We play AWESOME music!
Learn a new instrument.
Compete in competitions as groups and individuals.
Go on fun trips.
When you get to high school, you get to travel a lot and play in many places across the state of Texas!
We perform at concerts, parades, pep rallies, special events, and even travel out of town! The Lincoln Band is famous!
Seventh and eighth graders travel each year to compete in a band festival in San Antonio and have fun at
Six Flags Fiesta Texas or Schlitterbahn Waterpark!
Students can look forward to all this and more in high school: football games, contests and amazing trips!
Recent Lake View Band trips include:
Disney
Colorado
New York City
Florida
The Lincoln Band is a positive, supportive environment in which students learn to create music on wind and percussion instruments. Students gain valuable experience being part of a team with a common goal, develop leadershipskills, responsibility, accountability, and build self-confidence and self-esteem!
Band students are held to the absolute highest standards of behavior, discipline, work ethic, and musicianship.
We help you become the
best musician and best person you can be!
Students who participated in arts programs in selected elementary and middle schools in New York City showed significant increases in self-esteem and thinking skills. — National Arts Education Research Center, New York University, 1990
Colleges give out millions of dollars in music scholarships across the country each year. You can get a scholarship by simply playing in the band! Even more scholarship money is available to those who pursue a music degree.
Students who participated in band reported the lowest lifetime and current use of all substances (alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs). — Texas Commission on Drug and Alcohol Abuse report, Houston Chronicle, January 1998
Please direct any questions and concerns to the band director at the phone number and e-mail listed below.
We look forward to working with your child next year!