CONCERT BAND
SYMPHONC BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE
JAZZ BANDS I, II and III
COMPETITIVE MARCHING BAND
PEP BAND
SYMPHONC BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE
JAZZ BANDS I, II and III
COMPETITIVE MARCHING BAND
PEP BAND
CONCERT BAND
1 year, 1 credit; grade 9; prerequisite: enrollment in middle school band
1 year, 1 credit; grade 9; prerequisite: enrollment in middle school band
Upper grade students may elect this course to study a second instrument or TA with instructor consent. This course demands outside hours.
The first quarter of the school year is focused on marching. Marching basics for field and street will be taught, as will literature for marching band. All members of the Concert Band will participate with the Red Raider Marching Band in all parade performances which include: Homecoming Pep Rally, Homecoming Parade, and Homecoming game performances. All performances are required, graded assessments. In addition to the homecoming performances mentioned above, all members of the Concert Band are required to perform in the Milwaukee Holiday Parade and the Wauwatosa Independence Day Parade.
This ensemble offers wind and percussion players an opportunity to study and perform various musical works for the wind band. Formal concerts are required, graded assessments.
Students in Concert Band are required to prepare for and perform at the Wisconsin School Music Association district Solo-Ensemble Festival. This always falls on the first Saturday in March and is hosted at Tosa West HS. Other opportunities for Concert Band members include Jazz Ensemble II, III and Pep Band.
Attendance at all performances and rehearsals is a course requirement. Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules.
Students will be expected to purchase or pay for some personal and instructional items, as well as course-related expenses such as marching shoes, gloves, lyre, T-shirt and uniform maintenance. Percussionists are required to provide their own concert snare sticks and mallets. Concert attire is all black.
The first quarter of the school year is focused on marching. Marching basics for field and street will be taught, as will literature for marching band. All members of the Concert Band will participate with the Red Raider Marching Band in all parade performances which include: Homecoming Pep Rally, Homecoming Parade, and Homecoming game performances. All performances are required, graded assessments. In addition to the homecoming performances mentioned above, all members of the Concert Band are required to perform in the Milwaukee Holiday Parade and the Wauwatosa Independence Day Parade.
This ensemble offers wind and percussion players an opportunity to study and perform various musical works for the wind band. Formal concerts are required, graded assessments.
Students in Concert Band are required to prepare for and perform at the Wisconsin School Music Association district Solo-Ensemble Festival. This always falls on the first Saturday in March and is hosted at Tosa West HS. Other opportunities for Concert Band members include Jazz Ensemble II, III and Pep Band.
Attendance at all performances and rehearsals is a course requirement. Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules.
Students will be expected to purchase or pay for some personal and instructional items, as well as course-related expenses such as marching shoes, gloves, lyre, T-shirt and uniform maintenance. Percussionists are required to provide their own concert snare sticks and mallets. Concert attire is all black.
SYMPHONIC BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE
1 year, 1 credit; grades 9, 10, 11, 12
1 year, 1 credit; grades 9, 10, 11, 12
All students in the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble class constitute the Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band. Field and Parade marching are a required part of this course. Attendance at all rehearsals, summer band camp, sectionals, and marching performances is required.
Students in this course are divided into two ensembles based on the results from their individual playing assessments (chair auditions). These ensembles offer wind and percussion players an opportunity to study and perform more advanced musical works for the wind band. The two ensembles may, on occasion, work together on literature for a larger, combined ensemble. Formal concerts are required, graded assessments.
Students in Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble are required to prepare for and perform at the Wisconsin School Music Association District Solo-Ensemble Festival. This always falls on the first Saturday in March and is hosted at Tosa West HS. Other performance opportunities for Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble members include Jazz Ensemble I, II or III, Pit Ensemble,Symphony Orchestra and Pep Band.
Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules.
Students will be expected to purchase or pay for some personal and instructional items, as well as course-related expenses such as marching shoes, gloves, lyre, T-shirt and uniform maintenance. Percussionists are required to provide their own concert snare sticks and mallets. Concert attire is all black.
Students in this course are divided into two ensembles based on the results from their individual playing assessments (chair auditions). These ensembles offer wind and percussion players an opportunity to study and perform more advanced musical works for the wind band. The two ensembles may, on occasion, work together on literature for a larger, combined ensemble. Formal concerts are required, graded assessments.
Students in Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble are required to prepare for and perform at the Wisconsin School Music Association District Solo-Ensemble Festival. This always falls on the first Saturday in March and is hosted at Tosa West HS. Other performance opportunities for Symphonic Band/Wind Ensemble members include Jazz Ensemble I, II or III, Pit Ensemble,Symphony Orchestra and Pep Band.
Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules.
Students will be expected to purchase or pay for some personal and instructional items, as well as course-related expenses such as marching shoes, gloves, lyre, T-shirt and uniform maintenance. Percussionists are required to provide their own concert snare sticks and mallets. Concert attire is all black.
JAZZ BANDS
Jazz Ensemble I
1 year, meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, during zero hour (7-7:50am), 1/2 credit; by audition only.
