Concert Bands

The Douglas County Band program has three Large Ensemble Offerings. Each group consists of woodwind, brass, and percussion players who perform pieces of various instrumentation and styles. They are dedicated to performing the finest original wind literature from the Renaissance to the present. All groups are set by audition in late fall and participate in Large Group Performance Evaluation in the Spring as well as Spring concerts. Each group is ability based and promotes growth across groups by playing music that is appropriate to the players skill levels.

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The Wind Ensemble is our most challenging group, performing grade V/VI concert literature. Wind Ensemble generally consists of one student per part. Students hoping to audition for this group should be prepared to play 12 major scales and chromatic scales. Students in this group are expected to go above and beyond established expectations to maintain the performance quality of the group. This group is most appropriate for high performing students.

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The Symphonic Band performs grade IV/V concert literature. Symphonic Band generally consists of two-three students per part. Students hoping to audition for this group should be prepared to play 8 major scales, and chromatic scales. Students in this group are generally seniors, juniors, high performing sophomores and stellar freshmen.

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The Concert Band performs grade III/IV concert literature. Concert Band consists of two or more students per part. Students hoping to succeed in this group should be prepared to play 4 major scales, and chromatic scales. Students in this group are generally freshman and sophomores, or upperclassmen learning a secondary instrument.