The HS Wind Symphony performed at the OSSAA State Concert Band & Sight-Reading Contest held at Jenks HS last Friday and did great earning a Sweepstakes Award. This is the first OSSAA Sweepstakes the HS Band Program has earned in 6 years. The Wind Symphony earned a Superior Rating on stage during the concert portion of the contest and in Sight-Reading. These two sets of Superior Ratings plus the Superior Rating they earned at the OSSAA Regional Marching Contest last fall is what is required for a band program to earn the coveted Sweepstakes.
Additionally, the band competed in the Dixie Classic Music Festival in Chicago, IL on Saturday, April 10th where they earned a Superior Rating and an overall score of 97.5 out of 100. They were barely edged out of winning the entire festival by a band from New York who earned a 98.
What makes all the contest success even sweeter is that we just recently learned that we are being awarded the OSSAA Distinguished Academic Achievement Award for the group earning a combined (9th-12th grade) GPA of 3.665 last semester! This is a huge accomplishment with the number of students we have and with the amount of time that marching band takes!!
Thank you to everyone for your support and hard work!
Junior High NBDA All-District
On January 16th, we had 16 Bartlesville Mid High School students participate in the Northeast Band Director’s Association All-District Honor Band Auditions. Of those 16 students, we had 15 make the roster between the two bands. This is quite an accomplishment for our young people and I’m exceedingly proud of them. The All-District Clinic was held February 5th & 6th at Claremore High School Congratulations to the following students:
Symphonic Band
Rachel Wittenbach – 2nd Chair flute
Melissa Evans – 8th Chair flute
Garrett Allen – 2nd Chair Bari Sax
Dylan Adkins – 1st Chair French horn
Cameron Villines – 3rd Chair Percussion 1 (snare drum)
Melody Schmidt – 1st Chair Percussion 2 (mallet percussion)
Katy Layman – 2nd Chair Percussion 2
Concert Band
Nicole Leach – 1st Chair Flute
Ashley Young – 3rd Chair Oboe
Cara Guilfoyle – 1st Chair Bassoon
Brian Lea – 5th Chair Alto Sax
Phillip Collins – 6th Chair French horn
Austin White – 1st Chair Euphonium
Sreeram Krishnan – 6th Chair Percussion 1
John Tobola – 1st Chair Percussion 2Jazz Band at “All That Jazz” Fundraiser On February 20th, the High School Jazz Band played several selections for All That Jazz, the annual fundraiser for the WestsideCommunity Center held at the Hillcrest Country Club.
Grady Nichols, in conjunction with the Westside Community Center, graciously offered to give the kids a Jazz Clinic prior to All That Jazz. This was a great opportunity for the kids to spend time with one of Oklahoma’s great Jazz performers. The Jazz Band performed first and then a
Jazz Combo, made up of past and present high school students, directors and adult volunteers performed while the patrons ate dinner.
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