Ms. Garrett has been the Instrumental Music Teacher at Central Park School since 1992. Her major performance instruments include mallet percussion, flute, recorder, elementary keyboard and electronic wind and percussion. She teaches 2nd - 5th grade music technology classes (full-time) using keyboards as of the 2006-2007 school year.
2006-2007
Ms. Garrett converted the 16 foot by 11 foot band room into the music technology lab in August of 2006. Over 200 students in the 2nd through 5th grades are now able to be in the instrumental music technology class using electronic music keyboards.
2005-2006
Even the band students use technology to help improve playing technique. Immediately after playing their exercises from the Standard of Excellence Band Method, percussion students review the video of their work to examine tempo, dynamics, rhythms, posture and stick control. The students also have access to audio CD's of the method book to rehearse music at home. Some of the students have the new software by Standard of Excellence to use for practice at home.
Instruments and Musicians on the Internet
Band Students who have Internet access can look up information on the Internet about famous musicians that play the same instrument as they do. Also, Yamaha has a web site that demonstrates the process of building instruments. Click the link below.
Percussion students!
Take a look at the Percussive Arts Society web site. There are many pictures and lessons about percussion instruments and even some sound samples and exercises for snare drum and mallets. Look at the Pearl and Vic Firth Percussion Websites also. These sites have really neat videos and sound samples of drum rudiments and lessons. Percussive Arts Society Vic Firth Drum Rudiments Pearl Drum Clinics
ARTSEDGE supports the place of arts education at the center of the curriculum through the creative and appropriate uses of technology. ARTSEDGE helps educators to teach in, through and about the arts. ArtsEdge - Kennedy Center
1. Fundamentals
Training in breath control and posture
Formation of correct breath control and tone production
Proper instrument position and fingerings
2. Basic Musicianship Recognition of pitch notes by names
Sequential presentation of meter (time signatures)
Sequential presentation of major key signatures
Understanding of rhythmic notation
Preliminary training in enharmonics
3. Class Teaching Teaching of rhythm through mental and physical response. Establishment of class rhythmic impulse
by use of the foot beat, mark time, etc.
Group practice routines
4. Individual Teaching
Teaching of rhythm
Individual practice routines
5. Printed materials for use in: Heterogeneous class method books
Homogenous class method books
Individual method books
Solo and Ensemble materials
Records, Tapes, CD'S
Easy band arrangements
Computer programs
Percussion students! 
