WE'VE MOVED!

Now that the school/town website change is complete, I have converted the SHS Bands website to the same layout/format as the school/town site. The new site can be found HERE. Please update your bookmarks.

Jazz Combo Repertoire

Here is a playlist of the songs students interested in playing in a jazz combo should know.

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NYC Heritage Festival Results

On Saturday, March 15th, the Shrewsbury High School Concert Band and Jazz Band competed in the Heritage Music Festival at the Riverside Church in New York City. Both bands performed exceptionally. Here are the results of the competition:

CONCERT BAND

• 1st Place in the concert band category
• Silver Medal award (88 average)

JAZZ BAND

• 1st Place in the jazz ensemble category
• Gold Medal award (94 average)
• Adjudicator's Award for the highest scoring ensemble of the competition
• Maestro Award for Teddy Smongeski as most outstanding musician

In addition to the group awards, Shrewsbury High School received the Sweepstakes Award for having the two highest scoring ensembles of the competition.

CONGRATULATIONS - I AM VERY PROUD OF ALL OF OUR MUSICIANS!!!



I would also like to thank all of the chaperones (Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Catoe, Mrs. Domeij, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Gillman, Mrs. Hevey, Mr. Hummer, Mrs. Linstead, Mr. McInally, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Roy, and Mr. Stevens) as well as Mr. Largess and Ms. Weed for all of their help this weekend. The trip went exceptionally well thanks to these people. We were very fortunate to have such fantastic chaperones.




*For any students who would like to share their photos and videos, Mrs. Cobb has set up a folder on ClassScene for us. Log-on to ClassScene to access this folder.

2009-2010 Jazz Band and Wind Ensemble Results

The following are the results of the auditions for next year's Honors Wind Ensemble and Honors Jazz Band. I would like to thank everyone who auditioned for these two very select ensembles. I appreciate the time and effort that all of you obviously put into learning the audition piece(s). The fact that more and more students are auditioning each year shows that you care and have a passion for music, and the level of the playing that I am hearing in the auditions continues to improve and mature. As you know, the instrumentation for Honors Wind Ensemble and Honors Jazz Band is limited and there are not seats for everyone. We must maintain proper instrumentation in order to achieve the appropriate balance and blend. If you have any questions, please come see me.

Again, thank you all for your hard work and dedication to music. You should be proud of your growth.

Click HERE for the 2009 - 2010 HONORS JAZZ BAND

Click HERE for the 2009 - 2010 HONORS WIND ENSEMBLE

Jazz Band Take Home a SILVER!

The Shrewsbury High School Jazz Band earned a SILVER MEDAL in the annual MAJE Central District Festival last night. The festival, held at Algonquin Regional High School, showcased 18 jazz bands from Central Massachusetts. The Jazz Band from Shrewsbury played very well, and our clinician commented on the growth of the ensemble since the last time he had the chance to hear the group back in 2007. The members of the ensemble will listen to the audio tapes containing comments made by the three judges and work to polish the three charts in preparation for their next performance at the Heritage Music Festival in New York City on March 14th. The students did an excellent job and should be commended for their performance.

Special Award Winners:
Gina Cortese - trumpet
Megan Roy - trombone
Teddy Smongeski - trumpet

Below are the videos from last night's performance: