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Welcome to the Century Middle School Band Program
Welcome to the Century Middle School Band Program
Over the past few years the CMS band program has been awarded “Superior” ratings at the CBA (Colorado Bandmasters Association) Band Festival, Mile High Jazz Festival and UNC Jazz Festival. In addition, we were selected twice to perform at the CMEA (Colorado Music Educator Association) State Conference at the Broadmoor Hotel as the middle school jazz ensemble to represent the state (picture from 2022 CMEA).
CMS Band Concerts 2025/2026
All concerts (unless specified otherwise) are at CMS in the Gym from 6-8pm. Students need to wear concert black - all black dress clothes, black shoes etc. (I strongly recommend looking at Mile High Thrift store as they have everything separated by color and you don't know how long they will fit in these clothes).
Important Dates:
Oct 3rd 8th Grade band @ HHS Football game
Oct 23rd 8th Grade Band @ MRHS Football game
October 29th
December 17th (maybe replaced with Thornton Winterfest)
March 18th
May 13th
Jazz Concerts/Festivals:
JEN Festival January 8-11th (Click here for info)
Mile High Jazz Festival (TBD)
UNC Jazz Festival (TBD)
Practice
CMS Band Students are expected to use their Smartmusic account to access music and practice tools throughout the year. Students are expected to practice 100 minutes per week and track their practice time in their method book (inside cover). This is the only homework given in this class and will make up about 1/2 of their total grade. Instructions for how to set-up Smartmusic accounts can be found in the students' schoology page.
Students will need:
An Instrument and a music stand (to use at home). Percussionists need a Mallet instrument (Xylophone/Bells, and Snare or practice pad) to use at home, and will need to bring stick bag with at least one pair of sticks (5a or 5b), yarn mallets, and plastic mallets!
Method book (Standard of Excellence book 1 (6th Grade),2 (7th Grade) or 3 (8th Grade), Jazz Ensemble Method (8th Jazz). Students will also be charged $15 fee on Pay-for-it for their Smartmusic subscription in which they will have access to all the method books and music.
3 ring binder with sheet protectors for sheet music and a pencil.
Click here for CMS Band Pics from 2024-2025
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