Welcome to the Pequannock Township High School Music Website!
Our PTHS Music Program is dedicated to providing students with a high-quality music education that is rooted in performance, musicianship, and personal development. We are proud to offer students extensive opportunities to participate in music. Check out our opportunies for instrumental, vocal, theatre, and color guard. Our ensembles and activities foster teamwork, creativity, discipline, and a lifelong appreciation of music.
Week Schedule for Extra Curriculars:
Open the Music Departments
Full Calendar here:
Our Spring Trip is less than two weeks away!! All attendees please check your emails for reminders.
Congrats to the Jazz Band on their performance at the New Jersey State Festival Prelim at Wayne Valley High School last Wednesday and receiving a Silver Rating! (pictures below)
Congrats to our Color Guard for their performance at Bridgewater Raritan High School this last Saturday! Their next competition is March 28th at Elizabeth High School.
The Addams Family Cast and Crew Bios are due in Classroom on March 27th.
Our Indoor Percussion has their first competition on March 28th at Fair Lawn High School!
Band Students: consider the West Milford Band Academy this summer!
Things to Check Out:
Here our the YouTube videos from our Holiday Concert, 2025
Instrumental private lesson / studio list for students interested in taking lessons.
Check out the website Pequannock Valley Middle School's Band Program here
Spring Trip Information:
- See information regarding our Music Department Spring Trip here! Highlights of the trip will include attending a performance of the Philadelphia Orchestra, attending a live performance of 'The Wizard of Oz' at Toby's Dinner Theatre, performing at Baltimore's Inner Harbor (Concert Band and Concert Choir), visiting the Baltimore National Aquarium, and sightseeing in Washington D.C.
- Permission Slips and Forms can be found here. which are due by March 6th.
2026:
March 19 - Spring Trip Luggage Check at 6:15 and meeting at 7 pm
March 20-22 - Spring Music Department Trip
March 26 - Music in Our Schools Month Concert, 7 pm
March 28 - Indoor Percussion Competition at Fair Lawn High School
April 1 - An Evening With the Addams Fundraiser 7pm
April 23, 24 and 25 - Spring Musical
April 28 - Marching Band 2026 Open House, 7 pm
April 30 - PTHS and PV Jazz Night, 7 pm
May 14 - Concert Band Dress Rehearsal, 6-8 pm
May 20 - Spring Concert, 7 pm
May 29 - Spring Cabaret 7pm
June 2 - Music Department Banquet at the Brownstone, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
June 10 - Chamber Night Concert, 7 pm
June 18 - PTHS Graduation, Concert Band Performance
The PTHS Jazz Band performing at Wayne Valley High School as part of the New Jersey State Jazz Band Festival on Wednesday, March 4th.
Ms. Granholm had the opportunity to attend the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region Conference in Providence, Rhode Island! She spent the weekend learning from incredible choral conductors from all around the world, watching inspiring performances, and connecting with other choir directors.
(Photos: Ms. Granholm with some awesome NJ Choir teachers, Scott Hoying from Pentatonix performing in the Headliner concert with the NYCGMC, Miami Arts Studio's Cindy Ellis conducting the 2026 All-Eastern SSAA Honors Choir)
Lana, Damian, and Claire performing at the Madison Community Arts Center for Jersey Jazz LIVE! on March 1, 2026. See somemore pictures and short videos here
"Music, and therefore education in it, is crucial to human flourishing.
Music teaches us things about our common humanity that are worth knowing. Studying and making music changes who we are and what we expect from life."
Wayne Bowman