2020 Virtual Band Festival
A Virtual Performance Opportunity for Concert Bands*
Concert | Adjudication | Comments | Ratings
May 2, 2020
Schedule of Event
Nash Central Middle School Concert Band
Director: Marion Mann
The Nash Central Middle School Concert Band is from Nashville, North Carolina and is made up of 6-8th grade students. This ensemble only rehearses before and after school a few times a week. 2020 was going to be the first time in over 2 decades this school has had an ensemble perform at the North Carolina Music Performance Adjudication. Due to COVID-19 this trip was canceled only days before the event. In the last year, the Nash Central Middle School band has over doubled in size and has had many students tryout and make district and state honors bands.
8:30 PT | 9:30 MT | 10:30 CT | 11:30 ET
Pine Creek High School
Kate Flynn Margrave
Passion, perseverance and love. For all we do. We want to play musically and love telling our musical story!
Silverton High Wind Ensemble
Frank Petrik
The Silverton Wind Ensemble is one of the communities most celebrated performing ensembles. It is the mission of the Silverton High School Bands Program to instill musical excellence in the organization’s membership and performing ensembles and foster a sense of community and school spirit among all stakeholders through the performance of music.The students in this ensemble are dedicated to making music at the highest level of artistry. The student musicians also hold an average GPA above 3.6. The Silverton Wind Ensemble has participated in the Oregon School Athletics and Activities State Band Championships for the past 6 years and has placed in the top 5 for 5 consecutive years In addition to their OSAA performances, the Silverton Wind Ensemble has performed at the OMEA All State and is currently working with Eric Funk, Professor of music and composition at Montana State University on a commission entitled "SilverFalls". The band looks forward to coming back together to continue their work on this piece and making music.
Ramona High School Wind Ensemble
Brian Gallagher
The Ramona High School Dynasty Band and Color Guard is a key component of the instrumental music program and Riverside Arts Magnet program at Ramona High School. The instrumental music program is proud to include the Dynasty Marching Band, 2 full concert bands, string orchestra, jazz ensemble, 2 winter percussion ensembles, color guard and the newest addition to the program, Mariachi dinastía de Ramona.
Ramona High School is a Title 1 school in southern California. 82% of our students are on the free/reduced lunch program. This has never stopped our music program from striving to provide the best experience for our students. We pride ourselves on a program that provides unique opportunities in music unmatched by any classroom experience offered.
The Ramona High School Dynasty has been nationally recognized for their excellence in performance and has appeared in the 2004 Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade, the 2006 New Year’s Day Parade in Paris, France, the 2014 Hollywood Christmas Parade and the 2017 Hawaii Music Festival. In March 2019 the Ramona High School Wind Ensemble performed at the world famous Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of the “Sounds of Spring” Music Festival. The Ramona Dynasty regularly performs at football games, parades, contests, and various performance opportunities in the Southern California area.
In 2016 and 2018, the Ramona Dynasty was awarded the Varsity Brands “Spirt of Sound” Pep Band Award and they are nominated for the same award in 2019. 2017 they were the recipients of the Give A Note Foundation Music in our Schools Tour Grant and the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation Grant.
In 2016 the Ramona Dynasty had the honor of being inducted into the Guinness Book of Hall of Fame for the “World’s Largest Monopoly Board” as part of their field show production RAMONOPOLY.
11:30 PT | 12:30 MT | 1:30 CT | 2:30 ET
Monticello Middle School Symphonic Band
Amanda J. Allen
Located in Central Illinois, the Monticello School District serves a population of about 1,700 students in grades K-12. The Monticello Middle School band program has had a long history of excellence. The bands have been chosen to perform at the University of Illinois Superstate Band Festival and the Illinois Music Educators Conference. The Symphonic Band was named a 2018 State Level Winner in the Mark of Excellence Music Festival. The Monticello Middle School Symphonic Band is an extracurricular ensemble that meets three times a week before school. We are proud of these young students commitment to music making!
Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Wind Ensemble
John Aguilar
Established in the Fall of 2017, the Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Wind Ensemble prides itself in high-quality musicianship, student leadership, and life-long friendship. The band has a standard of excellence through its performance of musical selections that range from military marches to modern contemporary concert band compositions. The Wind Ensemble performs in numerous community events, festivals, and competitions in the greater Northwest and beyond and has garnered Superior and Excellent ratings, along with First Place and Sweepstakes Awards. The Wind Ensemble also serves as a Pep Band and along with the Symphonic Band, forms the 140+ piece "The Marching Ravens", the only middle school marching band in the Seattle Public Schools. Recently, the Wind Ensemble was a part of the N-BEAM Consortium, a project that premiered new electro-acoustic (EA) concert band compositions. The band is under the direction of founding Director of Bands, Mr. John Aguilar.
12:30 PT | 1:30 MT | 2:30 CT | 3:30 ET
LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND
Curtis Melton
Due to the COVID-19 virus and the complications that have arisen due to this crisis, our school district got shut down on Friday, March 13th, and our advanced band festival performance was supposed to be THE VERY NEXT DAY. Due to the district shutdown, that included losing our band festival performance which was due to take place on Saturday 3/14. We were all crushed.
The videos I am submitting for this ensemble for this virtual festival, was from our PRE-festival concert, on February 26th, 2020, which was still two weeks from our actual band festival day.
LEGACY HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
Curtis Melton
This ensemble is the advanced band (top band out of 3 concert bands) at Legacy High School, in North Las Vegas, NV.
Due to the COVID-19 virus and the complications that have arisen due to this crisis, our school district got shut down on Friday, March 13th, and our advanced band festival performance was supposed to be THE VERY NEXT DAY. Due to the district shutdown, that included losing our band festival performance which was due to take place on Saturday 3/14. We were all crushed.
The videos I am submitting for this ensemble for this virtual festival, was from our PRE-festival concert, on February 26th, 2020, which was still two weeks from our actual band festival day.
2020 Adjudicators
How It Works
Sign up to have your pre-recorded audio or video performance streamed on festival day for adjudication by our world-class clinicians.
Or, skip the streamed performance and simply submit your recording to the adjudicators for feedback. Your choice!
Pay the fee to register your band. In your confirmation email is a PDF with all of the instructions to schedule your performance time.
2. Create your performance
Record video or audio of your band. Make it your best performance!
3. Submit your performance
Easily upload your scores and video or audio to our online form. Your performance will be streamed on festival day at the time you signed up for.
Or, if you opt out of streaming, your performance will go right to the adjudicators for comments and ratings.
VIDEO SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE APRIL 30.
4. Invite your audience
Friends and family from around the world can experience your performance. All you have to do is share the link.
5. Gather Your Feedback
All groups have the option of comments only, rating only, or both. Celebrate all your wins!
*This opportunity is for bands in the United States Only.