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Be Part of the Band at LMHS!

Mr. Keeler has taught band in North Carolina for 17 years.  He has a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from East Carolina University.  Mr. Keeler taught 9 years at Manteo Middle and High Schools in Dare County.  He has since been the band director at Louisburg High School for the past 8 years.  Mr. Keeler has had several students make the North Carolina Bandmaster's Association All Districts Concert Bands, All-District Jazz Bands and All-State Concert Bands.  Some of  Mr. Keeler's former students have gone on to major and minor in music at universities across the state.  Of these students, some have become music educators and landed military band jobs. Mr. Keeler believes in an inclusive band enviroment that caters to each student's needs.  He believes in offering a variety of class settings and exposes the students to a variety of styles of music.  Mr. Keeler wants his students to respect different genres of music and music from different cultures, despite their individual tastes.  

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Be Part of the Music + Why You Should Stay in Band

For the past fifty years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has been tracking how much Americans spend on their children, and the numbers are staggering. From birth to eighteen, the U.S.D.A. estimates that, for a child born in 2009, an “average family” will spend $241,452 raising that child.

No one can argue that the investment in your children represents a considerable sum that you would be wise to watch and protect.

You want to plan for success and to protect your greatest assets.

And that’s what music does. For young people, music…

  • keeps kids away from drugs and alcohol

  • keeps kids from being bullied

  • keeps kids in a safe space

  • helps kids find academic success

But more than that, music also means:

  • more laughter

  • more friends

  • more memories

  • more meaningful experiences

  • more influential adults in their lives

In short, music represents your best hopes for them!

Getting older means worrying about the future — especially your biggest investments. Since your child is in music, that investment is only going to grow!

Be Part of The Music at LHS

It's hard to believe, but it’s time to begin selecting courses for the next school year, and I want to make sure that music continues to be a part of your child's school day! I know that there are many choices that you make for your child that impact their future growth and development, and often parents wonder just what is best. As you make the decision, please keep the following in mind:

Study after study has shown that music learning has tremendous benefits on the minds of our young people. In fact, we have yet to find a problem, academic or otherwise, that music doesn’t have a positive impact upon. If you'd like more information on this, click here.

Your child is still very much in the developmental stages of learning their instrument. It's only through continued effort and the process of doing something challenging over a long period of time that students reap the rewards of music study. And through long term participation, we begin to see their passion, interest, and desire grow. Being part of music helps students develop grit and creativity while being actively involved in a learning process that brings people together, teaches cooperation, demands attention to detail, and is just plain rewarding!

Finally, many elective courses that we offer can be studied at a later date, when there is more flexibility in the school scheduling process. However, music is a sequential curriculum. Sadly, children who stop studying an instrument rarely come back to it at a later date because they fall too far behind their peers.

In short, your child is just starting to get good. You will never know the impact studying music can have on a young person if they give up on it just as the effects are beginning to take hold.

Nothing would please me more than having your child continue in music next year. Please feel free to contact me if you have questions or if there’s anything you'd like to discuss.

Band Photos

A young woman plays the flute in the foreground, with a saxophone player and other band members visible behind her against a blurred outdoor background.
A man in a white polo shirt and khaki shorts stands clapping his hands in the foreground, with bleachers and trees visible in the background.
A group of young musicians in white uniforms play saxophones in the foreground, with a blurred green background suggesting an outdoor setting.
In the foreground, several young people in white shirts play instruments, while in the background, bleachers and a few spectators are visible.
A marching band with students playing saxophones and drums stands on bleachers in front of a cloudy sky.
A marching band performs on bleachers in front of a twilight sky.
A group of people, some holding flowers, stand on a track in the foreground with a football field and bleachers in the background.
Two young boys in white t-shirts play saxophones in the foreground, while other musicians are visible in the blurred background.
Three masked individuals sit behind a xylophone in a room with musical instruments and equipment in the background.
A marching band in blue and white uniforms stands on bleachers under a dark sky.
A person in a blue uniform and white hat exits an activity bus with %22ACTIVITY BUS%22 written on the back, while trees and a building are visible in the background.
A marching band from Louisburg High School, wearing Santa hats, parades down a street lined with trees.
A marching band in blue and white uniforms plays drums in the foreground, with a brick building and a streetlamp in the background.
Two young people in white shirts and dark pants sit on a ledge in front of a large NCBA banner, with band instruments and chairs visible in the background.
Two young people in formal attire stand on a stage with chairs and curtains in the background.
Two young people in formal attire stand on a stage in front of a large banner for the NCBA Central District, with empty chairs and a curtain visible in the background.
A young person in a marching band uniform stands in the foreground holding drumsticks, while in the background, other band members are seen near an activity bus.
A smiling girl in a marching band uniform stands in front of an open activity bus, with other band members visible inside.