Glenn Band News - Percussion State Championship, UIL and Spring Show

Recap: Percussion Brings Home State

Championship, UIL & Spring Show!

What a weekend for the Glenn Band program!

• Glenn Indoor Percussion are STATE CHAMPIONS!! This past weekend the Indoor Percussion brought home the TCGC Scholastic A State Championship. This is their first season in competition. Congratulations, Glenn Indoor!
  

• Gems Dance Company had a gorgeous Spring Show, along with our entire GHS Dance Department. Congratulations to all of our Gems and to the Guardians/Cheer that were involved in this awesome production!
  
  
• The Glenn Wind Ensemble went to UIL and brought home "Excellent" ratings on stage and "Superior" ratings in Sight-Reading!

This Week: Band Rehearsals & Events

Band Rehearsals & Events

Please click here to check the Glenn Band Calendar for this week (April 10-14).

*For Indoor Percussion & Gems Calendars, please check those specific rehearsal calendars.

**Band sectional schedules are listed later in the newsletter and not listed below.

• Monday, April 17th
• Symphonic Band Full Rehearsal, 3:50-4:50pm
  
  
• Wednesday, April 19th
  
• Symphonic Band UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Contest @ Leander HS
  
  
• Thursday, April 20th
• Movement Camp, 4:30pm
• Bond Presentation @ GHS Union for Band Parents, 7:15pm
  
• Marching Band Season Information Meeting @ GHS Union, 7:30pm

NEW: UIL Concert & Sight Reading Contest Times (Full Schedules)

UIL is here! Please see below for details:

*We WILL feed students lunch on their UIL days. Please make sure that they eat breakfast on their performance day.

FULL ITINERARIES POSTED HERE

SYMPHONIC BAND UIL Concert & Sight-Reading Evaluation

Location: Leander High School Performing Arts Center

Date: WEDNESDAY, April 19th

Bus Loading Time: 9:35am

Leave GHS: 10:05am

Arrive @ LHS: 10:20am

Warm-Up: 10:50-11:25am

Move to Stage: 11:25-11:35am

Concert Performance: 11:35am

Sight-Reading Performance: 12:10pm

REMINDER: Glenn Band Inaugural "Young Artist Contest"

We are hosting our first annual solo contest this year called the "Young Artist Contest"(YAC) on April 27th after school. The purpose of the YAC is to give students more musical experiences learning a solo, playing with a piano accompaniment, and having music literature to practice outside of the UIL concert music. This is not a new concept in LISD as every other school in the district already has their own YAC.

Every musician in the Glenn band program will play a solo for a judge and receive a rating 1-5. Students have already either selected their own solo or have had a solo given to them. Students that have a solo with piano accompaniment will have to pay $50. This pays for 2 rehearsals during class leading up to their YAC performance and also pays for the actual performance as well. All the piano accompanists received the music for their given students over spring break.

The payment for the piano accompanist will be due by April 27th and be paid to the boosters. If you are in need of financial support or want to help pay for these phenomenal pianists we hired please reach out to Mr. Fig - Jeremiah.Figlewicz@leanderisd.org. All other questions regarding YAC should be directed to Mr. Travis - Zack.Travis@leanderisd.org.

REMINDER: Mark your calendars: 23-24 Marching Band Meeting - Thursday, 3/20

• This meeting will cover information, policies, and forms for the 2023-2024 marching band season
• Students will be coming from the April Movement Camp.
• Parent meeting will begin at 7:00pm, with the student/parent portion beginning afterwards (around 7:20pm).
• 2023 MARCHING SHOW REVEAL will also take place at this meeting!!

REMINDER: Calendar for 2023-2024

At their January 26th meeting the LISD School Board approved the school calendar for the 2023-2024 academic year. You can find the calendar at the "Board Brief" listed here.

With this in mind, we have begun planning the dates and times for next summer and fall. These can be found on our Google Calendar at GlennBand.org. Please note that these dates and times may change and changes will be communicated to families and posted to the Google Calendar.

Summer Band 23-24 Overview

• DCI San Antonio Trip (details below): Saturday, July 22
• Leadership Training Camp (leaders only): Monday-Tuesday, July 24-25
• Summer Band Week 1 (FULL BAND): Wednesday-Friday, July 26-28
• Summer Band Week 2 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, July 31-August 4
• Summer Band Week 3 (FULL BAND): Monday-Friday, August 7-11
  
• Summer Band & First Week of School: Monday-Friday, August 14-18

Marching Band Contests 2023-2024 (Preliminary Dates)

• BOA Austin - September 23
• Vista Ridge Marching Contest - October 7
• Region Marching Contest - October 10
• UPDATED: Texas Marching Classic - October 14
• 5A Area Marching Contest - October 28
• BOA San Antonio - November 3 & 4
• 5A State Marching Band Contest - November 6 & 7

**Some events, like Festival of Bands, rehearsal calendar, and stadium dates are still TBD from LISD. Some events may also be subject to change based on local contest calendars. I'm very confident in the above contest dates, please start planning now!

Summer Band Rehearsals & Contest Day Notes

As with all Texas high school bands, please plan for your student to be at all of the above events. Look ahead now for SAT and ACT dates, as well as for vacation planning. I'll be heading to my log cabin in Wisconsin in June for a while so that I can be back for summer band! Please begin planning your summer/fall calendars for travel and testing now - we are SO EXCITED for next year's marching season and a big part of our success is having 100% attendance!

Conflicts are sure to come up - if you see these, please email me or Mr. Travis to let us know so that we can try to help with any possible solutions. Thank you!