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Flat Rock Middle School is located in Tyrone, Georgia. The school opened in 1990 and has a current enrollment of 880 students. It is an acclaimed National Blue Ribbon School and a Georgia School of Excellence. The school is located in the northern part of Fayette County. After attending middle school, students go on to attend Sandy Creek High School.
The FRMS Band program consists of 220 members. The teaching staff includes one head director who also receives assistance from the Sandy Creek High School directors. Sixth grade band students are divided into Advanced and Intermediate/Beginning Band classes. Students in the 7th and 8th grade are divided into Symphonic or Concert Band by audition. These performing ensembles are ability-based. In addition to daily grade level rehearsals, the ensembles meet once a week after school as a full band. Flat Rock bands perform at school concerts, assemblies, regional and national concert band festivals, community events, and athletic events throughout the year.
The Flat Rock Symphonic Band has been a featured performing ensemble at the 2003 National Middle School Band Conference, the 2004 Southeastern United States Band Clinic, the signing of the 2004 HOPE Scholarship Legislation with Governor Sonny Purdue presiding, the 2007 Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, and the 2009 University of Georgia Midfest Band Festival. Flat Rock bands consistently score Superior ratings at GMEA Performance Evaluation, the All-Star Music Festival, and the Carowinds Band Festival. The band has also performed at Walt Disney World and Six Flags Over Georgia. Over the years, FRMS band students have consistently participated in the Georgia All-State Band, the GMEA District VI Honor Band, the John Phillip Sousa MS Honor Band, the UGA Midfest Honor Band, and the GMEA Solo/Ensemble Festival. The Flat Rock Band program strives to provide as many educational experiences as possible in order to provide an enriching curriculum for all students. The typical FRMS band student is taught to understand that the FRMS Band program is defined by a series of characteristics: Practice, presence, promptness, preparedness, and participation. We are unyielding in our quest to attain musical and academic excellence every minute of every hour of every day. As members of the FRMS Band, students are given the tools they will need in order to be outstanding musicians as well as outstanding members of society.
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