HMS Band Website....

http://jasonaspraggins.wix.com/hmsband

"Imaginary Friends" Demo Recordings

"Imaginary Friends" is a 2011 song that I wrote with Matt Glickstein.  I wrote the lyrics and Matt the music.  In 2012, it was named a Semi-Finalist in lyrics category of the UK Songwriting Contest.  These demos were recorded earlier this year, and they have been entered into 2014 contest's adult contemporary category. 

 

Solo Recording

 

Duet Recording

Fine Arts Night, 5/12/14

Mr. Spraggins with his 8th Graders

HMS Band performing "School Spirit March"

HMS Band performing "La Cucaracha"

HMS Band performing "Ode to Joy"

Mr. Spraggins and Josh Currie

 

"Prelude"

Here is a short piano piece that I wrote last month called "Prelude"...

http://tindeck.com/listen/mysw

Parade Time!

HMS 2013-2014 Band and Guard

West TN Solo and Ensemble Contest

On March 18, I took several of the band students to a solo and ensemble contest where they performed a variety of solos, duets, and trios for judges and were scored.  All together we were awarded 12 ribbons- 10 "excellent" ratings and two, top scoring, "superior" ratings.  It was a good day for the HMS Band!

"I can humiliate or heal... "

“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.”

-Haim Ginott