
Beginning Band
BVEF offers two different band programs for students at Strawberry Elementary: Beginning Band and Advanced Band.
The Strawberry Beginning Band program is open to all students at Strawberry school with no previous band experience. If your student has previous band experience, they should enroll in Advanced Band. Beginning Band, directed by Mr. Merideth, teaches students to read music and play their instrument both independently and with fellow musicians in concert performances.
Band Fees
If the student will use their own instrument:
Our registration donation request is $245.
If the student will use a district instrument:
The registration donation request is $305. This helps with costs relating to cleaning, adjusting, and repairing of school instruments.
Beginning Band Schedule
Beginning Band will meet twice a week before school.
Mondays: 7:30–8:20am
Thursdays: 7:30–8:20am
Distribution of Instruments
- If a student has their own instrument, they will be ready to go as soon as registration is complete!
- If an instrument is needed, the District has over sixty instruments available for loan for the year. Distribution of district-owned instruments is determined on a first-come, first-served basis to registered students.
- Please complete the below form, including your full donation for the program and the instrument preference. If we run out of the particular instrument your child prefers, you may rent or purchase an instrument elsewhere, borrow one from a relative, or your child may select a different instrument from those district-owned instruments still available.
- The instrument maintenance and cleaning donation is for district-owned instruments which we loan to students. (Any costs of additional repairs beyond normal maintenance which may be needed due to negligence will be charged to the parents.)
- Instruments will be checked out by the band instructor at the beginning of the school year.
We think you will agree that the band experience and Mr. Merideth’s teaching is worth more than the modest cost of the donation request!
Please direct questions to Strawberry Band Director Alex Merideth : alexander.merideth@bvusd.org
2026-27 Beginning Band Enrollment
Please register by Friday, September 4th.
Sorry, registrations are now closed.



