The Awards Concert is in sight, which means it’s also time to celebrate our graduating seniors!

Graduating seniors – please fill out this form so that we can celebrate you and your next chapter.  Submissions will close end-of-day on Friday May 10th.

Dinner on Thursday, April 11th is covered!  Pastini on Division will donate 40% of each order to CHS Bands when you mention our name.  This offer is valid all day (11:30am-8:30pm), dine-in or take out.

Our Spring Jazz Night will also be this day at 7pm, so make it an evening of great food and amazing music.

Join us in the auditorium at 7pm on Thursday (4/11) for Spring Jazz Night.  We’ll hear several combos made up from the Jazz Lab and Jazz Ensemble to start out the night.  We will then finish with the award winning Jazz Lab and Jazz Ensemble performing several numbers in their big band set up.

After the event, please post your photos and videos of the event to our Google Photo album!

On Saturday April 13th the Wind Ensemble will take part in a retreat with Erik Leung, the director of bands at OSU. We need several volunteers to help with lunch and snacks. Please CLICK HERE to sign up. Thank you for supporting Cleveland Bands!

We could use one more volunteer to help fit uniforms on Friday, April 19th. Click here to sign up!

There’s one more week for students to try instruments during class, and check out an instrument for an overnight trial. Mr. Riler encourages this, especially if your child takes private lessons, so they can try it out with their teacher.

Read Mr. Riler’s full letter here for more details, including how to register for a timeslot on Step-up Night.

Our old calendar system was on the fritz, so we changed over to a new system over Spring Break.

Unsubscribe from the old calendar and subscribe to the new one today!

The Cleveland HS Wind Ensemble had a wonderful performance at McDaniel HS on March 19 at the PIL Band Contest.  This was a State qualifying event, with the added incentive that the highest scoring band receives an automatic bid to the State Band Championships (as long as they meet or exceed the minimum requirement for qualification, which is a score of 75).  Our Wind Ensemble had three scores over the minimum requirement receiving scores of 78, 83 and 86 and a sight reading score of 54 out of 60.  This was the highest score of the day, making the Cleveland HS Wind Ensemble the PIL Champion and automatic qualifiers for the 2024 OSAA State Band Championships.

The State Band Championships are held at the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University campus (located across from Reser Stadium).  We will be performing on Saturday, May 11, with the performance time being revealed near the end of April. Most league champions play in the evening.

Join us in the band room at 6:30pm tonight.  Hear the Director’s Report from Mr. Riler.  We’ll also be talking about upcoming events like the State contests and some dine-out nights.

If you’re interested in getting involved with us, this meeting is the perfect opportunity to get plugged in!

Over the next two weeks (April 1 – April 15) students will have the opportunity to try instruments during class, and check out an instrument for an overnight trial. Mr. Riler encourages this, especially if your child takes private lessons, so they can try it out with their teacher.

Read Mr. Riler’s full letter here for more details, including how to register for a timeslot on Step-up Night.