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Please secure your instrument. Suggested rental companies: 

1. Music and Arts Centers Bedford Hills (Drop-off service to YCSD)         914-241-0689
2. Radovitch and Dean                 Carmel                                                 845-225-4515
3. Ardsley Music                         Ardsley                                                914-693-6639 

Each company’s policy is available on their website or by phone. Some also offer rent-to-own options.

**For students who play tuba, euphonium, trombone, tenor sax, bari sax, bass clarinet, bassoon,

French horn, or oboe, YHS-owned equipment is available. The rental fee is $150, checks made payable to YCSD.  To reserve, please e-mail me your child’s name and instrument.

·       Musical Supplies 

·       Band Polo

Join me as I bring my own family to enjoy this amazing (and free!) West Point concert at Trophy Point park.  Bring a blanket, a picnic, and arrive early to get through security. Check out their website for more details. (https://westpointband.com/calendar.html). E-mail me if you are planning to attend – I’d love to sit together!

Let’s get ready for our first Varsity Football Pep Band performance of the season!  Please join us for two after school rehearsals – where we will play fun pop music, have snacks (because Band = Food), and enjoy time together. 

Pep Band Rehearsals: Wednesday 9/4 and Wednesday 9/11, 1:45-3:15pm in the Band Room.

Bring your instrument and charged cell phone. Music and snacks will be provided. Late buses are available at 3:30.

Pep Band Performance #1: Saturday 9/7. Report at 11:30am in the Band Room. Bring your instrument and charged cell phone. Music and Snacks will be provided. The football game will run from 1-4:00pm

As the Huskers are to YHS athletics, the First Nighters is a parent group whose mission is to support our YHS Performing Arts programs.  Their sponsorship form is attached. Please consider joining!

Thank you all for your help and support creating a wonderful year of musicianship, citizenship and friendship for our students!  I sincerely appreciate and am so thankful for you – our amazing YHS Band community.  Have a fantastic summer!

Congratulations to our awesome class of 2024 Band students! It has been an honor to be your teacher for four years – my love and best wishes to all as you begin your next adventures in life!

Many thanks to all of the band students who performed at the graduation ceremony yesterday. Our entire learning community truly appreciates your time and talents!  Thank you for your participation and help in creating this special memory for our seniors and their families! 

Graduation Band participation is worth 3 community service hours.  (10:00am-1:00pm)

New sheet music and professional recordings have been added for CB, WE, JB, and Pep Band! Have fun this summer checking out our songs for the fall!

All YHS Band students grades 9-12 are requested to attend a day filled with musicianship, friendship, and citizenship. Students will work together in sectionals, and full rehearsals, to jump start our year. Then, we will enjoy dinner and our 23rd annual Music Dept. Ice Cream Social. So excited to use this opportunity to build our Band Family!

Join me this summer as I bring my own family to enjoy the amazing (and free!) West Point concerts. Concerts take place at Trophy Point park – a gorgeous outdoor venue overlooking the Hudson.  Bring a blanket and a picnic and arrive at least a 1.5 hours early to get through security and stake out your spot. (If the weather is poor, concerts will be held in Eisenhower Hall). Check out their website for more details.

My family and I are planning to attend:

Saturday 7/6: Independence Day Celebration. This concert is spectacular, with a grand finale of fireworks over the Hudson, and Tchaikovksy’s 1812 Overture with REAL CANNONS!)

Sunday 9/1: Labor Day Celebration – also spectacular and ends with fireworks!

E-mail me if you are planning to attend – I’d love to sit together!

If your student is interested in continuing to practice over the summer (hooray!), some YHS-owned summer rentals are available.  Rental fee is $25, check made payable to Yorktown Central School District. Please e-mail me to reserve an instrument.

A big THANK YOU to all the awesome parents who were instrumental in making our year a success! I so appreciate your time, help, creativity, and sense of fun. It is a pleasure to work alongside you to create our calendar of events for our students.

If you are interested in becoming a member of our core group of band parent helpers, please e-mail me.  I will be in touch in August to start planning our ’24-‘25 events. 

Many thanks to our Jazz Band students for a great final performance at Friday’s Relay for Life!  What a fantastic way to share your musical talents with our community, support an important cause, and celebrate the end of another great year.  A HUGE THANK YOU to parent volunteers Mr. Fallon, Mr. & Mrs. Griffiths, and Mr. & Mrs. Longo who helped transport equipment and navigate logistics!

Jazz Band participation at Relay for Life is worth 2 community service hours. (5-7pm)

We have a few copies left for sale – $35, checks made payable to the YHS Music Boosters.