Arts & Enrichment
Cincy Premier Grade School Band
Does your grade school child want to learn how to play an instrument? Does he or she already play an instrument and wants to play in a band? Cincy Premier Grade School Band is open to Cincinnati area boys and girls in grades 4-8 during the school year!
Offering Beginning Band and Advanced Band options, Cincy Premier Grade School Band not only provides instruction to students on how to play musical instruments of their choosing, but also instills an appreciation and passion for music and a desire for band participation.
Offering Beginning Band and Advanced Band options, Cincy Premier Grade School Band not only provides instruction to students on how to play musical instruments of their choosing, but also instills an appreciation and passion for music and a desire for band participation.
About the Director
Program director Susan Cassidy earned her degree in music education from Indiana University and has spent her entire teaching career sharing her knowledge, love, and enthusiasm for music and band in area schools. In 2008, she spearheaded the restart of the grade school band program at Our Lady of the Visitation School on Cincinnati’s west side. All three of her children are alumni of that program and each has pursued a future in the arts. Susan joined Elder High School as its band director in the 2021-2022 school year.
Learning to play an instrument has been shown to provide many benefits to students, such as facilitating learning in other subject areas, aiding in language development, getting higher test scores, teaching self-discipline, and improving social skills.
Elder High School
Cincinnati’s First Catholic Diocesan High School
