High Desert Middle School Band
Updates, Events, and Information for HDMS Band Students and Parents
Calling all interested and motivated HDMS band students! Are you looking for a musical challenge this fall? Submit an audition for the 2025 Oregon Middle School All-State Band! The Oregon All-State Middle School Band is an elite ensemble composed of Oregon's most talented middle school musicians. Students are selected through a highly competitive audition process, …
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(Español) (This post is for 7th and 8th graders in Intermediate, Advanced, and Jazz Band) Our Spring band concert is this week! This concert will feature Intermediate, Advanced, and Jazz Bands performing music to celebrate the culmination of the school year. Where: Caldera High School Theatre Enter either the West or East side of the …
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This is a reminder that our 6th Grade Band Concert is next Thursday, May 23, at 7 PM in the HDMS Gymnasium. Please click on the link below for more information. 6th Grade Band Concert Information Thank you, and I will see you next Thursday! ______________________________________ Buenos dÃas, padres de familia y estudiantes de banda …
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It has been an exciting year of music for the High Desert Middle School bands! Below is a recap of HDMS band achievements over the past few months. Feel free to share this post and the social media posts linked below, and congratulate these amazing band students. Our last two performances of the year will …
March is nationally known as Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM)! What is MIOSM, you ask? According to the National Association for Music Education (NAfME): "The purpose of MIOSM is to raise awareness of the importance of music education for all children – and to remind citizens that school is where all children should have …
(This post is for 7th and 8th graders in Intermediate, Advanced, and Jazz Band) Our March band concert is two weeks away! This concert will feature Intermediate, Advanced, and Jazz Bands performing music prepared for our festival field trips. Where: Caldera High School Theatre Enter either the West or East side of the school. The …
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(This post is for 7th and 8th graders in Intermediate and Advanced Band) We have learned our notes (...mostly), are working hard to polish our ensemble sound, and are ready to go to band festival! Band festival is a yearly event where school bands perform on stage for a panel of adjudicators (judges) and receive …
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HDMS Band Parents, I need your help. I would like to start thinking about fundraising to update some of the HDMS band equipment. The HDMS band room has not seen any reinvestment in equipment since the school opened 30 years ago, and we are constantly battling broken and poorly functioning equipment. The tubas have holes …
Advanced Band will be traveling to Portland, OR, on Saturday, April 27, 2024, for the Music In The Parks festival. We will perform at Gladstone High School in Portland and then go to Oaks Park Amusement Park to enjoy an afternoon of fun. Details are linked below. Advanced Band @ MITP Payment for attending the …
I am just getting over a lovely strep throat infection, and this has reminded me of the importance of instrument hygiene. Yesterday, I cleaned and sanitized my trumpet, trombone, and flute and changed the reed on my clarinet. Not properly cleaning your instrument and mouthpiece can lead to re-infection and more sickness (saxophone lung is …
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