Jazz Ensemble I is an advanced performance class for students who are concurrently enrolled in band, choir, or orchestra and who have the necessary playing proficiency on a standard jazz big band instrument. This course is also offered to students who play guitar or piano. Students playing guitar or piano must be studying privately and able to read music.
Students will experience an intensive rehearsal experience in big band jazz literature including big band charts, swing, Latin, funk, blues, and straight-ahead jazz. Historical perspectives and listening to jazz are a part of the course. Students will work on improvisation skills and ability to improvise is strongly recommended before taking this course.
Auditions for this ensemble will take place in February or March for the next school year. Students are expected to be consistent in meeting all course obligations including attending class and being on time for class. Failure to meet these requirements will negatively impact a student’s grade and may result in being dropped from the course.
Attendance at all rehearsals and performances, including travel to and from performances at local and regional jazz festivals, is a course requirement. Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules before auditioning for the class. Concert attire is all black.
Jazz Ensemble I
1 year, meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, during zero hour (7-7:50am), 1/2 credit; by audition only.
Jazz Ensemble I is an advanced performance class for students who are concurrently enrolled in band, choir, or orchestra and who have the necessary playing proficiency on a standard jazz big band instrument. This course is also offered to students who play guitar or piano. Students playing guitar or piano must be studying privately and able to read music.
Students will experience an intensive rehearsal experience in big band jazz literature including big band charts, swing, Latin, funk, blues, and straight-ahead jazz. Historical perspectives and listening to jazz are a part of the course. Students will work on improvisation skills and ability to improvise is strongly recommended before taking this course.
Auditions for this ensemble will take place in February or March for the next school year. Students are expected to be consistent in meeting all course obligations including attending class and being on time for class. Failure to meet these requirements will negatively impact a student’s grade and may result in being dropped from the course.
Attendance at all rehearsals and performances, including travel to and from performances at local and regional jazz festivals, is a course requirement. Students and parents should reference published rehearsal and performance schedules before auditioning for the class. Concert attire is all black.
Jazz Ensemble II - TR
Jazz Ensemble III - TR
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Studies Program has hosted performances by the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble for the past 14 years. Guest artists have included Larry Ridley, Randy Brecker, Steve Turre, Willie Pickens, Art Davis, Charles McPherson, Terell Stafford, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, and Carl Allen. The NIU band is under the direction of Professor Ronald Carter.
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Studies Program annually presents a series of clinics and workshops on jazz performance technique, jazz improvisation, and the interpretation of the music of Duke Ellington. Clinicians include Professors Reggie Thomas of Michigan State University, Rick Haydon of Southern Illinois University and Professor Ronald Carter, of Northern Illinois University; All of these guest artist/clinicians are also on the staff of Jazz At Lincoln Center’s “Essentially Ellington” program.
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Ensemble I records the music of Duke Ellington and are regular participants in the national “Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Ensemble Competition and Festival” sponsored by New York’s Jazz At Lincoln Center. Jazz Ensemble I is consistently ranked among the best bands in America through this festival of Duke Ellington’s music.
The East Bands annually present a clinic/concert appearance by the faculty jazz trio of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. All East Bands students participate in the jazz workshops presented by the trio.
In 2010 Wauwatosa East High School Jazz Ensemble I was selected one of 15 national finalists in the “Jazz At Lincoln Center ‘Essentially Ellington’ National High School Jazz Ensemble Competition”. 1550 competition packets were sent to schools throughout America and several foreign countries. Finalist bands were selected by blind audition. At the finals competition in New York this past May Jazz I gave a phenomenally swinging performance and received a standing ovation from the members of the other finalist ensembles.
Jazz Ensemble III - TR
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Studies Program has hosted performances by the Northern Illinois University Jazz Ensemble for the past 14 years. Guest artists have included Larry Ridley, Randy Brecker, Steve Turre, Willie Pickens, Art Davis, Charles McPherson, Terell Stafford, Benny Golson, Wycliffe Gordon, and Carl Allen. The NIU band is under the direction of Professor Ronald Carter.
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Studies Program annually presents a series of clinics and workshops on jazz performance technique, jazz improvisation, and the interpretation of the music of Duke Ellington. Clinicians include Professors Reggie Thomas of Michigan State University, Rick Haydon of Southern Illinois University and Professor Ronald Carter, of Northern Illinois University; All of these guest artist/clinicians are also on the staff of Jazz At Lincoln Center’s “Essentially Ellington” program.
The Wauwatosa East Jazz Ensemble I records the music of Duke Ellington and are regular participants in the national “Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Ensemble Competition and Festival” sponsored by New York’s Jazz At Lincoln Center. Jazz Ensemble I is consistently ranked among the best bands in America through this festival of Duke Ellington’s music.
The East Bands annually present a clinic/concert appearance by the faculty jazz trio of the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. All East Bands students participate in the jazz workshops presented by the trio.
