RCHS Bands - Course Offerings
RCHS Bands offers a wide variety of instrumental music courses for all levels of students in our school...
RCHS Bands is a rapidly growing Fine Arts program here at Rock Canyon and we encourage all student musicians to participate. Our Marching program ranked as one of the top 15 5A High School bands in the state of Colorado this season with its highest score in school history and will be taking a trip with AdvantageEdgeTours in Spring of 2017! The Concert, Symphonic, and Jazz programs are all reaching new heights this year. We'd love to have students join us as we continue to strive for excellence!
***Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band are YEAR LONG courses. Marching Band, Color Guard, and Music Production are semester courses.
Auditions for select ensembles will be held in April. Students must be CHSAA eligible at time of auditions and throughout the upcoming year to be considered for any select ensemble.
RCHS Bands is a rapidly growing Fine Arts program here at Rock Canyon and we encourage all student musicians to participate. Our Marching program ranked as one of the top 15 5A High School bands in the state of Colorado this season with its highest score in school history and will be taking a trip with AdvantageEdgeTours in Spring of 2017! The Concert, Symphonic, and Jazz programs are all reaching new heights this year. We'd love to have students join us as we continue to strive for excellence!
***Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Jazz Band are YEAR LONG courses. Marching Band, Color Guard, and Music Production are semester courses.
Auditions for select ensembles will be held in April. Students must be CHSAA eligible at time of auditions and throughout the upcoming year to be considered for any select ensemble.
Symphonic BandSymphonic Band is an audition only ensemble that performs both on and off campus year round. This ensemble covers the intermediate fundamentals of musicianship and explores a more advanced selection of repertoire.
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Concert BandConcert Band is open to all grade levels of band students. The class focuses on fundamental musicianship and appropriate quality repertoire. The Concert Band performs throughout the school year at on campus concerts.
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Marching BandMarching Band is course that meets outside of the school day (zero hour on schedule) and encompasses all parts of our Fall season competitive field show. It is open to all grade levels. The marching band performs regularly throughout the fall at football games, pep rallies, and competitions off campus. You must participate in a Band class to be eligible for this ensemble.
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Jazz BandJazz Band is an audition only course that focuses on the fundamentals of jazz and a variety of repertoire. This course is intended to be a supplementary course. You are more likely to be selected for this ensemble if you also participate in another band class. This ensemble performs on and off campus year round.
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Digital Audio ProductionThe newest course offering for the upcoming year is Digital Audio Production. This course is open to 10-12th graders by teacher recommendation from Mr. Fruits or Mr. McClurg and covers all the basics of audio production.
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Color Guard TechniquesIf you wish to participate in marching band as a Color Guard member you must enroll in the Color Guard Techniques course instead of our Marching Band course. This course is also where students can learn more about the activity and basic moves for future participation in the guard.
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