WELCOME TO THE
GRANITE FALLS SCHOOL
DISTRICT BANDS
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Our goal is to communicate with
parents and students about all aspects of
our instrumental music program, including band &
orchestra at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
To support Granite Falls
Booster Parents in the purchase of new instruments and to help with
band trips,
donations can be made directly
to:
Tiger Paws &
Maws
c/o Deborah Weinstein ( band
booster representative)
15708 116th St.
NE
Arlington, WA 98223
E-mail:
Phone:
360-691-5838
TIME TO
BRAG!!
Students in High School Band have taken over Pep
Band for Basketball games. They now select the music,
rehearse, set up, and perform on their own without the assistance
of the teacher. They are doing an excellent job and they sound
great!
The High
School Pep Band hosted a Band Night at the home basket ball game on
January 22. Students from both middle school bands and both
elementary bands performed with the High School Band at half
time.
Emilie
Barker represented Granite Falls High School as a member of All
State Band in Yakima February 12-15. After three days of
rehearsing together the All State Band performed in the Sun Dome
for an audience of over four thousand.
Holly
Chapman and Emilie Barker performed solos at the regional solo and
small ensemble festival February 6 at Cascade High School in
Everett. Holly got a rating of “excellent” and
Emilie got the highest rating possible of
“superior”.
The Jazz
Band traveled to Mill Creek for the Mill Creek Jazz Festival on
November 14 where they had an outstanding performance. On
March 5 they will perform in the Friends of Frank DeMiero Jazz
Festival at Edmonds Community College. This group has grown
from four high school members two years ago to now fourteen of our
best players from High School Band.
High
School Band students are mentoring fifth grade Beginning Band
students with weekly private lessons. The beginning students
are progressing more quickly than if they were just playing in Band
and the high school students are gaining valuable
experience.
High
School Band will perform in the regional Concert Band Festival on
March 24 at Arlington High School. We also plan to take a
spring concert tour in May to the Leavenworth/Wenatchee area where
the Band will perform for several small schools. In addition
we have two more concerts at home on March 23 and May 27. We
wrap up our season with a concert tour of local elementary schools
and a performance for graduation. All together High School
Band students will have accomplished more than thirty performances
this school year.
We have a
Middle School/High School Orchestra that meets every Wednesday
after school at the old high school band room. The orchestra
consists of students from beginning level through advanced and is
coached by Mr. Roy, Mrs. Lawrence, and Kathy Knull who all
volunteer their time for this
group.
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