Because the beginning of the school year was online, the tryout process for marching band drastically changed. All auditions were done virtually as each student sent in videos of them playing their instrument. “For last year, we did all auditions...
As she leads the woodwind section through a warm-up, Julia Donnel stops conducting and begins to give details and things to focus on for the next exercise. Donnel is Johnson’s new band director who came in after Alan Sharps retired last year.
by Joseph Sweeney | staff writer The choir, band, and orchestra are preparing for their end of year concerts later this month. “This performance is the orchestra winter concert, it’ll be on [Dec] 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium,...
by Ashlyn Swain | staff writer After a two month delay, the new band hall is completed. The band directors and students in the program now have 100 new stands, a mirror, yard lines and sound proof walls within the...