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Valuable Resources​:

• High School Handbook
• Jourdanton Band Calendar
• Live Illustrations by Professionals
• ​Percussion Studio Page

News:
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Digital Traditionals Are Up!

While we are sad to hear that we will not be finishing out the school year in person with our students, we are keeping up our excitement for this coming year's marching season. In efforts to keep spirits high, we are putting up the music for our Alma Mater, Fight Song, and our beloved Cherokee onto our website. The students can now access a digital copy of their music to play/memorize/look at their leisure.

Additionally, we are actively looking at how COVID-19 is going to impact our summer schedule. Please be patient and understanding that schedules for summer band will be tentative in this time of uncertainty. 

Music

2019-2020 Marching Band Fee

The marching band fee for this year is $85.00 per band student.  If you are able to pay it all at once, we ask that it be turned in via cash or check (made out ot JISD Band) by Friday, August 16th.  If you unable to pay it all at once, we have payment plan in place to accommodate you. The first payment is $22.00 and is also due on Friday, August 16th.

​Color guard members will have a slightly different fee due to their uniforms: Information for the guard fee will be coming soon.

For more information on the band fees (justification for the fee and the payment plan), please look at the "Parents" page for more important information.

Payment Plan

Marching Band Music/Coordinate Sheets

Members of the marching band are required to have their coordinate sheet at every single rehearsal. If a student misplaces their coordinate sheet, it is available here for them to print. Additionally, students who miss rehearsal for any reason will be held individually responsible for the drill/material that they missed on their own time: It is unfair to students who were in attendance to wait around while others are caught up. Being ill-prepared for rehearsals will be reflected in their grades.

The Google Classroom code is: 0az81i3
Assignments posted to Google Classroom must be completed via your school google account. Personal google accounts will not allow you to join the class.

Marching Resources

ATSSB All-Region Tryouts

All high school students will be required to learn the etudes for the ATSSB region tryouts for personal growth on their own instruments. Students are highly encouraged to go through the audition process through ATSSB to try and advance make region, advance to area, and even all-state. The first round of auditions is in on December 7th, 2019; If students advance to the next round, that audition will be January 11th, 2020.

Students are not required to participate in All-Region Jazz, but an encouraged to for continued development in their jazz stylings. All-Region Jazz auditions are on Saturday September 14th, 2019.

Region Jazz

Audition Packets

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High School Band Course Descriptions:
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Marching Band

 All students enrolled in the Jourdanton High School Band will be required to participate in the marching band to some degree. The marching band is a competitive group that participates in providing halftime entertainment at football games, UIL marching contest, and various other marching competitions throughout the state of Texas. Marching band is primarily focused in the Fall season with the occasional event in the Spring semester. Members of the marching band will be awarded a physical education credit.

Concert Band

The Wind Ensemble is the advanced performing and competing group at Jourdanton High School. Students in this group are  required to participate in the All-Region auditions at the end of the fall semester and Solo and Ensemble in the spring– failure to do so will be reflected in their grade. The chair placement in this ensemble may be determined by the students' playing abilities and dedication to the organizations. All band students must be enrolled in band class for the fall and spring semesters. This band performs at school functions, concerts, band festivals, and UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Contest. Members of this group must attend all of the spring semester sectionals, performances, and competitions. All members must past all of their classes to be eligible to participate with this group.

Applied Music

Jazz Band

Percussion Ensemble

This course is an extension of the skills taught in marching and concert band. This course will meet every other day for the entire school year. Students will be grouped according to instrumental families and concentrate on refining the performance skills that are inherent to that particular instrument.

The Jazz Band offers students the opportunity to play in the different styles of Swing, Latin, Funk, Fusion, and Rock. The Jazz Band performs for school functions, festivals, and other community events. This ensemble rehearses after marching season. The director will determine instrumentation in each section through auditions. All members must past all their classes and must be enrolled in one of the two band classes to be eligible to participate with this group.

​Percussion Ensemble provides an opportunity for all percussion students to participate in Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and/or Wind Ensemble. Students will receive training in marching band skills and small percussion ensembles. Students will learn the concepts of rhythm, texture, balance, blend, and rudiments as they develop their role as ensemble members.