkville Middle School consists of a comprehensive Band, Orchestra, & Choir program serving over 350 students across 7th & 8th grades. The middle school program is served by four full time music teachers, with additional traveling staff which allows for each student to receive instruction at the large group, small group, and individual levels.
Large group rehearsal instruction takes place during the school day. Brass & woodwind players meet daily over the course of three 7th grade and two 8th grade rehearsal periods. Percussionists rehearse separately each day in a course designed specifically for the development of the complete percussion musician and combine with the winds for performances. The Orchestra meets daily over the course of two 7th grade and two 8th grade rehearsal periods. Our Choir program meets in six separate sections of choral classes. The Yorkville Middle School music ensembles perform numerous concerts in conjunction with other Yorkville C.U.S.D. #115 ensembles as well as at the Allstate Arena, VanderCook Band & Orchestra Festival, Music in the Parks Festival, The New Trier Jazz Festival, and many other festivals, community, and off-campus events. Students also participate in ILMEA District IX Junior Auditions and Festivals, as well as a Solo & Ensemble event each spring.
In addition to large ensemble instruction, instrumental music students receive small group lessons with like instruments. Lessons are taught as pull-outs during ensemble periods and student advisory periods. Lessons are the core of the students’ education on the specific techniques required to play each of the instruments, and are an important part of the students’ overall development as a musician.
Yorkville Middle School offers extra-curricular music opportunities such as an Alternative Strings group, Beau Chant Choral Ensemble, and two Jazz Bands.
Large group rehearsal instruction takes place during the school day. Brass & woodwind players meet daily over the course of three 7th grade and two 8th grade rehearsal periods. Percussionists rehearse separately each day in a course designed specifically for the development of the complete percussion musician and combine with the winds for performances. The Orchestra meets daily over the course of two 7th grade and two 8th grade rehearsal periods. Our Choir program meets in six separate sections of choral classes. The Yorkville Middle School music ensembles perform numerous concerts in conjunction with other Yorkville C.U.S.D. #115 ensembles as well as at the Allstate Arena, VanderCook Band & Orchestra Festival, Music in the Parks Festival, The New Trier Jazz Festival, and many other festivals, community, and off-campus events. Students also participate in ILMEA District IX Junior Auditions and Festivals, as well as a Solo & Ensemble event each spring.
In addition to large ensemble instruction, instrumental music students receive small group lessons with like instruments. Lessons are taught as pull-outs during ensemble periods and student advisory periods. Lessons are the core of the students’ education on the specific techniques required to play each of the instruments, and are an important part of the students’ overall development as a musician.
Yorkville Middle School offers extra-curricular music opportunities such as an Alternative Strings group, Beau Chant Choral Ensemble, and two Jazz Bands.