Percussion: Week of April 28 - May 4

Apr 27

Wow! What a great job this week percussion. Our concert was a huge success and congrats on a very fine performance at the North Garland Percussion Festival.

We turn our attention to a final stretch of concert band events (Recording session, End of the year concert, and American Classic Festival), and drumline auditions.

Cycle 4, Week 6 (B Week), April 28 - May 4

Monday
- Wind Ensemble from 3:30-5:30
Tuesday
- Symphonic Band from 3:30-5:30
Wednesday
- Special Olympics Send-Off (A1 at 8:45am)
- Leadership Training from 3:15-4:15 (for those applying for leadership positions)
- Drumline Clinic 2 from 5-6:30pm
Thursday
- Wind Ensemble Rehearsal from 3:30-5:30
Friday
- Wind Ensemble Honor Band Recording at Rockwall-Heath High School - during school day, estimated return to NFHS is 3:30pm
- Future Ranger Night starting at 4:30
Saturday
- Final Leadership Audition and Interviews
Sunday
- Free - May The Force Be With You

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.

Supplies

Please make sure you bring concert snare sticks and a practice pad to band class every day.

1 box of tissues per student is requested. One has observed this request, many more have used the tissues.

Percussion Ensemble

Congratulations on a strong finish to our “percussion ensemble season.” Our percussion concert was our most ambitious ever and it was very well executed.

At the North Garland Percussion Festival, the judges were very complimentary as those were two fine performances. While we did not come out on top in this contest, we did have our strongest competitive showing at this festival to date. One judge placed Watercolor Sun as the 6th best ensemble of the day (our of 12).

Concert Band for the Week

Wind Ensemble will rehearse on Monday and Thursday from 3:30-5:30. Symphonic Band will meet on Tuesday from 3:30-5:30. Please continue to stay aware of communications from Mr. Falls and Mr. Choi for rehearsal plans.

Wind Ensemble will have an honor band recording session at Rockwall-Heath High School on Friday. The performance time is 1:00 and estimated return time is 3:30.

Jazz Band will not rehearse this week.

Drumline Audition Clinics, Audition, Music Clinics and May Camp

The process of setting the 2025-2026 Naaman Forest Drumline continues this Wednesday with our 2nd Audition Clinic. Please look over the updated percussion section in the members portion of this website for details on our upcoming events for those that will be a part of our group next year.

Audition Clinics are designed to prepare students for auditions. It is a time to explore new instruments and learn the audition expectations.

Drumline Auditions are when students demonstrate their abilities individually and are formally placed on an instrument in our drumline.

Music Clinics are meant to establish the fundamentals of our assigned instruments and we begin learning music as an ensemble.

The May Drumline Camp is designed to introduce the first portion of our show, cadences, daily warm-ups, and marching fundamentals as we prepare for the well deserved summer break. At the end of this camp, we are truly the 2025-2026 Naaman Forest Drumline.

Drumline Send Offs and Celebrations

It is the time of the year when groups invite our drumline to add energy to celebrations please note the upcoming performances:

Wednesday, April 30 - 8:45am (during A1) for Special Olympics Send-Off

Wednesday, May 7 - 1:00pm (End of A4) for Choir Send-Off

Thursday, May 8 - 9:00am-10:30am - for GISD Signing Day (at the CCC)

Students will be Field-Tripped out for GISD Signing Day as it is a district event. For campus celebrations, teachers will receive notice of the event for students that are not already in band during the celebration time. It will be teacher discretion to provide permission to attend these send-offs.