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Friday, March 12
CMS Band/Choir Elementary Tour Day 1
The 8th grade Concert Band will perform at Emerson, Machias and Riverview Elementaries.
Friday, March 19
CMS Band/Choir Elementary Tour Day 2
The 8th grade Concert Band will perform at Dutch Hill and Cascade View Elementaries.
Saturday, March 20
MPMEA Solo/Ensemble Festival (any interested band student may participate)
See Cadet Band or Concert Band page for details and applications.
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Centennial Middle School is located in Snohomish, Washington. Our address is 3000 Machias Rd, Snohomish, WA 98290. The Band Department phone number is 360-563-4554.
Click here for a metronome to practice with!
MUSIC LINKS: Instrument Care Instruction, WMEA (Washington Music Educators' Association), MENC (National Association for Music Education), All-State Band audition materials (for students enrolled in Concert Band fall 2009)
SUMMER JAZZ CAMPS: NorthEnd Jazz Summer Camp (Everett), The Jazzinators (Arlington), KennellyKeys Jazz Camp (Lynnwood), 2009 EWU Middle School Jazz Camp (resident camp at Eastern Washington University)
LOCAL MUSIC STORES: Kennelly Keys (Everett, Lynnwood), Mills Music (Monroe, Mill Creek), Cascade Music (Marysville, Everett)
SCHOOL LINKS: Snohomish School District, Centennial Middle School, Family Access
MISCELLANEOUS LINKS:
Opus 7 (the choral group Mrs. Pilcher sings with)
Vienna Vegetable Orchestra
Musopen (free classical music)
horncollector.com (amazing, antique horns you have to see to believe!)
...and the Ridiculous (true stories and facts about the weirder side of classical music from the website of freelance music critic Melinda Bargreen)
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CMS Jazz Band Festival Results
updated February 12, 2010
The CMS Jazz Band participated in the Viking Jazz Festival at North Kitsap HS in Poulsbo on February 4th, and we earned the FIFTH highest score out of the 18 bands in the middle school and junior...
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1st Period. Offered 1st semester only, to 7th and 8th grade students who:
-----have little or no previous band experience OR
-----already play an instrument but need a refresher course OR
-----are experienced band students who want to learn a new instrument.
7th grade students transfer into Cadet Band and 8th grade students transfer into Concert Band 2nd semester.
The required band book for this class is STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, book 1
Link to Accelerated Beginning Band |
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2nd and 3rd periods. For 7th grade band students who have at least one year of band experience, or successful completion of CMS Accelerated Beginning Band class.
The required band book for this class is STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE, book 2.
Link to Cadet Band |
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4th and 5th periods. For 8th grade band students with at least 2 years of band experience, or successful completion of CMS Accelerated Beginning Band class.
The required band book for this class is TECHNIC TODAY, book 3.
Link to Concert Band |
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Zero hour class open by audition only to interested CMS band and choir students who play sax, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar and drumset. Auditions are held in September.
Link to Jazz Band |
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Centennial Middle School
Linda Pilcher, Band Director
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