Mission Statement of Rustburg Bands

  
The Rustburg Band program is dedicated to "Striving for Excellence" in all musical and education forms and aims to provide all participating students with the fundamental, historical, theoretical, and musical knowledge to allow them to progress and delve further into the study of music. Furthermore, the Rustburg Band program goal is to provide students with positive, life-changing experiences that will serve to broaden their education, and allow them to personally experience new and unique performance opportunities, cultures, and repertoire. 

The Bands of Rustburg Middle and High Schools aim to mold students to understand and fully realize their own potential for excellence. Using music as the teaching medium, Rustburg Band students will be taught discipline, citizenship, teamwork, goal-setting and fulfillment, work-ethic, musicality, and to realize their own skills and talents through individual and collective group challenge. Students in the Rustburg Band program will be positive representatives of the Rustburg community.  We will strive to create an environment through music and the arts that will foster, challenge, motivate, develop and demand the students to become responsible and mature young adults in all facets of their life. We believe band combines the best of music, art, athleticism, dedication, character development and maturity while participating in an activity that can lead to a life-long enjoyment of music.