Concert Band

• Fall Concert at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

• Winter Concert at 6:30 on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

Winter Concert

Tonight is the Big Night with our Winter Concert at 6:30pm on December 17th! Jazz Band is on stage for sound check at 3:30pm

Girls need to arrive by 5:00pm. You will receive your new black concert dress at that time and some of our parent volunteers will hem them for you. Please remember to wear your flat black shoes. Boys need to arrive by 5:30pm in your concert attire (black slacks, black ankle high socks, white tux shirts. Jackets, bow ties, and cummerbunds will be distributed when you arrive.

Performance order is as follows:

• SRHS Jazz Band

• SRHS Symphonic Band

• SRHS Wind Ensemble

Everyone please park in the main parking lot in front of the theater.

Tickets are $5 and are only available through our Ludus link. 

FALL CONCERT.  We are excited to share the stage with Omni MS on Wednesday! 

The concert will be at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 30th, and will feature performances by the Silver Sound Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, as well as the Omni Middle School band.  

All students and chaperones will report to the gate by the theater entrance (enter at Jog Rd)

• 5:00pm: Students report to band room, dressed (jackets, bow ties, and cummerbunds will be distributed at that time)  

• 5:15pm: Attendance in band room.  Students will proceed, with instruments, to watch performances from the auditorium.

• 5:30pm - Concert begins.  

Performance order is as follows:

• Omni Symphonic Band

• Omni Wind Ensemble

• Intermission

• SRHS Jazz Band

• SRHS Symphonic Band

• SRHS Wind Ensemble

Concert Attire:

Girls: Black dresses (provided by SRHS Band), or black slacks and black blouse, and closed-toe formal black flat shoes- no heels please.  Please make sure that you can comfortably walk in your shoes from the band room to the theater and up on to the stage while carrying your instrument. 

Boys: Black dress shoes, black socks (calf high- please no ankles!), black dress slacks, white tuxedo shirt (see image), black dress jacket (provided), black cummerbund (provided) and bow tie (provided). If you want to wear your own black tux, please let us know so we can plan accordingly. Jackets and dresses will be distributed on 10/29 at time listed above. Bow ties and cummerbunds will be distributed the night of the concert. In the Halloween spirit, students are allowed to wear minimal school -appropriate minimal accents to the required concert dress code.

The concert is free of charge, although if you’d to donate to our band program, we welcome your support and will have information for you at the concert.

If you're in the 7th period class and are not performing, we hope you’ll join us for the performance!  Students, please contact Mr. White if you’d like to assist with the concert.

We are excited to have you audition for the 2024-25 Spanish River High School Wind Ensemble! Please look at the requirements below and prepare thoroughly for your audition. Students who are not accepted into the Wind Ensemble will still have the opportunity to play in our very fine Symphonic Band. 

What: Auditions for the Advanced Concert Band (Wind Ensemble) at Spanish River High School.

Who: All Band students in grades 9-12 for the 2024-25 school year, are eligible to audition. Placement into these bands will be based on the quality of your audition. 

Where: Spanish River High School Band Room (3106). We recommend student drop-off/pick up using the parking lot accessed via the bus loop entrance off of Yamato Road. Follow the road to the lot behind the buildings. 

When: Wind Ensemble Brass players Thursday, May 2nd, 2024, Wind Ensemble Woodwind players Friday, May 3rd, 2024. Current SRHS students will begin at 3:30pm, incoming students will begin at 5:00pm.

Wind Ensemble Audition Materials

1. Major Scales - 4 scales with arpeggios from memory, in the All-State pattern. Scales should be played 2 octaves where possible in the following order: Concert A flat, D flat, G and C. Quarter note = 120.

2. Chromatic Scale from memory at least 2 octaves; 3 octaves if possible. Student may choose the starting note. 

The scale will be performed in 8th notes, tongued ascending and slurred descending.  Quarter note = 132.

3. Prepared Etude (audition materials here). Follow the written directions on the page regarding tempo, use of repeats, etc.

4. Sightreading - A short sight-reading exercise to demonstrate the student’s reading ability. The student will have thirty seconds to study the piece before playing it.

Payments may be made via SchoolCash Online for the following:

• Instrument Rental Fees

• Concert Band Fee (for students not in Marching Band) due Friday, 9/6/24

NOTE: If you are logged in to SchoolCash and do not see the item listed, change the # of fees to display per page.  It defaults to 10 but you can choose 40 to see them all.  If you still don't see the fee, send an email to finance@spanishriverband.org so we can help.