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AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/19/2025

5/19/2025

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:

Orientation: If you missed orientation, it would be best to come to my office so that you can get the orientation paperwork.
Evaluation: I believe every student has had an evaluation. If you have not yet evaluated, email me and we will schedule a time.
Online forms: go to www.atascocitaband.com and click on register to get started with everything if you haven’t done that yet.
Fall break form: that needs to be turned in by the end of the school year. High school students can bring it to us. 8th grade students can either scan it and email it to us at [email protected] or turn it in to your middle school directors, and we will get it.

Here is the breakdown of what’s left:

CALENDAR DATES:

Wind Symphony is rehearsing after school today, Monday. 3:15 to 4:45.

May 19 Monday : AHS Band Parent Booster Meeting, 7PM
- All parents are invited to attend

May 20 Tuesday: AHS Band Spring Concert, 7PM at AHS Performing Arts Center
- The high school band has been hard at work preparing a “pops-style” concert featuring music from some of the best movies of all time. We have some surprises that we know everyone will love.
- The performances are starting at 7PM.
- Call times for each band is:
  - Wind Symphony, 5:30 band hall (for a short warm-up rehearsal)
  - Wind Ensemble, 5:30 on stage (for a short warm-up rehearsal)
  - Symphonic Band, 6:15 band hall
  - Concert Band, 6:15 on stage
- Concert attire is concert blacks. Men, solid black attire. Women, same with a dress black pant. Same as UIL. A tradition the band has, is seniors are allowed to wear their outfits from prom.
May 23 Friday: Graduation
- For 4th and 5th period band students (minus seniors)
- And for 3rd period and 6th period students who signed up last week.
- Address: 1 NRG Pkwy, Houston, TX 77054
- Itinerary is as follows:

GRADUATION BAND ITINERARY:

3:00 band hall is open. Head to the band hall after school lets out. OPs crew, load up equipment
4:00 busses arrive, load up
4:30 depart (time allotted for traffic)
6:30 arrival at NRG Stadium, setup, warmup
8:00 graduation start
10:00 graduation over, load up
10:30 depart to AHS
11:15 arrive at AHS

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/12/2025

5/12/2025

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:

May 12: HS Leadership Interviews after school 3PM to 4:30PM
- If you are a student who signed up for the leadership team, we will conduct interviews after school on May 11, 12, and 13th. See the list below on which day you will interview.
  - May 12, last name A through F
  - May 13, last name G through M
  - May 14, last name N through Z
- We should be announcing the leadership team by that Friday.
May 12, 13, 14: Percussion Pad Camp for All 8th-11th percussionists, 4:30 to 5:45
- Percussionists don't evaluate this year like the winds do. However, we need to set our drumline for next year and we do that during our pad camp here at AHS. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, we will see Percussionists here (8th grade through 11th grade) from 4:30 pm to 5:45pm.
- It will be here at AHS Band Hall.
- Bring sticks and mallets if you have them.
May 16: Percussion Recital at AHS Band Hall
May 19: AHS Band Parent Booster Meeting, 7PM
- All parents are invited to attend
May 20: AHS Band Spring Concert, 7PM at AHS Performing Arts Center
- The high school band has been hard at work preparing a “pops-style” concert featuring music from some of the best movies of all time. We have some surprises that we know everyone will love.
- The performances are starting at 7PM.
- Call times for each band is:
  - Wind Symphony, 5:30 band hall (for a short warm-up rehearsal)
  - Wind Ensemble, 5:30 on stage (for a short warm-up rehearsal)
  - Symphonic Band, 6:15 band hall
  - Concert Band, 6:15 on stage
- Concert attire is
May 23: Graduation
- More information is to follow in terms of times, locations, etc.

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 5/5/2025

5/4/2025

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.

JAZZ BAND TRUMPETS: We are still needing trumpets for our jazz bands. If you are a trumpet player or someone interested in learning jazz trumpet, sign up on the link below.
- Click the link to sign up for jazz band: https://forms.gle/nr2JZBQAGUdzX2kY6

APPLIED MUSIC: LAST CALL TO SIGN UP. I'll be sending the list Thursday. 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:
- Click the link to sign up for applied music: 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.
- Click the link to go to registration: https://www.atascocitaband.com/register.html#/

Here is a complete break-down of the rest of the month’s schedule for the high school band!

