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First Smamble Night this Wednesday

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Our first Small Ensemble (Smamble) Night will be held this Wednesday night at 7pm in the band room. Rio’s Small Ensemble class is a one-of-a-kind performance class, focusing on eclectic musical choices and wide-ranging genres. Come enjoy original compositions, as well as music from such sources as Daft Punk, John Coltrane and Kacey Musgraves- all … Read more

Andrew Stephens in the Bee!

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In the Living Here section of today’s Sacramento Bee, there is a feature article about our very own senior trumpeter, Andrew Stephens. Way to go Andrew! Here’s a link to the article- Andrew Stephens

Build It! T-Shirts

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Today we are giving out t-shirts free to every member of Rio Band. They are meant to promote building the “Rio Americano House of Music” with Measure N funds. SJUSD will be deciding fairly soon how to spend funds at each school site, and we want to make sure they understand how important music is at Rio, and how much community support there is behind the idea of a quality performance facility at Rio.

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Pops In the Quad

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On Wednesday, October 9th we will put on our first ever “Pops in the Quad” concert, outdoors in the Rio Americano Quad, featuring our 3 fabulous Concert Bands. I’ve attached an informational flyer. The concert will begin at 6:30pm with our Intermediate Concert Band, followed by Advanced Concert Band and finally Honors Concert Band.

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