Dear Band Parents, Alumni, and Friends, I just want to express my pride in the work effort this year’s band has put into our four days of band camp thus far. Congratulations to you and your talented, hard-working children! We … Continue reading →

Dear Band Parents, Friends, and Warrior Band Family: Welcome to a brand new year! I am excited and I look forward to another great year working with your young musicians! It is going to be our LAST YEAR in our … Continue reading →

Dear Band Parents, Students, and Friends, What a fantastic end-of-the-year concert! Your children played with so much heart and expression. From the powerful bass drum blasts in the Percussion Ensemble (thanks Tyler 🙂 ) to the passionate playing of Isfahan, … Continue reading →

Dear Warrior Band Parents and Students, Here are the remaining performances for you children at St. Michael: April 23 (during school) We will be playing for the ground-breaking ceremony. Students will wear whatever they are wearing for school that day. … Continue reading →

Dear Band Parents and Students: The weather for this year’s event will be PERFECT! (with the grace of God)  Here’s a preliminary listing of student and parent responsibilities and our timeline: In order to make this event the best ever, … Continue reading →

Congratulations Warrior Band Members. I have received approval from Mrs. Lee for you to wear a band spirit shirt (any one) to school tomorrow and tennis shoes. No jeans though!  We will try to get a group picture sometime soon … Continue reading →

It seems I write this same post every other year when I take our band to participate in Festival Disney. I’m extremely proud of my St. Michael Warrior Concert and Jazz Bands for earning superior ratings for its performances again … Continue reading →

Dear parents of Jazz Ensemble students, Here’s the final itinerary for Friday’s festival. A bus will leave St. Michael around 9:20 (during their 3rd hour jazz band class). We will listen to the last few bands of the morning, which … Continue reading →

Dear Band Parents, Most of you have already purchased your tickets for Moonlight and Jazz. We have sold over 200 tickets and have procured two major (Louis Armstrong) sponsors! THANK YOU!! We now enter our final push to sell tickets. … Continue reading →

Dear Jazz Band Parents, Instead of our usual performance at Loyola University, we are attending the Mid City Jazz Festival. It’s a local festival held at B.R.C.C. and we are scheduled to perform at 1:30 next Friday, March 23. More … Continue reading →