CALENDAR DATES:

May 5: Evaluations at AMS during the day, Make-up AMB Orientation that evening
- IF YOU MISSED ORIENTATION: We have a make-up day available on 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.
May 6: Evaluations at WLMS during the day, Drum Major Auditions after school
May 7: Evaluations at TMS during the day
May 8: Jazz Band Auditions at 4PM
- You don’t have to audition to be a part of the class.
- If you want to play in the competitive ensemble, an audition is necessary.
May 10: SHSU Recording for Wind Ensemble
- If you are in the 5th period band, you will be traveling to Sam Houston State University to perform for the Concert Band Festival.
- I know it’s a bit far, but we would VERY MUCH love for parents to be able to attend this performance. It will be the very last time they play this very amazing music, and we will be recording it professionally to submit for various competitions we are signed up for this month.
  
  Here is the Wind Ensemble itinerary:
  - Performance: Sam Houston State University Concert Band Festival
    Date: Saturday May 10, 2025
  - Performance Site: James and Nancy Gaertner Performing Arts Center
  - Address: 815 17th Street, Huntsville, TX 77340

Schedule

12:30 Arrive at AHS Band Hall
1:00 PM Rehearsal in band hall
2:15 PM Load Equipment/Check Roll
2:55 PM Depart AHS
4:25 PM Arrive at SHSU, unload equipment
5:00 PM Recording Session/Performance
7:00 PM Performance over, pack up, Depart SHSU
8:30 PM Arrive at AHS/Unload/Go Home

May 12: HS Leadership Interviews after school 3PM to 4:30PM
- If you are a student who signed up for the leadership team, we will conduct interviews after school on May 11, 12, and 13th. See the list below on which day you will interview.
  - May 12, last name A through F
  - May 13, last name G through M
  - May 14, last name N through Z
- We should be announcing the leadership team by that Friday.
May 11, 12, 13: Percussion Pad Camp for All 8th-11th percussionists, 4:30 to 5:45
- Percussionists don't evaluate this year like the winds do. However, we need to set our drumline for next year and we do that during our pad camp here at AHS. Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, we will see Percussionists here (8th grade through 11th grade) from 4:30 pm to 5:45pm.
- It will be here at AHS Band Hall.
- Bring sticks and mallets if you have them.
May 16: Percussion Concert at AHS Band Hall
May 19: AHS Band Parent Booster Meeting, 7PM
- All parents are invited to attend
May 20: AHS Band Spring Concert, 7PM at AHS Performing Arts Center

May 23: Graduation (more details to follow)

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/28/2025

4/29/2025

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#/
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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

2:55 PM School Ends/Change into Uniform
3:30 PM Seated in Set-Up/Warm-Up
4:10 PM Load Equipment/Check Roll
4:30 PM Depart AHS
6:50 PM Arrive at SHSU
7:00 PM Recording Session/Performance
9:00 PM Depart SHSU
10:30 PM Arrive at AHS/Unload/Go Home

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

8:00 AM Load Equipment/Check Roll
8:45 AM Depart AHS
9:20 AM Arrive at Lone Star
10:00 AM Performance
10:30 AM Pack up, load up
11:00 AM Depart
11:25 AM Arrive back at AHS

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/21/2025

4/21/2025

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:

April 21: Band Booster Meeting, 7PM at AHS Band Hall
April 23: Letter Jacket Fitting
- during lunch times, for those who qualified
April 23: Band Banquet, at the Kingwood Country Club.
- Arrive at 6:00pm to 6:30PM for banquet check-in
- Formal attire, no tickets sold at the door. There will be a check-in table once you arrive.
April 24: AMB Orientation, 7PM at AHS Cafeteria
- All band students and their parents will need to attend.
- Including all incoming 8th graders coming in as 9th graders
April 28: HS Class Placement Evaluations for AHS Students begin this week
The AHS Percussion Concert at AHS Band Hall has been RESCHEDULED to May 16.

Make sure to go to AMB Registration below, and chairs for jazz band and applied music are still open.

AMB Registration for the next school year is available online!
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/register.html#/
Jazz Band has many chairs open for the next year’s jazz band class.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/the-jazz-band.html#/
Applied Music courses are available for anyone who wants an extra period of band class to practice their instruments.
- https://forms.gle/tqEjjx4QTbcrBp7C6

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/14/2025

4/14/2025

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:

April 7: Leadership Applications Open, Evaluation Music Released
April 14: Texas Roadhouse Spirit Night! And Bake Sale
*April 16: Drum Major Information Meeting after school (*rescheduled to Wednesday)
April 17: Leadership Applications Due
April 18: No School
April 21: Leadership interviews begin this week
April 21: Band Booster Meeting, 7PM at AHS Band Hall
April 23: Band Banquet, Kingwood Country Club
April 23: Letter Jacket Fitting (during lunch, for those who qualified)
April 24: AMB Orientation, 7PM at AHS Cafeteria
April 28: HS Class Placement Evaluations for AHS Students
April 29: AHS Percussion Concert at AHS Band Hall

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.

