The ABS Band program consists of three different curricular performance ensembles: Prepatory Band, Performance Band, Honors Performance Band.
Prepatory Band is our beginning band program for students new to instrumental music. It is a one year class that prepares students to enter the leveled high school ensembles.
Performance Band (Concert Band) is our middle ensemble consisting mostly of freshman and sophomore student musicians. This ensemble performs three concerts per academic year.
Honors Performance Band (Symphonic Wind Ensemble) is our top ensemble and is comprised of junior and senior student musicians. This ensemble performs three concerts per academic year and represents ABS at contests and festivals.
Current Concert Band Literature Includes:
Fort Canterbury Adventures: Fort Canterbury March, Scaling the North Wall, Mysterious Stranger, March of the Combat Patrol, The Canterbury regatta, Gathering of the Ranks at Hebron
Whirlwind
A Childhood Hymn
Current SWE Literature Includes:
Gandalf
Each Time You Tell Their Story
O Magnum Mysterium
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral
Espirit de Corps
The Belle of Chicago
March of the Steelman
God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman
Cloudburst
The Stars and Stripes Forever
The Honored Dead
Turning the Page *World Premiere*
Rhapsody for Euphonium and Band
Shadow Rituals