Middle School Band Program

Music is an integral part of a complete education. It engages students in individual and group activity; and develops creativity, problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and evaluative skills. Music integrates understanding from multiple disciplines and leads to an improved self-concept, a broader cultural awareness, and the development of lifelong skills. Music develops the total person and evokes the very essence of humanity. Through performance-based music instruction, students discover and develop their potential through varied, sequential musical experiences in listening, performing, and creating.

Our mission in the Upper Moreland School District is to provide a comprehensive music program in which students will develop the skills and knowledge to perform and appreciate music as life-long participants through sequential, performance-based instruction.

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Marching Band
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Montco Band

Band Director

Mr. Brian Stahl

Mr. Brian Stahl

bstahl@umtsd.org

Brian Stahl received his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance and Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA. While at LVC, he studied saxophone with Thomas Strohman. He earned his Master of Music Education from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Since 1998, Mr. Stahl has been the Director of Bands at the Upper Moreland Middle School in Hatboro, Pa. 

Mr. Stahl leads his own jazz fusion group, Fourcast Jazz Quartet, and plays tenor sax with the Rendition Jazz Band. He performs with function bands and can be heard playing woodwinds in the pits of theater shows throughout the Philadelphia area.

Mr. Stahl is a recipient of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Citation of Excellence Award in 2013, the Voices of Inspiration Finalist for Teaching Excellence in 2015, and is a proud 1994 graduate of Upper Moreland High School.