Melissa Palmer

 

 

Welcome to the Instrumental Music & Color Guard Program

 

2021 Informational Meetings and Ensemble Audition Requirements

Meeting Information:

Informational Meetings will be held on Zoom:

Color Guard – February 9th @ 7pm
Band & Marching Band – February 10th @ 7pm

Orchestra – February 11th @ 7pm

Click HERE to access the zoom meeting

• The meetings will feature a brief informational presentation (15-20 minutes) followed by time for questions.

• Check out the Band Booster Website (run by volunteer parents) by clicking here https://lakewoodhsmusic.org/

Planning to join the program? Fill out this form!

Band and Orchestra:

https://forms.gle/pAhWMpHGp6CaaeZz7

Color Guard:

https://forms.gle/Wx2n87DXP2XXT7YU7

 

Ensemble Audition Information

Lakewood High School has six different ensembles to choose from:

• Marching Band (no audition required, however you must be enrolled in another ensemble)

• Band 1-2 or 3-8 for returning students (no audition required)

• Orchestra 1-2 or 3-8 for returning students (no audition required)

• Symphonic Winds

• Philharmonic Orchestra

• Jazz Band

  Symphonic Winds is our top performing Concert Band. Students in the ensemble are held to a high musical standard. We perform at festivals and community events. If you would like to audition, please submit a google drive link with your audition video and a media release form (English ; Spanish) to mpalmer@lbschools.net AND eshegina@lbschools.net
  Audition Requirements: 2 Octave Chromatic Scale from your lowest to highest comfortable note and back down. The following concert pitch major scales: Bb, Db, B (as many octaves as capable). An excerpt, of approximately 30 seconds of length, demonstrating your best musicianship.

  Philharmonic Orchestra is our top performing Orchestra. Students in the ensemble are held to a high musical standard. We perform at festivals and community events. If you would like to audition, please submit a google drive link with your audition video and a media release form (English ; Spanish) to mpalmer@lbschools.net AND eshegina@lbschools.net
  Audition Requirements: 2 Octave Chromatic Scale up and down starting and ending on a note of your choice. The following major scales: A, D, and F (as many octaves as capable). An excerpt, of approximately 30 seconds of length, demonstrating your best musicianship.

  Jazz Band is our highest performing specialty ensemble. The Jazz Band is typically made up of 10-12th grade students, and occasionally a few 9th grade students. Jazz Band is made up of the following instruments: Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Electric Guitar, Bass (double bass and electric bass), Piano, Vibraphone, and Drum Set. We perform at many festivals and community events. If you would like to audition, or you play a different instrument that may fit in our ensemble, please contact mpalmer@lbschools.net AND eshegina@lbschools.net

**If you know someone who wants to be involved with the Marching Band, but they don’t play an instrument. Encourage them to join the Color Guard!! Contact our Color Guard Coach, Justin Wells: jwells@lbschools.net for more info.**

 

Want to see our Ensembles in action? Check out our YouTube page HERE

 

You can find more information about the program, as well as a calendar of events, and parent contact points on the Band Booster Page:

https://lakewoodhsmusic.org/

(Not affiliated with Lakewood High School or LBUSD)