Percussion: Week of April 26 - May 2
Congratulations on a wonderful showing this Saturday at the inaugural Timber Creek Percussion Festival! Bravo to everyone for your work on these selections and for representing yourselves and the school so well.
Drumline Auditions will be held this Friday and we have a few additional events surrounding our drumline preparations for next year’s group.
Cycle 4, Week 6 (A Week), April 26 - May 2
Monday
During A1 - Pads, Fallen Stars, Practice time for pass offs, Graduation music passed out.
No rehearsals after school, Symphonic Band Movie Night
Tuesday
During B5 - Pad Fundamentals, Graduation Music
During B6 - Pad Fundamentals, Doppletone, Graduation Music
During B7 - Mr. Mehrafshan working on Level 9-10 and Level E
No Rehearsal after school
Wednesday
During A1 - Fallen Stars, 4 Mallets
Drumline Auditions Clinic 3 from 5:00-6:30
Thursday
During B5 + B6 - 4 Mallet Fundamentals, Ensembles (Sculpture + Doppletone), Graduation Music
During B7 - Mr. Collins working on Level 10-11 and Level E/F
No Rehearsal after school
Friday (A Day)
During A1 - Fallen Stars, 4 Mallets
Drumline Auditions from 4:00-8:30
Saturday
Drumline May Music Clinic 1 from 12pm-2:00pm
Sunday
Weekly Band Updates + Announcements
Make sure you keep up with the weekly announcements for the whole band. You can access announcements at the top of the page, or by clicking HERE.
You can access the weekly band update by clicking HERE.
2026 Drumline Auditions
Audition Clinics - Final Clinic on April 29 from 5:00-6:30pm at Naaman Forest
These clinics are designed to prepare students for auditions. They are not mandatory, but are strongly recommended as part of the audition process. Student participation and progress made in these clinics will be considered in final placements
Audition - May 1 from 4pm-8pm
Individual auditions. Click HERE to sign up for your individual time.
Auditions are required for all members.
Music Clinics - May 2 and May 16 from 12:00-2:00pm
Required for all members of the 2026-2027 Drumline
May Drumline Camp - May 26-29 from 10am-4:30 at Naaman Forest
Required for all members of the 2026-2027 Drumline
Visit the Percussion Page for more details and to access the drumline packet. Reach out to Mr. Collins at ncollins@garlandisd.net with any questions and to discuss any potential conflicts.
Timber Creek Percussion Festival Recap
Click HERE to access a folder with recordings of our performance, judges tapes, and scoring breakdown.
Rogue Agent finished in 4th place, beating Martin High School with an overall average score of 82.3%.
Congratulations to Joshua on finishing as runner-up in the High School Advanced Snare Drum Solo Contest. Joshua ended up with a 1st division rating and an overall average score of 92%!
Congratulations to Sculpture in Wood in finishing in 2nd Place in the High School Intermediate Small division. Sculpture finished with an overall average score of 86.4% and Matt Moore gave the performance an overall score of a 95%! These are some of the highest scores our percussion ensemble has ever received in a contest performance.
Graduation, Banquet and May Chamber Concert
Band Banquet on May 3
May Ensemble Concert on May 13
Fallen Stars and Doppletone will be performed
Graduation on May 23
After school Graduation Band Rehearsals on May 14 and 21 from 3:15-5:15
Details on these events are found in the weekly band newsletter.
Drumline Jersey Payment
Drumline Jersey payments are past due. Multiple students/families have not made payments and will be receiving notice in the coming week requesting payments be made immediately. Please review past weekly percussion updates for details on costs and how to provide payment.
Upcoming Assignments
Timpani, Drumset and 4 Mallet Pass-offs - 1 due each week (Minor Grade) and all due by May 15 (Major Grade)
