Great kids, high expectations, world-class music
From the Directors: Welcome to another year of musical excellence and community feeling in Rio Band. The directors are building the band email lists and have already sent some information to band families. The list is a work in progress, so please respond with any additions or modifications, or if you have not recieved an … Read more
The Rio Band’s Ellington Contingent is about to perform in Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center!
The Rio Band has hit the (no so) mean streets of New York…Here they are at The Louis Armstrong House where the jazz great lived from 1943 to 1971 and routed for the Mets….
Our PM and FM Jazz Ensembles, as well as two combos performed at the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival on Saturday. All the groups played beautifully, and represented Rio with class. PM was selected by the judges for a command performance on Saturday night. Individual awards were garnered by- Jacob Swedlow (solo awards in PM and … Read more
The recordings from our most recent Small Ensemble Night are now available in our dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/s/13t93obwqbbhug9 The show featured all original music, composed and performed by members of the Small Ensemble class. Enjoy.