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We are very fortunate to have a thriving band program at CEMS. Approximately 60% of Cape students participate in band at the middle school level. Our program includes fifth grade beginning band, sixth grade band, seventh grade band, and eighth grade band. Additionally, seventh and eighth grade students have the opportunity to participate in our extracurricular jazz bands. In recent years, we have been lucky to have the opportunity to take part in consortium commissions with composers Andrew Boysen Jr, Randall Standridge, and Frank Ticheli.
Proud to be a NAMM Best Communities
for Music Education designee since 2016. |
Caitlin Ramsey has been the director of bands at Cape Elizabeth Middle School since 2010. Prior to her appointment at CEMS, Mrs. Ramsey taught instrumental music at Massabesic Middle School and the Willard School. For the past sixteen years, she has been an active adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor throughout the state of Maine. Additionally, Mrs. Ramsey serves as the coordinators for the Southern Maine Middle School Honors Festival and the DI 6th Grade Honors Festival- Northern Site. Mrs. Ramsey holds undergraduate degrees in horn performance and music education from Miami University as well as a Masters of Music from Kent State University. Additionally, as a Maine Arts Teaching Fellow, Mrs. Ramsey studied conducting with Frank Battisti at the New England Conservatory of Music in the summer of 2009. Furthermore, in 2019, she attended the University of Southern Maine conducting workshop, studying with Eugene Migliaro Corporon and Dr. Jackie Townsend. Outside of school, Mrs. Ramsey performs with the Bayside Brass and the Dirigo Winds. She lives in Portland with her husband Tim, the band director at Gorham High School. |
