Band Concert

Our Band Concert is scheduled for Thursday, December 10th at 7pm in the KHS Commons.

The Jazz Band will be performing some of your favorite Holiday tunes! Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Concert Band students will be playing Holiday Music in small groups. Percussion will be performing the marching show Hold On and some other exciting music. Please see schedule below. Students need to report to the courtyard band rooms 15 minutes prior to their performance time, assemble their instruments and warm-up on their own, and then be in the commons in time to perform at their scheduled time.

Dress

Ugly Christmas Sweater(optional)

No Jeans

No Tennis Shoes

No shorts

No t-shirts

Covid Mitigation

All audience members must wear a facemask at all times

Audience members will be temperature checked at the door

Audience seats will be spaced 6 feet apart

Performers will be 6 feet apart at all times

Performers will wear mask when not playing

Online Option

Students who do not feel comfortable performing in person will record 3 of the Holiday Carols of their choosing and submit in Schoology to receive a full credit grade for the concert.

Region Band Auditions

ALL WIND ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO AUDITION FOR REGION BAND!!!

Region Phase 1 auditions have already begun. Phase 1 is for Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Trumpet, Tenor Trombone, Percussion, and Horn students. Phase 1 entries must be submitted by Wednesday, Nov 14th 11:59pm.

Region Phase 2, Non-Phased Instruments, and all Freshman auditions will begin on December 5th. Flute (advancing students only), Oboe/English Horn, Bassoon/Contra Bassoon, Bb Clarinet (advancing students only), Low Clarinets (bass & contrabass), Alto Saxophone (advancing students only), Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet (advancing students only), F Horn (advancing students only), Tenor Trombone (advancing students only), Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, Percussion (advancing students only). Please check the list below to verify that Mr. Brodt has signed you up for this audition. Contact Mr. Brodt if there are any corrections that need to be made.

Fees

The entry fee for Region band is $15. Please pay online to the Kempner Band using Venmo or Zelle. Visit the Band Fees page to see information on how to pay fees.

The audition upload period will open by 10:00 am CDT Saturday, December 5th, 2020 and close at 11:59 pm CDT on Wednesday, December 9th, 2020. During this time, the student audition pages will become active to show them their MusicFirst login information. The login information will also be listed on the Student Audition Logins page for your reference and use.

Please read the instructions for uploading your audition.

You will receive a link from Mr. Brodt for your Student Audition Login.

Freshman Students Signed Up

Kaitlin Matthews-Flute, Kelli Lorenzana- Flute, Leviticus Cano- Clarinet, Rebekah Martinez- Clarinet, Alysiana Martinez- Bass Clarinet, Chinedu Osoagbaka- Alto Sax, Joey Casa- Trumpet, Nicolas Lofland- Trumpet, Noah Thomas- Trumpet

Non-Phased Students Signed Up

Emsley Tran- Oboe, Jayden Quach- Oboe, Anthony Hoang- Bass Clarinet, Hudson Deci- Bass Clarinet, Moses Cano- Bass Clarinet, Reid Curnan- Tenor Sax, Gary Hester- Tenor Sax, Aisosa Izevbigie- Bari Sax, Christian Norris- Bari Sax, Tony Chiem- Euphonium, Timmy Hoang- Euphonium, Alexander Rathjen- Tuba,

Band Pictures(Make-Up)

If you missed getting your band picture a few weeks ago we will be taking mak-up Pictures in the Marching Band Uniform thisWednesday, December 2nd, 5pm-7pm. Come to KHS after school between 5pm-7pm. Come to the band room off the courtyard. You can park in the bus ramp parking lot. Students need to bring money with the order form and give it directly to the photographer. Make checks payable to Texas Group Photo.

Please print and fill out the order form.