2019 Mission Statement
"Challenge Yourself, Inspire Others, Succeed Together"
Band Program (Handbook)
Bands: Concert, Symphonic and Marching Band. The bands are composed of all wind instrument students. Open auditions are held for Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band at the end of the school year for the following year. Concert Band is the designated band for first year members and also open to all students wishing to play a band instrument. During the school day the bands meet during different class periods.During the fall, all three bands are primarily a marching band which performs during football half time shows, parades, and field competitions. They have a very busy rehearsal and performance schedule during this time. The bands practice for marching band and perform together. The bands perform in the school Winter concert in December.
Percussion Ensemble
This class is made up of all percussion students and all students are members of the Steele Regiment marching band. Students attend all extra marching rehearsals as discussed in the previous section. Members of the percussion class are expected to learn and perform on all instruments associated with percussion playing, including keyboard mallet instruments. During the Spring, the percussion ensemble rehearses the Concert Band music in addition to preparing multiple percussion-only pieces. The group performs at all regular concerts as part of the Concert Band, and as a standalone ensemble. The percussion ensemble also performs at festivals for ratings.
Color Guard
Color Guard consists of everyone enrolled in the Color Guard class.
In the fall, Color Guard is a part of the Steele Regiment, and during parades, members perform with flags. During field shows and half time shows, Color Guard performs with various flags to help express the emotion conveyed in a good show.
During the spring, Color Guard is known as Winterguard and competes in indoor competitions held in Southern California. They also participate in the department's end of the year concert.
Jazz Band
The Jazz Band studies various genres of jazz literature and students work on the art of improvisation. They perform in the department's concerts, have gigs of their own, and go to jazz band festivals.
Orchestra – Mrs. Luck
New to SCHS, this class offers students the opportunity to play classic orchestral literature and instruments. Students in this group have previous experience, or are completely new to their string instrument. Educational emphasis is placed on the advancement of instrumental technique, further development of music reading, and comprehension skills, independent musicianship, style and literature.
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Field Shows:
2009 Blues Brothers 2010 Pathways 2011 Into the Hood 2012 Egyptian Escape 2013 Birds 2014 Toys 2015 Hunchback of Notre Dame 2016 Piano Men 2017 Rhapsody in Blue 2018 Rise of the Humans 2019 The Coven |
Pops Themes:
2010 A Night at the Oscars (Movies) 2011 Salute to America (Patriotic) 2012 Across the Universe (Space) 2013 Phantom of the Canyon (Scary) 2014 Voyage of the USS Cardinal 2015 The Cardinal Zone (Mystery) 2016 Cougars Steele the Show on Broadway (Broadway) 2017 The Happiest Musicians on Earth (Disney) 2018 Concert in the Canopy (Jungle) 2019 Magical Melodies (Magic) |