Large Group 3/5/26

Band Families,

Thursday March 5th and we look forward to having all four of our concert bands perform as well as hosting a number of schools from both near and far.  A schedule for each band can be found  here. 

Since this event takes place during the school day, we cannot offer viewing for family members. Some of the pieces will be carried over to the Spring concerts and would be a great opportunity to see those pieces performed instead. Thank you for your understanding. 

Students from all bands will be signed out on a field trip (to the PAC) for the following time: 

9:30am - 2:00pm

Band ASR will be  closed to all students  except Chamber Winds

Chamber Winds students will sign up for Band ASR (under Mr. Ver Voort) for their clinic time. 

Things to Know about the event

Similar to marching band state, this festival gathers groups of schools who fall in our division (based on school size) and brings them together to perform for adjudication.  Our guest clinicians for this year's event is  Dr.  Ceon Rumphs, Instructor of Music and Conductor of Wind Ensemble at Lawrence University and  Dr. Glenn Hayes Professor of Music at UW-Whitewater.  Each band will receive a 30 min clinic with one of the guest clinicians after their performance.  

In addition to these two clinicians we will be  adjudicated and scored by three state sanctioned judges. Each group will be provided a  rating I - V. This rating will be accompanied by recorded feedback and score sheets for student growth. 

All students will need to arrive at school in  concert attire (all black including shoes and socks) and ensure that they have both music and instruments.  This event is our yearly adjudication and is an excellent opportunity for us to display the hard work and dedication your students spend in music to both our guests and to our state organization. 

All instruments stored inside the band room or Jazz room (Percussion, Tuba, Contrabass Clarinet, etc.) will need to be removed prior to the start of the event at 8:30AM.  As the band room and jazz room will be used as a warm up for other visiting groups we will not have access to them throughout the day, please plan accordingly. Instruments stored in band locker rooms or in halfway lockers do not apply.

After we conclude our portion of the performance and adjudication students will have the opportunity to watch other bands performances.  It is important that we watch and support our guests.