The El Segundo Elementary Band Program is now in it’s 16th year with Mrs. Edie Rice as the director. Classes are held 2 days each week at Center Street and Richmond Street Schools. Students receive group and individualized instruction from professional musicians and accomplished teachers each week.
Alumni of the elementary band program have consistently performed well academically and musically in middle school and high school. Many have gone on to play music in college and a few have elected to study music at the college level.
Highlights of the program include performing at:
Class Schedule
Note: Even on minimum days, classes start immediately after school Instrument Choices at Richmond Street: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, and Baritone Instrument Choices at Center Street: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, and Trombone Fees for first semester (up through February 1). Second Semester Fees are due Feb 1. $225* Fees include use of an instrument (when available), one method book, after- school instruction, and band shirt. $25 discount for those who bring their own instrument. Band instruments are provided in playing condition. If they are returned in the same condition, then there will be no repair charges assessed. *Includes all applicable sales taxes Payments and application can be made online by clicking here. All fees are non refundable after the first week of class.
Contact Mrs. Edie Rice with questions: Phone: 424-242-ESCB (3722) Email: edie.rice@esconcertband.org ELEMENTARY PROGRAM STAFF
Edie Rice, Education Director and Associate Conductor of the El Segundo Concert Band, earned her master's degree in conducting from Southern Oregon University in 2007. She has devoted her musical career to helping young musicians from age eight through high school develop a passion for music. She has been teaching elementary band since 1997 and high school since 2000.
In addition to the El Segundo Elementary Band Program, Mrs. Rice is the Assistant Director of the El Segundo High School Band, Director of the new Distinct Advantage Middle Sch  Through her many years of experience daily in the classroom, Mrs. Rice has developed an amazing capability to help students master performance skills and has earned a strong reputation throughout the community as incredibly gifted in working with children. This is evidenced by her elementary band being filmed by the producer of the Billboard Music Awards as vignettes that were broadcast throughout the national prime-time television show in 1999. In November 2011 she was named El Segundo's Citizen of the Year for her work with community children. MOLLY DANAHYMolly Danahy is a graduate of TCU and has been a music instructor for 6 years with the El Segundo Elementary Band Program  . She also teaches instrumental music in the Wiseburn School district.COURTNEY JONES
VIRGINIA FIGUEIRERDODr. Figueiredo received her Bachelor of Arts from the Lisbon Superior School of Music, her Master of Music from CSU, Fullerton, and her Doctorate ofMusical Arts from UCLA. She studied under Gary Gray, Håkan Rosengren, Nuno Silva, Carlos Alves, and many others. Dr. Figueiredo is adjunct faculty at the Cypress College, California, and a clarinet freelancer throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County areas.
JESSICA HERNANDEZJessica Hernandez is a recent UC Riverside Music graduate with an emphasis in music education. She joined the El Segundo Elementary Band staff in 2011 and has become a regular instructor with the elementary program and South Bay Summer Symposium Sean is engaged in a versatile career as both a classical trombonist and singer-songwriter. Since the  Sean has performed with Disney's Young Musician Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, YMF Debut Orchestra, American Youth Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, and Glendale Philharmonic Orchestra. He attended UCLA, USC, and Colburn Conservatory of Music where he was instructed by Bill Booth, Terry Cravens, and Mark Lawrence. On the other side of the musical spectrum, Sean has been singing and playing guitar in his own folk-rock band, for which he has written over seventy songs, during the last four years. They have played in venues all over Los Angeles for crowds as large as 6,000. In August 2011, Sean accepted a full scholarship invitation to perform with the Banff Summer Festival Orchestra. Pawling seized the opportunity to combine his classical and popular music interests and amidst the towering Canadian Rockies, recorded a three-track EP. Two of the EP's songs he wrote for voice and trombone quartet. The EP was released in December and praised for its original blend of folk melodies and classical-sounding low brass chords. Sean looks forward to continue producing music that is informed by both his classical and popular music sides.
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