Westside Middle School Band
Our Program
The band program at Westside Middle School consists of over 110 talented instrumental performers in grades 6-8. Performing groups include the 6th Grade Band, Combined 7th & 8th Grade Band, Jazz Band, and Percussion Ensemble. Members of the band have been selected to various local, regional, and state honor bands, and many former members of the band program have gone on to perform not only in high school band, but to perform in college band programs throughout the Southeast, with a number of them majoring in music education. Membership in the WMS Band is open to all interested students with approval of the director.
Band Director
Mr. Joe M. Pearce, Ed.S. is in his fourteenth year as the Director of Bands at WMS, and 27th year of teaching overall. Before teaching at Westside, he was the band director at Model Middle/High School in Rome, Georgia, a band director with the Henry County (GA) School System, and the band director at Albany High School in Albany, Georgia. Mr. Pearce received his undergraduate degree in Music Education from Valdosta State College, and his Masters degree in Music Education from the University of West Georgia, and his Education Specialist degree in Music Education from the University of Georgia. Mr. Pearce is married to his wife, Wendy, and they have two boys.
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