Concert Band

Events for 2024-25

Wind Ensemble Auditions

We are excited to have you audition for the 2025-26 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 2025-26 school year, are eligible to audition. Placement into these bands will be based on the quality of your audition. 

Where: Auditions for the 2025-26 Wind Ensemble (advanced band) will be through video audition. 

When: Students auditioning for these groups will submit a video of themselves performing the required audition materials on or before Friday, May 2, for Wind Ensemble. Materials can be found at Audition Information.

Wind Ensemble Audition Materials





Kravis Center Field Trip

Who: All Band, Keyboard, Chorus, and AP Music Theory students

What: Students will attend a performance by the Grammy and Emmy-winning ensemble "Time For Three" at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Known for their charismatic and energetic performances, they are an ensemble with a unique sound that captivates audiences, immersing them in a musical experience that merges various eras, styles, and traditions of Western music. You can learn more on their Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/@officialtf3

 When: Monday March 17, 2025. Report to the chorus/band room immediately after 2nd period. The performance is at 10:30 am, and we will return to Spanish River at approximately 12:15 pm, in time for second lunch. Students will be on TLE for the affected periods.

 Where: The performance is at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 701 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401. We will be transported on district school buses to and from the Kravis Center.

 Cost: $6 per student, payable on School Cash Online. Look for the item "Kravis Field Trip 3/17/25"

Chaperones: We need chaperones for this trip! If you would like to be a free chaperone and attend the performance, please email Mr. Kovalsky or Mr. White ASAP. Limited spots available so please respond quickly!


Please sign and return the Kravis_Field_Trip_Permission_Form  and  pay for the trip on School Cash by Tuesday, March 11, 2025 .


If you have any questions or need any further information please don't hesitate to contact Mr. White (craig.white@palmbeachschools.org) or Mr. Kovalsky (alex.kovalsky@palmbeachschools.org).

FAU Concert Band Festival

This event runs both Friday night, February 21, 2025, and all-day Saturday, February 22, 2025. The schedule for this event can be found at FAU Band Festival Info Packet.pdf. Attendance is required for everyone in the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Formal concert attire is required for this performance. Thank you to everyone who turned your permission form in on time. 

Friday, February 21, 2025, everyone needs to bring home what they need for the performance (music, instrument, concert jacket). Saturday, February 22, 2025, we are meeting in front of the FAU theater at 8:30 am for the symphonic band and 12:00 pm for the wind ensemble. Please don’t be late as the schedule is pretty tight. The performances are free and open to the public so please don’t just drop your student off- come on in and hear their performance! Everyone has been working hard on their music and it would be nice to have a supportive audience there!

Concert Band MPA

Our annual District 14 Music Performance Assessment (MPA) is on Wednesday, March 12th, 2025! This event is at Boca Raton High School and we will be meeting there, in front of their theater, in concert attire.  Permission forms are due Wednesday, March 5th. Symphonic Band will meet at 3:30 pm and be dismissed at 5:45 pm. Wind Ensemble will meet at 6:45 pm and be dismissed at 9:15pm. 

A packet containing a schedule of all MPA performances can be found at Concert MPA Info Packet 3.12.25.pdf (these performances are all open and free to the public!), the schedule for SRHS Band’s performances, and permission forms for the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. Please return your signed permission form on or before Thursday, March 6th. 


We need parents to please sign up to chaperone this event by going to https://shorturl.at/LMJVx


HS MPA Fliers PDF 2025.pdf

Pre-MPA Festival

On Wednesday February, 12, 2025,  Students will attend 1st and 2nd period classes, then be excused from periods 3-6 to perform in a "Pre-MPA Festival" in the SRHS theater. Students are expected to attend their 7th period classes. Some student officers who are helping to run the event will be asked to miss periods 1-7. We will have a panel of judges to critique our performances and provide feedback in order to help us prepare for the upcoming FAU Band Festival (2/25) and MPA performance (3/12). For this performance students may wear their usual school attire.  Omni Middle School and Eagles Landing Middle School Bands will join us for this fun event! Attendance is required for everyone in the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble. 

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:


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)


Performance order is as follows:


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.

SchoolCash Online

SchoolCash Online is the payment solution used by our district and the payment system used by the Spanish River Band to collect band fees and costs associated with instrument and uniform orders..   To make a payment, visit the SchoolCash Online portal.

Payments may be made via SchoolCash Online for the following:

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.