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Summer Music Institute for Instrumental Music

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TPSS SUMMER BAND CAMPS

Level Up Band Camp

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DATES: Monday - Thursday, June 1 - 4, 8:30am - 1:00pm

LOCATION: Ponchatoula High School

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Open to all returning TPSS Band Students and Directors

LEVELS:

  • Middle School/Junior High - students entering grades 6 - 8 for the 26-27 school year.
  • High School - students entering grades 9 - 12 for the 26-27 school year.

Preparing directors and students for the 26-27 audition cycle for parish, district, and state level honor ensembles.

  • Standardize and memorize scales at appropriate levels
  • introduce and analyze required etudes (prepared excerpts, prescribed by Tangipahoa Association of Music Educators, Louisiana Music Educators Association, Louisiana Bandmasters Association)
  • Implement sight-reading strategies

Crash, Boom, bang - Percussion Camp

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DATES: Monday - Thursday, June 8 - 11, 8:30am - 1:00pm

LOCATION: Ponchatoula High School

TARGET AUDIENCE:  Open to ALL TPSS Students in grades 6 - 12 during the 26-27 school year.

LEVELS: 

  • Novice - no prior band experience, beginners
  • Scholastic - prior experience in school band/choir/music group. Introduction of students and directors to the expanded family of percussion.

INSTRUMENTS: traditions, techniques, cultural/regional origins

Marching Band Fundamentals Workshop Day

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DATES: Saturday, June 13, 2026

LOCATION: Hammond Westside Montessori Campus Field 

TARGET AUDIENCE: Open to all TPSS High School Marching Band students and directors

GOALS:

  • Establish standard "8 to 5" 22.5 inch step size for Field Show Design and Execution
  • Establish standard "6 to 5" 30 inch step size for Parade Formation Movement
  • Establish vocabulary of Marching Band Techniques Dress and Cover, Guide, Alignment
  • Posture, Instrument/Equipment Carriage
  • Foot Action Styles (corps glide step, traditional high nnee lift), Freestyle, Curvilinear Maneuvers (float, expand, contract, front, push), Traditional Showband Maneuvers (squad, step 2's, pivot, flank)

Strike Up The Band! - Beginning Band Camp

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TARGET AUDIENCE: Open to all TPSS Students entering school band at the BEGINNING level for the 2026 school year. No prior experience necessary. 

SELECT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

South End: Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24, to be held at HWMS, 8:30am to noon.

North End: Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31, to be held at Amite High School, 9am to noon.

GOALS:

Preferably, students should complete the INSTRUMENT FITTING PROCESS before camp begins to ensure that they have an instrument for this camp experience.  In this camp, students will receive:

  • Proper assembly, disassembly, transportation, and storage procedures and routines
  • Hand position and finger placement, Posture
  • EMOBUCHURE TRAINING and TONE PRODUCTION
  • Music Reading and Notation
  • Instruments taught include Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone,  Electric Bass, Percussion (Bells/Xylophone) 
  • Students beginning on Baritone and Tuba must provide their own mouthpiece. Consult with Mr. Square.