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Band Welcome Page

WELCOME TO PARRAS BAND
Welcome To Parras Band

BAND EVENTS

Date

Event

Bands Involved

Details

09/16/22

RUHS Football Game Halftime Performance

8th Grade Students only

8th Grade students from all bands perform during the halftime of an RUHS Football game.  5:30pm call time at RUHS Bandroom

10/13/22 Disneyland Workshop Jazz Band and Chamber Winds  

10/27/22

Spooktacular Concert

All Bands

Attendance Required

5:30 pm call time.  Concert 6-7:30pm in Parras Gym

11/18/22

Turkey Bowl

Pep Band

In School Performance During Football Assembly

12/08/22

Winter Concert

All Bands

Attendance Required

5:30 pm call time.  Concert 6-7:30pm in Parras Gym

3/03/22

Festival/ Knott’s Berry Farm

Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, Chamber Winds, Jazz Band

All day event.  More info will be sent home in November

5/11/22

Spring Concert

All Bands

Attendance Required

5:30 pm call time.  Concert 6-7:30pm in Parras Gym

TBA

Open House

Pep Band & 5th Grade Band Students

Students perform before open house on the upper deck

6/02/22

Jazz Under the Stars at RUHS

Jazz Band

Parras Jazz Band will perform in front of the RUHS Auditorium during the evening time

       
       
Congrats to our outstanding students for their performances at Forum Music Festival!
Wind Symphony and Chamber Winds won Silver
Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band won Gold
Outstanding Musicianship individual awards went to Joe Mintz, Isaac Hodge, Conner O’Neil, and Micah McFadden
 
MR ERSKINE

GRADING POLICY

25% Practice Cards (turned in the 1st Monday of each month)

50% Daily Participation (having instrument, music, and pencil)

25% Attendance at concerts and after school rehearsals

 

Practice cards are a method for tracking student practice.  They help to keep students organized, manage their time, and hold them accountable for their practice.

 

Blank practice cards will be given to students, and are also available on the Parras Band website.  Students must log their practice minutes onto a practice card everyday.  This card must be completed, signed by an adult, and submitted to me on the first monday of every month.  

 

Jazz Band & Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble students must log a total of 10 hours a month (around 20min/day)

Symphonic Band/ Concert Band students must log a total of 7.5 hours a month 

(around 15min/day)

 

Students are encouraged to practice everyday rather than cramming once a week. Pep band and after school rehearsals will count towards regular practice time.  Private lessons will count towards double (For example, a 30 minute lesson once a week equals 2 hours a month x2 = 4 hours a month).  Extra credit will be awarded for exceeding the required time.

BANDS OF PARRAS

Concert Band

Welcoming all beginners--no previous experience necessary. In this class you will be taught how to play an instrument of your choosing.

Symphonic Band

Same as Concert Band, this class will be welcoming all beginners--no previous experience necessary. In this class you will be taught how to play an instrument of your choosing.

Wind Ensemble

Consisting mostly of 7th grade students who have been playing their current instrument from 1-3 Years.

Wind Symphony

Consists mostly of 7th and 8th grade students who have been playing from 3-4 Years

Chamber Winds

Consists mostly of 8th grade students who have been playing from 3-4 Years

Jazz Band

Small group of (mostly 8th grade) students who have proven to be outstanding on their instrument. Consists mostly of 8th graders.

 

Pep Band

Tutorial class offered only to students enrolled in band.  Any band student may participate.  This group plays fun pop music that is not typically played during regular band classes.  Students receive credit on their practice cards for rehearsing with this group.