Band merchandise have arrived! Students should be being bringing home orders from school this week.

Pie orders and money are due on today, Monday 11/29 — no exceptions! 

Here is the link to the order form and pick-up information:

Cleveland Bands Pie Sale —Order Form & Pick-Up Info »

Jazz Ensemble will have an evening rehearsal on Wednesday, Dec 1 from 6:30–8:00 pm with a guest clinician Dave Parker in our preparation for the Jazz Contest on Thursday.

Wind Symphony (including Wind Symphony percussionists) will have an evening rehearsal on Thursday, Dec 2 from 6:30-8:00 pm in preparation for our concert the following week.

Jazz Ensemble will perform at their first Jazz Contest since Feb of 2020!! PIL Jazz contest will be at Roosevelt HS on Thursday, December 2nd. The top band will receive an automatic birth into the State Jazz Championships in April of 2022.

Jazz Ensemble families should have received permission slips and itineraries on Friday before our break.  They can also be found online in the Docs & Forms page of our website ».

As students begin to develop into musicians at the high school level, an important part of their training can be private instruction. Mr. Riler recommends private instruction for any student who has a desire to improve and perform on their instrument. 

Private instruction can be leveraged for students in any situation.

• It can be those who feel that they need help to get caught up
• It can be for those that need additional work to challenge them and prepare them to be able to be leaders in the high school ensemble
• It can be to develop skills like improvisation, mastering solo literature, etc
• It can be to develop skills to prepare for the next level as a music major or minor

VIEW LIST OF PRIVATE INSTRUCTORS »

If you are interested in starting lessons for your student musicians but have questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Riler via email. Teachers with an asterisks by their name are those that Mr. Riler would highly recommend based on what he has witnessed, or in some cases, because of testimonials from other colleagues.

Reminder that Mr. Riler will be available on Tuesday , November 23rd only, as the band will be finishing up WIBC with a concert in the late morning / early afternoon and then traveling home.

Winter Concert will take place on Tuesday, December 7th at 7:00 pm. Audience members will need to have proof of vaccination or proof of negative COVID test to be allowed to enter the building.

Please complete this Disney survey if you are a parent / guardian of a 9th–11th grader. Here is the LINK ». Mr. Riler have received 56 responses from almost 120 families. In order to start the process for a trip, he must be sure there is enough “buy-in” from the families.

Disney Trip Survey

Order forms and payment are due Monday, November 29th, and pies will be available for pick-up on Monday, December 13th at the Warmflash-Choi residence. Please click here for the order form and pick-up information, or in case your student did not bring home an order form. For questions, please e-mail linhvu@chsbandspdx.com.

This is an opportunity for individual students to raise funds to offset the cost of future trips, such as Disney 2023. FOCB will track each student’s earnings and credit that amount to the student’s account.

WIBC Honor Band students will be leaving for Seattle this Friday.  They will rehearse 6 pieces with 6 different conductors, attend a leadership workshop and some concerts, and finish off the event with a performance on Monday. Congratulations again to the 26 students who will be representing Cleveland HS at this event.