Mr. Travis Knauss

 Music Teacher

This is my fifth year teaching Music here at Beverly City School and I can't wait to see even more success from our young musicians! Here at Beverly City School, I teach General Music, Band, and Choir. In each of the performing groups as well as General Music the students will learn a bit of traditional music, modern popular music, and everything in between. ​I am a graduate of The College of New Jersey with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education. In addition to teaching, my instrumental focus of study has been on percussion. I have played percussion ever since third grade and have played in various local, state, and national honors ensembles throughout the years. Outside of music I love Philadelphia sports, being outside, kayaking, and woodworking. In the end music has been my inspiration throughout my entire life and I hope to inspire each and every one of you in your own way. 

Do you need extra help?
​Ask Mr. Knauss if you can stop by sometime after school for a little bit of individual assistance.
Ask Mr. Knauss if you can come in for extra help during recess.
Ask Mr. Knauss about private music teachers in our area and sign-up for private lessons outside of school time.

Band and Choir Sign-Ups are open. Click HERE!

New Schedule for After School Rehearsals!

Band


After School Band Tuesdays from 3-4

In School Lesson Days
Advanced Winds Lesson - A Week Thursdays, B Week Wednesdays, C Week Mondays
Intermediate Winds Lesson - Fridays
Beginner and Basic Brass Lessons - Tuesdays
Beginner and Basic Woodwind Lessons - Fridays
All ​Percussion Lessons - Tuesdays

Performance Resources
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Choir


After School Choir Thursdays from 3-4

In School Lesson Days
Choir 1 Lesson - A Week Mondays, B Week Thursdays, C Week Wednesdays
Choir 2 Lesson - A Week Wednesdays, B Week Mondays, C Week Thursdays

Performance Resources

Upcoming Performances

Winter Concert
Thursday, December 7, 2017 @ 7:00p.m.
Performers include Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, Band, & Choir

Spring Concert
Thursday, May 31, 2018 @ 7:00p.m.
Performers include 1st Grade, 3rd Grade, Band, & Choir

Why Teach Music?

Music is a Science
It is exact, specific; it demands exact acoustics. A conductor's full score is a chart, a graph which indicates frequencies, intensities, volume changes, melody and harmony all at once and with the most exact control of time.

Music is Mathematical
It is rhythmically based on the subdivision of time into fractions which must be done instantaneously, not worked out on paper.

Music is a Foreign Language
Most of the terms are in Italian, German, or French; and the notation is certainly not English - but a highly developed kind of shorthand that uses symbols to represent ideas. The semantics of music is the most complete and universal language. Also, many songs we study are from other cultures.

Music is a Physical Education
It requires fantastic coordination of fingers, hands, arms, lip, cheek, and facial muscles, in addition to extraordinary control of the diaphragmatic, back, stomach, and chest muscles, which respond instantly to the sound the ear hears and the mind interprets.

Most of all, Music is Art
It allows a human being to take all these dry, technically boring (but difficult) techniques and use them to create emotion. That is one thing science cannot duplicate: humanism, feeling, emotion.