Glenn Band Update
For the Week of March 31st
Congrats to our Indoor Percussion for placing 1st at the TCGC regional this weekend! Go Grizzlies!
Thank you to everyone for coming out to our Pre-UIL concert. It means a lot to the students to have a chance to perform the music they have been working on for an audience. We have a few more changes for this week due to a change in schedule for the Wind Ensembles UIL performance (Final Schedule Below). Wind Ensemble will have evening rehearsals on Tuesday, April 1st, Tuesday April 8th, and Wednesday April 9th from 4-6pm. These rehearsals are to accommodate the anticipated UIL schedules of Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band. Please see the April calendar below as well as the Google Calendar for the changes.
On the horizon are our Booster membership meeting on April 15th (board elections), YAC (Rehearsals starting soon) and Leadership auditions (ongoing). Please see the YAC Section below to verify your rehearsal and performance times. If the embeded google sheet does not appear on your device, please use the link in the section below.
Our "Excellence is our Standard Night" is coming up at. This is the kick off to our marching season and will provide everything you need to know for next year. We have combined this event with our show reveal and both events will occur on May 5th. This was done to allow families to attend Academic awards on April 30th.
Please also check Google Classroom Regularly for updates relevant to your students ensemble. Weekly goals and expectations will be posted there. If you need help accessing your google classroom, please reach out to Mr. Garrison.
Be sure to check the calendar for Gems and GIP rehearsals in the coming weeks.
We also have four spots available on our spring trip. If you did not sign up for the trip but would like to go. Please contact Mr. Garrison directly.
In this Update:
This Week
To Do This Week
UIL Performance Times
Sectionals
Summer Band Camp Opportunities
Leadership Information
Handbook Forms
Remind
Attendance
This Week
UIL Performance Times
We have also received performance times for Symphonic Winds, and Symphonic Band. We will share more travel details as they are available.
Wind Ensemble - 1:55pm Thursday, April 10th
Symphonic Winds - 10:10am Wednesday, April 9th
Symphonic Band - 11:50am Tuesday, April 8th
Sectionals
Wind Ensemble (WE) and Symphonic Winds (SW) - Morning Sectionals will run from 7:00am-8:00am. Afternoon Sectionals will run from 3:45-4:45pm
Symphonic Band (SB) - rehearsals will run from 3:45-4:45pm
Summer Band Camp Opportunities
Below are some options for Summer Band Camps. Band Camps are a great way to stay active over the summer and meet other musicians from around the state. If you have questions about band camps, reach out to your lesson teacher or band director.
General Band Camps
For all instruments. Kids work in a full band setting to prepare music for a band concert for parents at the end of the week! There are elective classes to take, they experience life on a college campus, and learn from world class music educators.
Texas Tech University Band Camp
Texas State University Band Camp
Instrument Specific Band Camps
These camps are instrument specific and local to the Austin area. They will play with ensembles, learn instrument specific techniques, and work with world class educators.
Flutes - Flootfire Camp
Clarinets - Central Texas Clarinet Camp
Oboes and Bassoons - Bocal Majority Camp
Trumpets - Austin Trumpet Camp
French Horns - Austin French Horn Camp
Trombones - Austin Trombone Camp
Euphonium and Tuba - Teupha Camp
Percussion - Texas Christian University Percussion Camp
Young Artist Competition
Students will need to bring their $60 accompanist fee to their first rehearsal. This payment goes directly to the accompanist.
The LINK above contains rehearsal times on the first tab, and performance times on the second tab. Students, please check the confirmation box after verifying your times.
Solo preparation is an integral part of a musicians development and we are lucky to have some great accompanists to assist our students in this process. This form is now long over due. If you have not completed this form, it must be done by Monday. This allows our accompanists time to prepare the pieces you are playing before the concert.
Leadership Information
As we approach the midpoint in the year, we wanted to release some information about the leadership process for the year. Our Drum Majors will host the usual DM Clinics for those interested in the position, and we will begin our leadership process just before UIL. We will continue to update information here as we get closer to UIL.
Handbook Forms
All parents and students should sign up for our marching band remind. We have created a full marching band remind to ensure that all parents and students receive any updates during the marching season. If there is a change to the published schedule it will be communicated in this remind. To sign up text @grizmb to the number 81010 or add class @grizmb in your remind app. You will receive a welcome text or notification from Remind. If you have trouble with 81010, you can try texting @grizmb to (415) 749-9891.
We recommend using the text notifications as well as the app updates to ensure you receive messages from the band regardless of your wifi status.
Attendance
Attendance at rehearsals is vital to the ensembles success. We have created an absence form (located below) for parents to fill out when their student will miss rehearsal. All absences must be submitted a week in advance for approval. Absences for illness should include documentation from a medical professional to be approved.
Students who have one or more unexcused absence will be subject to one or more of the following consequences:
Loss of primary marching spot
Loss of marching privilege for one game
Loss of attendance privilege at one game or social event
Loss of concert band assignment
Removal from the band program