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Welcome to the online home of the Bayonne High School Band from Bayonne, New Jersey. Our band originated back in 1914 when brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments were added to the string orchestra. Soon after the Bayonne Band began performing at school sporting events and our Marching Band was born. Today our instrumental program consists of our Marching Band, Concert Band, Wind Ensemble, String Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, and several smaller chamber ensembles including our (quite large) Percussion Ensemble. Our students perform at dozens of events throughout the year - civic events, sporting events, and our own concerts as well as at concert tours throughout our local community and New Jersey.
Present Band Members AND new recruits should complete the Online Form and check our online calendar for our rehearsal schedule. Upcoming concerts include the Concert Band/Wind Ensemble Concert in March and the SLAM Music Festival in May. We'd like to welcome all of our new 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who will be starting in January! Welcome to the BHS Band!
The "Conductor's Journal" posts will no longer be published on the Band blog. From now on they'll be published on my own blog - talkaboutmusic.edublogs.org. Why? Well I'm trying to lead by example. I want to show students how to use their blog for reflecting on their own work and how that self-critique is an essential part of the creative Read full article »
PLEASE help me help you! I've recently set up a new PBWORKS for the Jazz Band - but in doing so I kicked out everyone who was NOT in Jazz Band from our PBWorks! If you are NOT in Jazz Band - please GO RIGHT NOW to: http://bayonneband.pbworks.com and click on the Request Access button! - BE SURE TO ADD Read full article »
The Jazz Tour for April is still scheduled - for now! We still need to buckle down and do some serious fundraising. All students are being asked to sell at least $250 in ads for our Spring Concert journals by the end of the month. Students can sell ads to local businesses, school staff, community leaders, family, and friends. We Read full article »
We'd like to take a moment and welcome the new Spring of 2012 Recruits to the Bayonne High School Band. At today's rehearsal - and at next week's rehearsal on Monday evening - talented 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from all across Bayonne will participate in their first high school band rehearsal. These students have all been selected and recommended Read full article »
Rehearsal This week we will rehearse Concert Band on Tuesday evening - 6:00 - 8:30pm, due to school closing for MLK day on Monday. On Tuesday evening we will work on: The Battle Pavane - opening and closing - record for critique on boxes 1 through 4 Andantino - rehearse all - record for critique - focus on boxes 3-4 Bach Prelude & Fugue Read full article »
With the new year upon us it is once again time to start thinking about our Concert Band and Wind Ensemble repertoire. This Monday will be our first BIG rehearsal for the upcoming concert in March. We will not have any of the new recruits from the December recruiting drive, but we will have all of our literature ready. What Read full article »
Here's the arrangement of The Very Thought of You that was delivered to my house today. Worked through the score on Sibelius and we're ready to re-arrange for SFA - this will be Brandon's feature tune. The recording shows a solo trombone - which will be easy to switch to trumpet - ideas for the rest? Read full article »
For the winter break I have a fun assignment that everyone will complete on their blogs. Here they are: Band II Our spring repertoire for the March performance includes a song from almost every period of music history. Here is a list of the rep: The Battle Pavane - by Tielman Susato - Renaissance Prelude & Fugue in Bb - J.S. Bach - Baroque Andantino Read full article »
The BHS Jazz Ensemble will be performing one last time at Sarelli's Italian restaurant on Monday, December 19th. We'll be doing two shows - one at 6:00 pm and another at 8:00 pm. Please call 201-858-0865 for reservations! We'll be performing some Holiday favorites including White Christmas, Baby It's Cold Outside, and Feliz Navidad. The show will open with the BHS Read full article »
Our Jazz Ensemble performed last week at Amici's Restaurant in Bayonne. The performance was very good, and the students played well, but there's always room for improvement. I'd like to talk about the show from a few different perspectives - first from the musical perspective, critiquing our performance, and second through the business lens - discussing the poor turn-out and Read full article »
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Our new Bayonne High School Band Foundation is here to help our students in every way. With the help of our foundation's board, parents, school officials, and community members, our music program throughout our entire community will continue to flourish. Check out the Foundation's own website for detailed news and follow the list below for recent posts and updates.
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