River Oaks Honors Band is an audition band open to 8th grade students and select 7th grade students. Spots for the Honors ensemble are first filled by 8th grade students through auditions, and remaining spots or instrumentation needs are filled by auditioned 7th grade students. The Honors Ensemble performs at Concert Performance Assessment (CPA) at the Charleston School of the Arts (SOA) for a rating in March. The ensemble may also travel to in-state or out-of-state festivals/competitions to be judged.