AMB Registration for the next school year is available online!
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/register.html#/
Evaluation music is available to all students for class placement evaluations! Students should have already had music printed out. In case they need it or need information on how it works:
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/class-placement-evaluations.html#/
Leadership Team applications are still open for students to apply.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/leadership-team-application-open.html#/
Drum Major Tryouts will be happening soon. This Wednesday after school is an informational meeting for anyone who is interested in auditioning.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/drum-major-auditions-open.html#/
Jazz Band has many chairs open for the next year’s jazz band class. Sign-up is still open for anyone intrested.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/the-jazz-band.html#/
Applied Music courses are available for anyone who wants an extra period of band class to practice their instruments. The sign-up for this is still open.
- https://forms.gle/tqEjjx4QTbcrBp7C6

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

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/7/2025

4/6/2025

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 4/7/2025

Greetings Eagle Family! I am so proud of all of our concert bands this past UIL week. All four concert bands performed magnificently, and all of the band directors are so proud of everyone who worked so hard to make the music happen. Congratulations to each and every one of our amazing band students!

Now that UIL has passed us, it’s time to start getting ready to close out this magnificent school year and get ready to bring in the new one! Here below is a list of events that are planned for us up to graduation. Some dates have changed, so here is what we have currently so far.

List of Events Up to Graduation - updated as of 4/7/2025

April 7: Leadership Applications Open, Evaluation Music Released
April 14: Drum Major Information Meeting after school
April 14: Texas Roadhouse Spirit Night! And Bake Sale
April 17: Leadership Applications Due
April 18: No School
April 21: Leadership interviews begin
April 21: Band Booster Meeting, 7PM at AHS Band Hall
April 23: Band Banquet, Kingwood Country Club
April 24: AMB Orientation, 7PM at AHS Cafeteria
April 28: HS Class Placement Evaluations for AHS Students
April 29: AHS Percussion Concert at AHS Band Hall
May 1: AHS Jazz Band Concert at AHS Auditorium
May 2: Wind Symphony (Hicks) at SHSU Concert Band Festival
May 3: AHS Jazz Band at Humble ISD Fine Arts Festival
May 5, 6, 7: HS Class Placement Evaluations for AMS, TMS, and WLMS students (during class)
May 5: Drum Major Auditions, Prelims
May 6: Drum Major Auditions, Finals
May 8: Jazz Band Auditions at AHS Band Hall
May 10: Wind Ensemble (Best) at SHSU Concert Band Festival
May 12, 13, 14: Percussion Pad Camp for all AMB Percussionists at AHS Band Hall
May 19: Booster Meeting, 7PM at AHS Band Hall
May 20: AHS Band Spring Concert, all band students at AHS Auditorium, 7PM
May 23: AHS Graduation

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:

AMB Registration for the next school year is available online!
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/register.html#/
Evaluation music is available to all students for class placement evaluations!
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/class-placement-evaluations.html#/
Leadership Team applications are now open for students to apply.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/leadership-team-application-open.html#/
Drum Major Tryouts will be happening soon.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/drum-major-auditions-open.html#/
Jazz Band has many chairs open for the next year’s jazz band class.
- https://www.atascocitaband.com/the-jazz-band.html#/
Applied Music courses are available for anyone who wants an extra period of band class to practice their instruments.
- https://forms.gle/tqEjjx4QTbcrBp7C6

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

3/31/2025

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

10:00am Stage Performance

Symphonic Band (3rd Period)
April 2, 2025 Wednesday
at CE King HS auditorium

11:30am Stage Performance

Wind Symphony (4th Period)
April 3, 2025 Thursday
at Summer Creek HS auditorium

11:30am Stage Performance

Wind Ensemble (5th Period)
April 4, 2025 Friday
at Summer Creek HS auditorium

3:15pm Stage Performance

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.

