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HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT & JAZZ BANDS
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BANDS
GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BULLDOG MARCHING BAND
The Grandville Bulldog
Marching Band is an award-winning band that performs at numerous competitions
on a local, state, and national level each fall. The marching band
also plays during half-time at home football games. In 2005,
the
Grandville Marching Band earned second place at the Otsego Creative
Arts Marching Band Contest, also taking home the awards for Best
Music and Best Drumline. The band was the winner of Flight I
competition and took home all caption awards at the 2005
Hudsonville, Jenison, and Reeths-Puffer Invitationals. At the 2005
MSBOA District Marching Band Festival, the band earned a rating of
Division I, the highest rating, for the 39th consecutive year. To
end the successful season, the Marching Band placed sixth in Flight
I at MCBA State Finals Competition.
The
Grandville Marching Band consistently earns high ratings and places
among the top ten bands in Michigan. In 2004, the band placed
fourth in the state in Flight I competition, our highest placement
ever at MCBA State Finals, and earned second place in the category
of music. The band also regularly competes at Bands of America Grand
Nationals, and in 2004 earned a score of 74.85, the highest
Nationals score in Grandville's history.
GRANDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CONCERT BANDS
Grandville High School
has four concert bands and a jazz band.
Symphonic
Winds
The Symphonic
Winds band is comprised of advanced musicians performing at the
college level. Students are selected by the director based on
playing proficiency.
Symphonic
Band
Students are
selected for the advanced-level Symphonic Band by the directors,
based on playing proficiency.
Concert Band
Students chosen for
Concert Band continue to develop skills associated with tone
quality and technique. Concert Band is a performance oriented class.
Students are selected by the directors based on playing proficiency.
Varsity Band
This band provides a
concert
band experience. Students continue to develop skills associated with
tone quality and technique. Varsity Band is a performance oriented
class.
Jazz Band
Membership in the
high school Jazz Band is by audition only. Students must also be
enrolled in one of the concert bands. The Jazz Band rehearses and
performs pieces in various styles and from various periods in jazz
and big-band developments.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BANDS
Middle School Concert
Band
Students who have taken a full year
of beginning band in sixth grade may sign up for seventh grade band.
Students will have band every day. Grades are based on class
participation and weekly practice cards showing time spent
practicing at home. Middle school band is geared more toward
performance, where beginning band was based on individual
development. Students will continue to develop individual skills but
will learn to balance and perform as a group. Seventh grade
performances will include a Holiday Concert, Winter Concert, and
District Band Festival. Attendance at all performances is required.
Middle School Jazz
Band
The Grandville Middle School Jazz
Band is for more advanced players and enrollment is by invitation.
Students must also be enrolled in one of the concert bands. Students
will learn the different jazz styles and rhythmic interpretation
associated with jazz music. Students will be introduced to various
jazz artists and their particular styles. Jazz Band is an
exploratory class and will have less emphasis on performance.
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