AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/19/2025 Greetings Eagle Family! Last week left until graduation!! We are super proud of our band seniors! We are down to the finish line! To receive a spot on the field for next year: you will need to make sure that before you go to summer camp that you have done the following four things:
Here is the breakdown of what’s left: CALENDAR DATES: Wind Symphony is rehearsing after school today, Monday. 3:15 to 4:45.
GRADUATION BAND ITINERARY:
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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/12/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! 2 more weeks! We are ramping up to the end! Evaluations have taken place, and the results of band placement have been posted. No matter what band you make, every member of the organization is a part of the state championship award-winning Atascocita HS Military Band (AMB). The BAND App received a letter from me discussing how evaluations should be considered now that results are posted. PERFORMING ARTS HONOR SOCIETY: On May 13, our band student Jayna Kagezi is working on putting together a new honors society here at AHS with several other students. This organization will be called the Performing Arts Honor Society. A flyer will be posted below for more information. Their first meeting will be Tuesday May 13th 3:00 to 3:30 in the Black Box Theatre. Deadline to apply for the Performing Arts Honor Society is Friday May 16th. Here is the breakdown of what’s left: CALENDAR DATES:
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/5/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! 3 more weeks until graduation!! We are close to the finish line, team! We are finishing up evaluations at the middle schools, drum major auditions, leadership interviews, spring concert, graduation, and a few other things.
Here is a complete break-down of the rest of the month’s schedule for the high school band! CALENDAR DATES:
Schedule
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/28/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! Better late than never, I always say. We started our classroom placement evaluations this week at the high school, and we will start our 8th grade evaluations next week. We had a jammed packed week last week, and we are slowly but surely reaching the finish line of wrapping up an absolutely amazing school year! Special thank you to the Booster parents who organized our annual AHS Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club. It was a beautiful event, and it was fun celebrating with all of our amazing band students. (I got to jam too - that was fun!) I have some important items for everyone, so please make sure that you read everything below. IF YOU MISSED ORIENTATION: It’s okay! We have a make-up day available. Monday May 5th at 6PM or 7PM (you can choose the time), you can come by the AHS Band Hall and get your orientation packet for next year’s marching band. All students must come with your parents so that everyone can receive all of the same information. JAZZ BAND: You are not required to audition if you don’t want to, but if you’re interested in maybe playing saxophone trumpet or trombone as a secondary instrument in a jazz class, or you are just interested in playing jazz at all as a guitar, piano, or bass player, click the link below to sign up. https://forms.gle/nr2JZBQAGUdzX2kY6 APPLIED MUSIC: Interested in taking Applied Music next year? It is an extra individual project band class where you can take extra time to practice and get super good on your instrument. You can take it during any class 2nd through 7th period next year. Click the link below to sign up: https://forms.gle/UVhg8Qf59s9PuzvP8 AMB Registration: Every student must go through the registration process. There are required forms in the registration process. Click the link below to get started. https://www.atascocitaband.com/register.html#/ ______________________________________ Here is this week’s schedule of events: Monday April 28: HS Class Placement Evaluation begins Thursday May 1: Jazz Band Concert 7:30PM at AHS Performing Arts Center Friday May 2: Wind Symphony Recording Session at Sam Houston State University Saturday May 3: Jazz Band Performs at Humble ISD Festival at Lone Star College JAZZ BAND CONCERT MAY 1: We are going to start our concert at 7:30 on Thursday evening at the Atascocita High School Performing Arts Center. We are performing our competition music this year that earned the jazz band awards at the Blinn College Jazz Festival and the Sam Houston State Bill Watrous Jazz Festival. Jazz band students, please arrive at the band hall by 6:45PM to warm up and set up. WIND SYMPHONY AT SHSU MAY 2: If you are in the 4th period band, you will be traveling to Sam Houston State University to perform for the Wind Band Festival. Here is your itinerary: Performance: Sam Houston State University Concert Band Festival Date: Friday, May 2, 2025 Performance Site: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center Address: 815 17th Street, Huntsville, TX 77340 Schedule
JAZZ BAND AT HUMBLE ISD FINE ARTS FESTIVAL MAY 3: Jazz band students will be performing at Lone Star Community College for this year’s Humble ISD Fine Arts Festival from 10AM to 10:30AM. This should be plenty of time to prepare for Prom on this Saturday. Jazz students, here is your itinerary: Schedule
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/21/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! We have another busy week of band! But this week, all of the exciting stuff is happening. Our end of the year banquet is happening on Wednesday, and we have our annual band orientation meeting Thursday night! We are close to wrapping up a very successful band year, and delighted to bring in a new one! AMB ORIENTATION IS THIS THURSDAY. Starting at 7PM, this is for all band students and their parents, as we will be handing out all information for next year’s band program. All will be required to attend. If you are unable to make it, we will notify you of some other options after that. List of Events For the Month of April:
Make sure to go to AMB Registration below, and chairs for jazz band and applied music are still open.