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This Week’s Events:

April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble

List of Events up to Graduation:

April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club
April 24th: AMB Band Orientation
April 29th: Percussion Concert
May 1st: Jazz Band Concert
May 2nd: SHSU Recording: Wind Symphony with Mr. Hicks
May 3rd: Jazz Band @ Humble ISD Fine Arts Festival (AM)
May 6th: Jazz Band Auditions
May 10th: SHSU Recording: Wind Ensemble with Mr. Best
May 12, 13, 14: Percussion Pad Camp
May 20th: Band Spring Concert
May 23rd: Graduation

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/24/2025

3/24/2025

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:

Continue rehearsing for UIL Concert and Sightreading in class
March 29th Saturday: Jazz Band at Sam Houston State

Upcoming Events:

April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble
April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 9th: Percussion Ensemble Concert
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club

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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

7:30 Arrive at AHS
8:20 Depart to Sam Houston State University
9:00 Arrive at Sam Houston State University
9:45 Warmup time
10:30 AHS Jazz Band Performance
11:00 Pack up equipment onto bus
11:30 Head to lunch
1:15 Clinic with Gunhild Carling
2:30 Listen to jazz bands
5:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Concert and Awards with the SHSU Jazz Ensemble
8:30 Load up on the bus
10:00 Estimated time back to AHS

AMB WEEKLY UPDATE 3/17/2025

3/17/2025

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:

MONDAY 17th - band parent booster meeting
- All parents are invited to the 7PM booster meeting tonight happening in the AHS Band Hall
TUESDAY 18th - TMEA All-State Recognition at the Humble ISD School Board
- This years’ three TMEA All-Staters are being recognized at the school board meeting with the other all-staters in the district for their outstanding achievement.
THURSDAY 20th - Drumline at Pine Forest Elementary
- Drumline will be performing at the Pine Forest Elementary STEM event. More information on that performance will be provided soon - we think it is an after-school activity.
SATURDAY 22nd - Physical Day with Humble ISD
- AHS Physical Day will be held at Humble High School on Saturday, March 22nd from 12 pm until 4:30 pm. Physicals cost $20 and can be paid for via online Revtrak payment or with cash on the day of.
- All Atascocita HS band members are required to get their physical to participate.

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Upcoming Events:

March 29th: Jazz Band at Sam Houston State
April 1, 2, 3, and 4: UIL Concert and Sightreading
April 5th: Drumline at the Oil Days Festival in Humble
April 7th: Leadership applications begin
April 7th: 2025-2026 Drum Major Auditions Information Meeting
April 9th: Percussion Ensemble Concert
April 11th: Leadership Applications Due
April 16th and 17th: Drum Major Auditions
April 23rd: Formal Band Banquet at Kingwood Country Club

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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

7:25 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall, rehearsal run-through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:15 Depart from AHS to Kingwood Park HS
8:45 Arrive
9:30 Warmup
10:00 Stage Performance
10:30 Sightreading Performance
11:00 Load up, head back to AHS
11:30 Arrive back at AHS

Symphonic Band (3rd Period)
April 2, 2025 Wednesday

7:25 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall, rehearsal run-through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:30 Pack up, get ready to depart
9:20 Depart to CE King High School
10:00 Arrive
11:00 Warmup
11:30 Stage Performance
12:00 Sightreading Performance
12:30 Load up and head back to AHS
1:10 Arrive back

Wind Symphony (4th Period)
April 3, 2025 Thursday

7:30 Arrive 1st Period to the band hall (this is usually a late arrival day, but band students will be with band this morning) - rehearsal run through
- Arrive in your concert outfits - concert blacks
8:30 Pack up, get ready to depart
9:40 Depart to Summer Creek HS
10:00 Arrive
11:00 Warmup
11:30 Stage Performance
12:00 Sightreading Performance

Wind Ensemble (5th Period)
April 4, 2025 Friday

11:00 Wind ensemble, go to A lunch
11:26 lunch ends, arrive to 5th period for rehearsal run through
12:30 Pack up to depart to Summer Creek HS, change into concert blacks
1:15 Depart to Summer Creek HS
1:35 Arrive at SCHS
2:30 Warmup
3:15 Stage Performance
4:00 Sightreading Performance
4:30 Pack up, head back to AHS
5:00 Arrive at AHS

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JAZZ BAND AT SAM HOUSTON STATE BILL WATROUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
Saturday, March 29, 2025

7:30 Arrive at AHS
8:20 Depart to Sam Houston State University
9:00 Arrive at Sam Houston State University
9:45 Warmup time
10:30 AHS Jazz Band Performance
11:00 Pack up equipment onto bus
11:30 Head to lunch
1:15 Clinic with Gunhild Carling
2:30 Listen to jazz bands
5:30 Dinner Break
7:30 Concert and Awards with the SHSU Jazz Ensemble
8:30 Load up on the bus
10:00 Estimated time back to AHS