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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. As a Band program, we have traveled to the Kansas City Jazz Festival, Jazz Educations Network (JEN) national conference in New Orleans, and played at Disneyland.
CMS Thriller 2025-2026.mp4CMS Band Concerts 2026/2027
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:
October 28th CMS Band Concert 6pm
December 12th Thornton Winterfest performance for all bands (not jazz) TBD
December 16th CMS Jazz Concert (make-up Concert for Bands if Winterfest is Canceled)
March 17th CMS Band Concert 6pm
May 1st-4th Disney 2027 trip Info
May 12th All Bands CMS Concert 6pm @ CMS
Jazz Concerts/Festivals:
Horizon Jazz Festival (TBD)
February 12th Mile High Jazz Festival (TBD)
April 23rd 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), Standared of excellence 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.
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