Band Leadership Qualities

To begin, I would like to first start off by saying, that it has been a goal of mine since day one in entering this band program, of being a section leader for the high brass section. Coming into this program my parents’ have told me several stories of when they were in band, and this influenced and greatly bucked me up into pursuing band in high school. Since my first day of band camp I have enjoyed being a part of this band program, and even consider it as my second family, which was all the more reason for me to strive for a position as a section leader. I feel that I possess the qualities and the skills needed to become a true leader in this band program. A leader that can be trusted to lead a group of individuals, and to be looked upon as someone that can be respected among his peers and other band members. One of these qualities that I possess, is a hard working state of mind. I believe in striving, …show more content…
If section leader, I want there to be trust in my section. I want my section to know that they can trust me with anything they need to confront me with, and that I can trust them to be honest with me when things come about in the section. I want them to be able to confront me with anything that may concern them, whether it be about someone else in the section, or another section that is bothering them, or it being a problem with how I am running the section. If someone in the section doesn’t like how I run a particular part of the section, then I am going to find a solution to the problem and work things out with the person, to see if we can find some common ground on the issue. I also hope that next year we can get section leaders that have the same mentality as I do so that we can all come together and collaborate with each other on how we can improve rehearsals, and discuss how we can solve problems within each other’s