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Performance and Event Schedules

January 7, 2012 - All West Band and Jazz Auditions

WTSBOA Junior-Senior-Jazz Band Auditions[1].pdf


February 18, 2012 - Solo and Ensemble

Campus Parking Map Solo and Ensemble 2012.pdf

Campus Map for Solo & Ensemble 2012.pdf(Rooms)


February 22-27, 2012 - HAIRSPRAY


March 1, 2012 - Early Spring Concert 7pm

March 7, 2012 - Concert Festival for Concert Band

March 8, 2012 - Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Concert Festival

April 11-14, 2012 - TMEA All State Convention

Click here for the All State Band Schedule


April 28, 2012 - Band Banquet 6pm

May 1, 2012 - Spring Concert 7pm

May 3, 2012 - Fun Concert 7pm

May 8-10, 2012 - Band Placement Test (after school)

May 25, 2012 - Graduation 7pm



The AHS Band in San Antonio, marching and playing “Malaguena” in the Fiesta Flambeau Parade in April 2011.  This picture made it on the front page of the San Antonio Newspaper.  Placed 2nd in Out of State Bands.

SEE BELOW FOR MUSIC THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN CLASS AND FOR EACH CONCERT!
Symphonic Band - Third Period
CLASSROOM REMINDERS & AGENDA
Chair Placement Results_Symphonic Band

Music in Folders:  
    Warm-up and technique materials
        -Band Calisthenics
        -Scales
        -Arpeggios and Chromatic Scales
   
PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE EARLY SPRING CONCERT ON MARCH 1, 2012 AND FOR CONCERT FESTIVAL ON MARCH 8, 2012
    Cincinnatus March - H. A. VanderCook
    Symphonic Variations on ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ 
                                        - Claude T. Smith
    Africa:  Ceremony, Song, and Ritual 
                                        - Robert W. Smith
   

PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE SPRING CONCERT ON MAY 1, 2012 WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING

    Our Yesterdays Lengthen Like Shadows 
                                        - Samuel Hazo
    Elements (Petite Symphony) - Brian Balmages
    Farandole - Georges Bizet
    Journal for a Soldier - Brian Balmages

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Concert Band - Fourth Period
CLASSROOM REMINDERS & AGENDA
Chair Placement Results_Concert Band

Music in Folders:
    Warm-up and technique materials
        -Band Calisthenics
        -Scales
        -Arpeggios and Chromatic Scales

PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE EARLY SPRING CONCERT ON MARCH 1, 2012 AND FOR CONCERT FESTIVAL ON MARCH 7, 2012
    Officer of the Day - R. B. Hall
    He’s Gone Away - arr.  Rick Kirby
    Appalachian Legacy - Robert Sheldon 

PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE SPRING CONCERT ON MAY 1 WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING

    Seize the Day! - Patrick J. Burns
    Tsunami - Vince Gassi
    Celtic Ritual - John Higgins
    Voices of the Sky - Samuel R. Hazo
    Sag Harbor Sunset - Robert Sheldon


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Wind Ensemble - Fifth Period
CLASSROOM REMINDERS & AGENDA
Chair Placement Results_Wind Ensemble

Music in Folders:
    Warm-up and technique materials
        -Band Calisthenics
        -Scales
        -Arpeggios and Chromatic Scales

PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE EARLY SPRING CONCERT ON MARCH 1, 2012 AND FOR CONCERT FESTIVAL ON MARCH 8, 2012
    A Slavic Farewell - Vasilij Agapkin
    Irish Tune from County Derry & Shepherd’s Hey - Percy Grainger
    Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Claude T. Smith
    Brazil:  Ceremony, Song, and Samba - Robert W. Smith

PIECES TO BE PLAYED FOR THE SPRING CONCERT ON MAY 1 WILL BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING

    Brazil:  Ceremony, Song, and Samba - Robert W. Smith
    March, Op. 99 - Sergey Prokofiev
    Dreams - Robert W. Smith
    American Faces - David Holsinger
    Colonial Song - Percy Grainger
    As a Wind from the North - Robert Sheldon
    Cambrian Explosion - Richard L. Saucedo
    The Screamer - Fred Jewell
    Cambrian Explosian - Richard L. Saucedo
    Opus 1 - Ethan Avery
    Allegro et Finale - Eugene Bozza
                                    arr. Mark A. Vail


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FUN CONCERT REPERTOIRE:

Wind Ensemble Brass:
    Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona

Wind Ensemble Woodwinds:
    Nimbus 2000 - Leroy Anderson

Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Woodwinds:
    Woodwind Whirl - Arthur Frackenpohl

Symphonic Band Brass:
    Sanctus - Pachelbel, arr. by Todd
    
Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble Brass:
    Big Noise from Winnetka - Rodin/Crosby/Haggart/           Bauduc, arr. by Matt Taylor

Ethan Avery and The “A” Team
    A Taste of Honey - Herb Albert

Wind Ensemble
    Opus 1 - Ethan Avery
    Selections from The Phantom of the Opera - arr. by Warren Barker
    Seventy-Six Trombones - Meredith Willson, arr. by Leroy Anderson

Concert Band Woodwinds
    Sarabande - Claude Debussy, transcribed by Frank Erickson

Concert Band Brass
    My Heart Will Go On - James Horner and Will Jennings

Jazz Band
    Hit The Bricks - Gordon Goodwin
    The Chicken - Alfred James Ellis, arr. by Kris Berg
    Lisette - Sammy Nestico
    Maximum Impact - Larry Neeck

To All Band Students:

GREAT JOB this week on our concerts!  Mr. Hughes and I are very proud of your performances.

AHS Bands