Learn about Concert Band
Concert Band is the one instrumental music ensemble that performs throughout the entire school year. It is also the largest instrumental ensemble in the department. Concert Band meets Monday-Friday from 7:10am - 8:10am and is open to all interested musicians.
Concert Band Attire
Gentlemen
Black tuxedo (white wing-tip shirt, black bow tie and cummerbund), black dress shoes & socks (marching shoes are acceptable). Students are responsible for purchasing their own tuxedo.
Cost for the tuxedo is $150.00 plus tax (this includes hemming). Students
must get measured and place their orders at:
2940 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
(805) 496-4181
Please place your order by Tuesday or Wednesday, Oct 24, 25, 2006. Tell them you are with the NPHS Concert Band. You will pay Friar Tux Shop directly at the time of your order.
Ladies
Full length, long sleeve black dress, black dress shoes (closed toe and back, no sandals). Students are responsible for the cost of their dress and shoes. Dresses will be ordered through the boosters.
Cost for the dress is $80.00 payable to "Panther Band Parents". To determine the proper size to order, fittings will take place during lunch in the band room during the week of October 23, 2006. Payment is due at the time of the fitting.
Please put the payment in an envelope, write the student's name on it, and indicate it is for the concert band dress.
Returning Students
Please check the fit of your dress or tuxedo and shoes. If they no longer fit or need to be replaced, you need to purchase them now!
Students who have credit balances in their student accounts may use the funds to pay for some or all of their concert band attire. Please call or email the Panther Band Parents Treasurer, Kim Budy, for balance inquires and request for funds.
Pledges
Instrument & Equipment Pledge
All students enrolled in the Instrumental Music Department are asked to pay an annual $75.00 Instrument & Equipment Pledge. This pledge is used to offset the cost of maintaining, repairing, and purchasing instruments and equipment. If you have already paid this pledge for the 2005/2006 school year through participation in another ensemble, you do not need to pay it again. (See below for payment coupon and instructions.)
All pledges paid to Panther Band Parents are tax deductible.
This pledge will appear on your Student Account statement. Fund raising opportunities are provided for students to earn money that will be credited to their individual student account. Student Account credits may be used to offset current or future pledges.
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2004/2005 Performances
In the past, Concert Band performed a Winter Concert, Spring Concert, All District Band Festival, and a Final Concert at the end of the year. This year a Fall Concert was added to our schedule.
The Fall Concert featured a piece by Alfred Hitchcock film composer Bernard Hermann. We also performed three pieces that have been based on the poems and short stories of Edgar Allen Poe. Other selections performed at this concert were "In The Hall of the Mountain King" and "Night on Bald Mountain."
Our next concert, the Winter Concert, featured music that written by American composer Richard Saucedo. In 2002, the Concert Band performed a piece entitled "Antares" that was also composed by Richard Saucedo.
In anticipation of a great movie that released on May 19, 2005, the Spring Concert featured music from the previously released movies of the film series. These are all great movies and so is the music from the films.
The Final Concert at the end of this year did not have any special theme. Like the past two years, the students were allowed to choose the final piece of the concert. Even though we have no basic theme for this concert, the music was entertaining.
2003/2004 Performances
This past school year, the NPHS Concert Band performed at three on-campus concerts, one SCSBOA Festival, and the 22nd Annual All District Band Festival at the Countrywide Performing Arts Center of the Civic Arts Plaza.
Our first performance was the Winter Concert where the students performed orchestral transcriptions of music from different time periods. The concert opened with "Folk Dances" by Dimitri Shostakovich. Students also had the chance to perform music by Bach, Mozart, and Saint-Saens. One of the biggest highlights of the concert was our performance of "Peter and the Wolf" which was narrated by NPHS English Teacher, Mr. Ellis. We closed our concert with a transcription of "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel.
The second performance of the year was our Spring Concert. This concert had a multi-cultural theme. We opened the concert with "The Dream Catcher" by Francis McBeth. This piece was composed using Native American melodies. The students also performed music based on folk tunes from Russia, France, Spain, and England. The concert closed with the famous John Philip Sousa piece, "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
Our third performance, the 22nd Annual All District Band Festival, was held in the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Countrywide Performing Arts Center of the Civic Arts Plaza. Performing in this venue was a wonderful opportunity for the students. It was a great experience for them to be able to perform on such a large stage. The finale included all the elementary school, middle school, and high school students joining together to perform "Ode to Joy" by Beethoven.
At our Final Concert, the students performed modern music that has been composed within the past 25 years. We opened the concert with a transcription of "Machine" by William Bolcom. Other selections in the concert included "Bells" by Ian McDougall, "Firedance" by Bill Whalen, a medley of Earth, Wind and Fire tunes, and "On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason" by David Holsinger. Keeping with a tradition we started last year, the students were allowed to choose the last piece performed in the concert. This year, the students selected "The Impressario" by Mozart.