Rio Band Families,
Our Spring Concert will be held next week, on Friday, April 29th. All of our Concert and Jazz bands will perform, followed by an All-Play and awards. Here’s the pertinent information:
All performances will be in the Rio Cafeteria.
Performance dress is casual. Band shirts, hawaiian shirts, sundresses, etc.
The Chando’s Tacos food truck (yum!) will be here from 5:30 to 8:30. Dinner will be provided (courtesy of RABB) for all band students.
Other attendees are welcome to order food from the truck.
During the performances we will be handing out awards, voted on by the members of the bands. During the All-Play (mandatory for all band students), we will honor each of our seniors, and give out program-wide awards.
Here’s the basic schedule-
Please keep in mind that any performances may begin up to 15 minutes early or late, so please plan accordingly.
5:30- Jazz Workshop
6:00- FM Jazz Ensemble
6:30- PM Jazz Ensemble
7:00- AM Jazz Ensemble
7:30- Intermediate Concert Band
8:00- Advanced Concert Band
8:30- Honors Concert Band
9:00- All-Play
We should be done by 10pm. All students will be expected to help clean up and move equipment before leaving.
It’s sure to be another fantastic Rio band event. See you all there!
Josh Murray
Band Director
Rio Americano High School
4540 American River Dr
Sacramento, Ca 95864
rioband.net
Hello Rio Band families,
As we are making our way to the end of the year, here are the (many) upcoming events in Rio Band:
- Wed, 4/13- Rio’s Open House. We’ll have Jam Sessions in the band room. All are welcome.
- Sat, 4/16- Honors Concert Band participates in the Pacific Western Concert Band Festival @ UOP
- Thu, 4/21- AM performs @ CSUS. 8pm
- Mon, 4/25- Graduation music auditions. Band room @ 3pm
- Wed, 4/27- Smamble Night. 7pm, location TBA
- Fri, 4/29- Spring Concert and awards. ALL students perform. 5-10pm in cafeteria
- Week of Mon, 5/2- Moving from band room to portables.
- Tues, 5/10- Grammy Foundation visits Rio for a career day. Info TBA.
- Wed, 5/18- Rio’s Senior Awards
- Tues, 5/31- Graduation @ Sac Memorial Auditorium. HCB & AM perform
Josh Murray
Band Director
Rio Americano High School
Sacramento, CA
rioband.net
Rio Band Families,
Looking for a way to fill some time over the Summer, while also improving your musical abilities? Try attending a summer music camp! There are many good options in our area. Here are some links:
- University of the Pacific Summer Music Camps: http://www.pacific.edu/Academics/Schools-and-Colleges/Conservatory-of-Music/Community/Summer-Programs.html
- Stanford Jazz Camp: https://stanfordjazz.org
- Camp Winthers (SJUSD): http://www.sanjuan.edu/domain/2547#MUSICCAMP
- Cazadero Music Camp: http://www.cazadero.org
- Donner Mine Music Camp: http://dmmc.org/index.html
- ARC Summer Jazz Workshop: http://arc.losrios.edu/~music/documents/Summer_Jazz_Brochure.pdf
- The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society’s Summer Jazz Camp: http://www.sacjazzcamp.org
Students can see me if they have questions about the camps, or are wondering which one(s) would be best for them.
Josh Murray
Band Director
Rio Americano High School
Sacramento, CA
rioband.net