I provide two bands that have home schooled participants enrolled; upon families’ requests I also provide a once per term assessment for their student reporting.

One program is called Marcato…these students meet Mondays 4:00 – 5:30 in Wowk elementary’s gym.  They play music level 1.5 – 3 (band music is grade from .5 – total beginner to 6 – university level) and typically perform 3-4 concerts in December and another 3-4 in June.  This program is a community band with fees twice a year and four required band books as well as the purchase of a band shirt and music stand.

The second program is free, has no assessment and is meant for beginners.  This program runs Saturday mornings in my home and is for beginners to either reinforce the skills they are learning in school, or for people who have not had band instruction.  This group is a mix of youth (grade 3) up to adults.  Some students are learning a second or third instrument and others are absolute beginners.  The cohort for this group has been together since September, so to join now a student likely would need to either be very committed to practicing to catch up, or be willing to take some private lessons on the side.

For older youth (grade 8 and up) there is also the adult community band Brass, Wind and Wire which rehearses on Wed. evenings inside Delta Secondary in the band room.  This is a program run by Delta Continuing Education and requires registration as well as the four band books used in Marcato.  To join this group students must be able to play level 2 and above music and be very mature personalities.

All groups expect students to have their own concert band instrument (flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto/tenor/bari saxophone, trumpet/cornet, French horn, baritone, tuba, concert percussion or bass)

Brenda Khoo  🎶🎼

Conductor:  Brass, Wind and Wire  www.brasswindwire.com

Conductor:  Marcato Youth Community Band

Conductor:  Amazing Beginner Concert Band

Band teacher for Quilchena/Debeck/Wowk/McKinney  Richmond school district