Due to the New Year’s Holiday the Drum Circle for January will be held on the second Saturday, Jan 9th at 12:00pm and cost $5.00 per person.  Open to all, no rhythmical experience needed.  Creating connections through drumming, come and bring your friends.

Adult jam night is open to any and all adult students, players who want to have fun jamming.  Bring your own guitar, bass, drum sticks…etc.  We will provide amps, cables, keyboards, drum kit and mic’s.  Come ready to jam and have fun.  November 12, 2009 at 8:00pm

Creating connections through drumming.  It is scientifically proven that drumming decrease stress, enhances immune function, decreases depression, creates community and is a lot of fun!  Join us for a unique rhythm creating experience that transcends language and cultrual barriers.  It is energizing, spontaneous, fun, creative and spritual.  Facilitated by Jim Calvert and held at Ft. Bend Music Center on the 1st Saturday of each Month at 4:00pm.  The next drum circle will be on November 7th, cost $5 per person.  Bring hand drums, percussion, wind instruments, etc.  Some instruments will be provided.  Open to all, no rhythmical experience needed.  Come and bring your friends.

Starting on Saturday October 3rd 2009 at 4:00.  Drum circle group class led by Jim Calvert.  BYOD (bring your own djembe, cajon, bongos, tamborine, or shakers) $5.00 to join and it will last for an hour.  There will be instruction as well as free form jamming.  No experience necessary, COME JOIN THE FUN!

We have a wide varity of Band Method Books in stock for your band sutdent.

Accent on Acheivement, Essential Elements 2000, Best in Class, Winning Rhythms, Standard of Excellence, Foundations for Superior Performance, A Fresh Approach to Snare Drum, A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion.

We also have a wide selection of band accessories; Wire music stands, Metronomes, Instrument care kits, Reeds (Vandoren, Hemke, and soon for Oboe Singing Dog Reeds), Swabs, Flip Folders, Lyres.  Make Ft. Bend Music your one stop shopping destination for band instruments, rentals and supplies.

Studies show that playing music helps kids ecel in math, reading, and verbal skills and score better on test then kids without a music education; high school seniors with music experience score higher on the S.A.T.

Playing music helps develop coordination, timing and memory.

Make music a choice for your students.  Call for New Group Classes Today

Keyboard Encounters Kids is a group music program tailored to kids 7-11 years old, a great age for learning how to play piano.  Classes feature music reading, ensemble playing and singing-with an emphasis on having fun!

A joyful first music experience.  Tots and parents share in a music-making program of rhythms, fingerplays, active movement games, keyboard exploration, singing and lots of  BUBBLES!

Musicianship is taught through the use of a keyboard.  Children will be involved in the following activities:

Singing, Ear training, Repertoire (keyboard pieces), Ensemble playing (group performance), Keyboard harmony, Arranging, Keyboard technique, Sight singing, Sight playing, Theory.

The Young Musicians Course is founded on the belief that every child loves music.  During the two-year program, children participate in activities that teach basic musical skills and encourage independence, creativity and self-expression.  The course appeals to the imagination of a youg mind and becomes an integral part of your child’s growth.

New Groups forming now, call for more information.

The in-class musical experience nurture your child’s creativity.  They also create a feel and an understanding of music, which instill the basis of playing and expression.  The lesson include:

Hearing. Listening to wonderful music helps children:  Develop emitional sensitivity, ear for music, feel and express music in time rhythmically.

Singing.  Children love to sing!  In the process, they develop:  Self expression, correct tempo, rhythm and pitch and understanding of not names.

Playing.  Performing pieces on a keyboard introducues children to the joy of expressing music by themselves.  Playing also helps students:  Develop a sense of keyboard harmony, become familiar with music reading and learn the sounds of musical instruments.

Creating.  Junior Music Course activities stimulate and foster children’s:  Musical creativity and originality.

Do Re Mi Fa So Much Fun!