Rogers Band NEws
September 13th, 2024
This weeks Sectional Schedule
Beginners Corner – Updates on Beginners
Beginners are learning more and more every day. Each class is learning to play more notes and learning new techniques on their instruments. You should be hearing them practice daily if possible. Hopefully the sounds you are hearing are starting to get better. 😊 Practice records are due each Tuesday with a parent signature.
Congratulations to the first Music Master Royalty!!
Lyric Khan
Rogers Band Fall Concert – October 18th
All are invited to our first concert of the school year on Friday, October 18th in the Walnut Grove HS auditorium. The Fall Concert will feature music performed by the Rogers Symphonic Winds, Concert Band I and Concert Band II. There will be no beginning band students performing at this concert, however we welcome all students to come and listen. See you there!!!!
Rogers Band Award from The Foundation for Music Education
The Rogers Varsity Band (Symphonic Winds) and Non-Varsity Band (Concert Band 1) submitted last year's concert band competition performances to the National Wind Band Competition, sponsored by The Foundation for Music Education. This competition seeks to recognize and award outstanding achievement in performance by high school and middle school bands, choirs, and orchestras. The project gathers hundreds of entries from throughout the United States and provides valuable feedback for all entrants, which allows ensembles to compare and compete against other outstanding groups from across the country. Results for this competition were officially released today.
We are proud to announce that the 2023-2024 Rogers Symphonic Winds was awarded The Mark of Excellence - National Wind Band Commended Winner, ranking in the top percentile out of 450 Varsity bands from 40 states across the country. The Mark of Excellence Project ensembles are judged by nationally acclaimed adjudicators to recognize and award outstanding achievement in performance by Varsity bands from a pool of competing ensembles throughout the nation.
This is the 3rd time in consecutive years that Rogers Middle School band has been recognized as a winner in this prestigious competition with The Foundation for Music Education.
We are also proud to announce that the 2023-2024 Rogers Concert Band I was awarded The Citation of Excellence - Commended Winner, ranking in the top percentile out of 131 Non-Varsity bands from across the country.
Thank you to all of the students, Rogers administrators/teachers/staff, parents, lesson teachers and Prosper ISD administration for providing the opportunity to our students to perform music at such a high level.
Please help us congratulate all of our students for their outstanding achievements!
Prosper ISD is Hosting Bands Of America
On Saturday, October 12, we need all hands-on deck!! We will be hosting a Bands of America Marching Band competition at Children's Health Stadium with 30 bands participating! Walnut Grove, Prosper and Rock Hill High Schools are performing. If you have never attended an event like this, I highly recommend it!! You will be blown away at what these bands are doing on the football field. All volunteer positions come with a wristband to re-enter after their shift and many of the positions come with a BOA volunteer t-shirt to wear!
We need band parent/family/student volunteers from all PISD middle and high schools to make this competition run smoothly. Let's show each of the 30 visiting bands what it means to be Prosper Proud! Please click the link below and sign up however you can. As we get closer to the event, there will be a volunteer training meeting in the Community Room at Children's Health Stadium. Please attend if you are signed up in any position.
Upcoming Dates:
- Sept – 25th – Ms. Mallow Visits SW only
- Oct 8th – Pep-Rally during school hours
- Oct 9th – PISD MS All-District Band Auditions (SW and select CBI Members)
- Oct 18th – Ms. Mallow visits all day
- Oct 18th – Fall Concert
- Oct 22nd – Band Plays at 8th Grade Football Send Off at Rogers
- Oct 25th – 8th Grade Band night with the WGHS Band Friday Night Lights
- Oct 28th – All-region phase I (SW and select CBI Members)
- Oct 30th – All-Region Phase II