In 2010 Wauwatosa East High School Jazz Ensemble I was selected one of 15 national finalists in the “Jazz At Lincoln Center ‘Essentially Ellington’ National High School Jazz Ensemble Competition”. 1550 competition packets were sent to schools throughout America and several foreign countries. Finalist bands were selected by blind audition. At the finals competition in New York this past May Jazz I gave a phenomenally swinging performance and received a standing ovation from the members of the other finalist ensembles.
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THE RED RAIDER MARCHING BAND
The Red Raider Marching Band was recently invited to participate in the 2015 Rome New Years Day Parade. In 2012 the band participated in 252nd New York St. Patrick's Day Parade where they marched down 5th Avenue performing for millions of people. The Red Raider Marching Band was also name Best Marching Unit in the Milwaukee St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2012.
The Red Raider Marching Band's 2014 competitive marching show this year was entitled "Motown Magic".
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performs regularly at area and regional marching competitions, including Germantown High School’s “Marching Band Madness”, the Cudahy High School Marching Invitational, Waukesha South "MarchFest" and the Wisconsin State Marching Band Championships.
Past Performances and Awards:
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the Queen of England at the 2011 25th Anniversary London New Year’s Day Parade and Music Festival. More than 600,000 people watched the parade live on the streets of London, and an international television audience of 280 million people viewed the parade via the BBC broadcast. While in London, the East Wind Symphony and East Jazz Ensemble I performed to enthusiastic audiences at the prestigious Cadogan Hall.
The Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the governments of Paris and Chantilly, France at the 2008/09 Paris Parade Festival. The East Bands were thrilled to be the only American band selected to represent the United States. As well as marching events in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and in Chantilly, East concert and jazz groups performed at the American Cathedral in Paris. The Cathedral is a national monument.
The Wauwatosa East Red Raider Marching Band won the Best Musicianship Award at the 2009 City of Wauwatosa Independence Day Parade.
The Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the Queen of England at the 2007 London New Year’s Day Parade, and were rated as one of the top three bands in the parade. East concert and jazz groups performed to standing ovations at Central Hall Westminster.
2013 marked the fourteenth appearance of the Red Raider Marching Band at the televised Milwaukee, Wisconsin Holiday Parade.
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performed before more than 2 million people live, in addition to a large television audience, as Wisconsin’s representative to the 2005 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade. East concert and jazz groups also performed in New York, and at Temple University in Philadelphia during their 2005 East Coast Tour.
The Wauwatosa East Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation at the inaugural Edinburgh, Scotland Easter Day Parade on Easter Sunday, 2003. The East Concert Bands and Jazz Ensemble I performed at the “Music for Edinburgh” Gala Concert Series while on tour in Scotland.
The Red Raider Marching Band was recently invited to participate in the 2015 Rome New Years Day Parade. In 2012 the band participated in 252nd New York St. Patrick's Day Parade where they marched down 5th Avenue performing for millions of people. The Red Raider Marching Band was also name Best Marching Unit in the Milwaukee St. Patrick's Day Parade in 2012.
The Red Raider Marching Band's 2014 competitive marching show this year was entitled "Motown Magic".
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performs regularly at area and regional marching competitions, including Germantown High School’s “Marching Band Madness”, the Cudahy High School Marching Invitational, Waukesha South "MarchFest" and the Wisconsin State Marching Band Championships.
Past Performances and Awards:
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the Queen of England at the 2011 25th Anniversary London New Year’s Day Parade and Music Festival. More than 600,000 people watched the parade live on the streets of London, and an international television audience of 280 million people viewed the parade via the BBC broadcast. While in London, the East Wind Symphony and East Jazz Ensemble I performed to enthusiastic audiences at the prestigious Cadogan Hall.
The Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the governments of Paris and Chantilly, France at the 2008/09 Paris Parade Festival. The East Bands were thrilled to be the only American band selected to represent the United States. As well as marching events in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and in Chantilly, East concert and jazz groups performed at the American Cathedral in Paris. The Cathedral is a national monument.
The Wauwatosa East Red Raider Marching Band won the Best Musicianship Award at the 2009 City of Wauwatosa Independence Day Parade.
The Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation of the Queen of England at the 2007 London New Year’s Day Parade, and were rated as one of the top three bands in the parade. East concert and jazz groups performed to standing ovations at Central Hall Westminster.
2013 marked the fourteenth appearance of the Red Raider Marching Band at the televised Milwaukee, Wisconsin Holiday Parade.
The Wauwatosa East High School Red Raider Marching Band performed before more than 2 million people live, in addition to a large television audience, as Wisconsin’s representative to the 2005 New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade. East concert and jazz groups also performed in New York, and at Temple University in Philadelphia during their 2005 East Coast Tour.
The Wauwatosa East Red Raider Marching Band performed by invitation at the inaugural Edinburgh, Scotland Easter Day Parade on Easter Sunday, 2003. The East Concert Bands and Jazz Ensemble I performed at the “Music for Edinburgh” Gala Concert Series while on tour in Scotland.
PEP BAND
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