Luck is not chance, it’s toil. Fortune’s expensive smile is earned. ~ Emily Dickinson 
Mr. Ahrens teaches band & choir at Bear River High School in Grass Valley, CA.
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By David Ahrens, on February 3rd, 2011% For now the plan is for a rising tide of theory competence to lift all students, regardless of grade level, to what will be our starting point standard for next year. I will then have a differentiated plan in place to continue the advancement of the older kids while starting the process over for the new member. Of course, this is how it should have always been, but I have been more focused on performance outcome and this segment of the curriculum has received short shrift. . . . → Read More: Quick Melody Composition in Band Class
By David Ahrens, on September 18th, 2010%
I’m really pushing to include more theory and more composition in my ensemble classes this year. While I’ve always recognized the importance of such things, available class time has fallen prey to the ever impending performance. But my students are not getting experience in composition any where else. Most of them are . . . → Read More: Blues Improv / Composition Assignment
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