Good Morning Everyone,I hope everyone is having a FANTASTIC summer! Before vacation mode completely sets in for everyone, I just wanted to send out a quick email to let everyone know the results of our jazz band auditions. (For my graduating seniors and their families, don't worry...I'll be building my new email list over the next couple of weeks and so I promise I won't spam your email all through the year next year!)This year we had more students than EVER audition for jazz band, and the level of preparation across the board was incredibly high. This made it very challenging [...]

Happy Thursday Everyone!A couple of quick announcements for everyone. Please read through this email carefully!1) Study guides for Band, Orchestra, and Percussion finals are posted in Google classroom. Please make sure to have these completed by Monday so we can review. If you need a hard copy, let me know, but take some time over the next couple of days to get these done!2) Any personal items in the band room, storage rooms, and in student instrument lockers need to be collected and taken home by the end of the day on Thursday next week. This includes marching shoes, gloves, etc. [...]

Good Morning Everyone,I just have a couple of quick announcements to share with everyone.1) Please don't forget our Spring Band and Orchestra concert is tomorrow night at 6:00P. Call time for students is 5:30 in all black, with a pop of spring color if you'd like. Students, please be on time so we are able to meet backstage prior to the concert to go through logistics.2) Band students: if you have not yet registered for band camp, please do so today. The link to register is here: Fall Band Registration3) Lastly, even though he's On Top of Spaghetti, he's not on top [...]

Good Evening Everyone,It was wonderful to see everyone yesterday at the banquet. Congratulations to everyone who received awards, as well as everyone for an incredibly successful year.I have a couple of quick reminders for everyone:1) Our Band and Orchestra Spring Concert is Monday night at 6:00. Call time to be at the auditorium is 5:30. Please arrive by 5:30 so we have enough time to meet and go over any last bits of information that needs to be given prior to the concert beginning.Dress for the concert is all black, but if you'd like to wear an additional splash of festive spring [...]

Parents and Students,I have a few important updates and other info to share in the email below, so please read carefully, but first:A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our band students on earning our school's first ever rating of "Superior with Distinction" at the ABODA State Concert Festival on Friday! This means that all three judges, along with the sight-reading judge, gave them Superior ratings on their performance...and yes, you read that right, they had to sight-read for a judge and get scored for it! You should be very proud of yourselves!1) Here are some important reminders of calendar events coming up: Friday, May [...]

Good Evening Everyone,A couple of very quick updates: Please don't forget that band students and percussion students who are performing at State Festival with Symphonic Band have dress rehearsals tomorrow and Thursday from 4:00-6:00P. State Festival is on Friday. Our performance is at Mountain View HS in MESA...not Mountain View in Marana. I've attached a complete itinerary to this email. It is a late day, so please look it over carefully.More updates will be coming up soon, so please stay dialed in with email as we finish out the year!Mr. Benjamin GarlandDirector of Instrumental MusicSahuarita High School(520)625.3502 x1551 State Concert Festival Itinerary

Good Afternoon Everyone,I just wanted to take a moment and send out a few quick reminders on things that are coming up, but first I want to say a huge congratulations on a job well done this past weekend to both Anya with the All-State Choir and Indoor Percussion at State Championships. You've all represented us and SHS beautifully and we're very proud of you!I also want to say a huge congratulations to Karen Cornaby and Mia Vazquez for receiving Senior Scholarships from Green Valley Concert Band, as well as congratulations to Mya Lennox, Molly Maldonado, and Lucy Sefton for receiving scholarships [...]

Good Evening Everyone,I hope everyone has had a great weekend. I have a lot of updates for you in this email, so please look over everything carefully!1) A huge congratulations goes out to Anya Merten for successfully earning a spot in the All-State Choir this year!!!! This is a tremendous achievement, and we're all very proud of you!2) Jazz Band Trip Information: Once I can finalize a couple of last timing things with the bus company and our festival coordinator I'll be sending out our final itinerary to everyone, with specifics about lodging, meals, etc. A packing list will go out along with that [...]