Welcome to the Fenton Music Department Home Page!

You will find many new updates on this website that include the following:

• Student leadership information is available on the Bands page.
• Young Musician's Mentor Band information is available on the Bands page.
• 4th of July Parade information is available on the Bands page.
• Music Booster scholarship information and fundraising updates are available on the Music Booster page.
• Color Guard Tryout informatin is available on the Marching Band page.
• Band Camp Dates are available on the Marching Band page.
• All band dates and times on the Band Calendar page.
• 2011-2012 Choir news on the Choir page.

The students of the FHS Pit Orchestra during the show "Chicago."

The purpose of this website is to serve anyone in anyway connected to the Bensenville and Wood Dale communities!

Click here for the FHS Music Department Accelerated Packet.

Links

Bensenville Arts Council

Support Music

Music For All

Whole Child Education

Illinois Music Educators Association

Did you know...

Mean IQ scores of 132 six-year-olds who participated in weekly music lessons for 36 weeks were higher than those of six-year-olds who did not participate in any lessons. Students who took voice lessons had mean IQ scores 8.1 points higher, and keyboard students had mean IQ scores 5.4 points higher than students who did not participate.

From: Schellenberg, E.G. (2004). Music lessons enhance IQ. Psychological Science, 15, 511-514.