High Desert Middle School Band
Updates, Events, and Information for HDMS Band Students and Parents
(Español a continuación) Attention, 8th-grade HDMS band students! The following message is an invitation from Mr. Hymans, band director at Caldera High School. This event is optional, but I hope we can pack the stands with as many future Wolfpack students as possible (you are welcome to come even if you are not planning to …
Are you scrambling like I am to find things for your kids to do this summer? Check out this list of summer music camps in the Northwest and beyond! Other than the information listed, I know little about most of these. However, I do know that Music @ Wallowa Lake and Northwest Band Camp are …
Continue reading "Summer Music Camps / Campamentos de música del verano"
Attention, 8th grade HDMS band students! The following message is an invitation from Mr. Hymans, band director at Caldera High School. This event is optional, but I hope we can pack the stands with as many future Wolfpack students as possible (you are welcome to come even if you are not planning to attend Caldera …
Continue reading "8th Grade Fly Up Night – Friday, September 20 @ Caldera High School"
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 días, padres de familia y estudiantes de banda …
Continue reading "6th Grade Band and Orchestra Concert – Thursday, May 23"
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 …
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 …
(Español a continuación) Welcome to the HDMS Band blog. All posts are written by your friendly band teacher, Mrs. Owen. This blog will be for public-facing information about the High Desert Middle School Band program (concerts, events, etc.). It will NOT be for assignments, tests, or anything having to do with teaching, learning, or assessment …
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