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/14/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! Now that UIL is behind us, we are gearing up for all of the exciting new things that are happening in the Atascocita High School Band program. There are not much new updates from last week, except here are the list of things that are happening this month: List of Events For the Month of April:
For this week, the following items are still open. All students will need to attend registration and evaluate for classes. Leadership applications are still open, drum major informational meeting will be after school this Wednesday. There is still time to sign up for jazz band and applied music.
LETTER JACKETS: Fittings will be on April 23rd during lunch. All band students need to fill out the Letter Jacket form to qualify for a letter jacket. If you are a senior, you automatically qualify. If you are an underclassmen, you must earn 50 total points to be awarded one. Please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/bBaJXd7iFrwqDhBJ7
List of Events Up to Graduation - updated as of 4/7/2025
For this week’s update, I have attached a flyer of Quick Links that will link the following items that are now available for all students:
LETTER JACKETS: Fittings will be on April 23rd during lunch. All band students need to fill out the Letter Jacket form to qualify for a letter jacket. If you are a senior, you automatically qualify. If you are an underclassmen, you must earn 50 total points to be awarded one. Please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/bBaJXd7iFrwqDhBJ7 This is a big update, so I’m going to stop here for now. This week, students will receive all of their evaluation music materials to get placed for next year’s classes. All of the information to everything is available online under the STUDENTS tab on www.atascocitaband.com If you have any questions this week, I’m here to answer them. Hope everyone has a great week! We do have EOC testing this week, so be sure to look out for campus updates on room assignments and schedule adjustments this week. AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/31/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! The big week is here! UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluations are taking place on Tuesday through Friday featuring all four concert bands! Parents, the stage performance times for this week are below. We would LOVE for parents to attend our students’ performances this week. They have worked very hard on preparing their music for judges, and we would love for them to have an amazing audience. Concert Band (6th Period) April 1, 2025 Tuesday at Kingwood Park HS auditorium
Symphonic Band (3rd Period) April 2, 2025 Wednesday at CE King HS auditorium
Wind Symphony (4th Period) April 3, 2025 Thursday at Summer Creek HS auditorium
Wind Ensemble (5th Period) April 4, 2025 Friday at Summer Creek HS auditorium
UIL CONCERT AND SIGHTREADING: Itinerary has been posted on the AHS Band Website. www.atascocitaband.com and click on the quick link for the schedule of the event. Students will be able to see attire, call times, and much more on the itinerary. Please make sure you have quick access to it throughout the week. BANQUET: Senior band students to RSVP that you are coming to the banquet on April 23rd. Please email [email protected]. ALL other students and ALL grade level families to purchase your banquet tickets: https://band-banquet-senior-families-copy.cheddarup.com/ Tickets are $25 per person, there won’t be tickets sold at the door. Cash payments can be made to the email address above. Awards, dinner, dessert, music, dancing, lots of fun! Attire is formal/semi-formal. Tickets will be nonrefundable after April 9th. ____________________ This Week’s Events:
List of Events up to Graduation:
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/24/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! I hope that everyone had an awesome weekend. We have been pretty busy here these past few weeks, so thankfully this week is not as jam-packed as it has been. Next week, on the other hand, is the UIL Concert and Sightreading! The week of March 31st will be mega busy. We will make sure to update everyone. This Week’s Events:
Upcoming Events:
UIL CONCERT AND SIGHTREADING: Itinerary has been posted on the AHS Band Website. www.atascocitaband.com and click on the quick like for the schedule of the event. JAZZ BAND AT SAM HOUSTON STATE BILL WATROUS JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday, March 29, 2025 At Sam Houston State University Performing Arts Center
AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/17/2025
Greetings Eagle Family! I hope you all had an amazing Spring Break!! All band rehearsals and sectionals are operating as normal this week. This Week’s Events:
Upcoming Events:
UIL Concert and Sightreading: The schedule has been released. Here are the important dates and times for all four concert bands. Concert Band (6th Period) April 1, 2025 Tuesday
Symphonic Band (3rd Period) April 2, 2025 Wednesday
Wind Symphony (4th Period) April 3, 2025 Thursday
Wind Ensemble (5th Period) April 4, 2025 Friday
_____________________ JAZZ BAND AT SAM HOUSTON STATE BILL WATROUS JAZZ FESTIVAL Saturday, March 29, 2025
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BRIAN BESTDirector of Bands, Atascocita High School Archives
May 2025
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