Miller Middle School Band
Welcome to the MMS Band website!
Here you can find information on concerts and events, classes, syllabi, assignments, concert music, and more! Please explore the site and check back frequently for updates.
Announcements! Below...
Final Concert! End of the Year Celebration and 8th send-off!
May 15th at 6p in MMS Auditorium
Spring/summer/tropical 'free' attire! School appropriate dress still applies.
We will be playing some fun pop and film tunes! 6th grade performing on sheet music for the very first time!
Music in the Parks (7th/8th optional)
Final Field Trip: Music in the Parks overnight trip in Denver. (optional trip for all SSW members due to fees and overnight.)
Permission Slip and Full Itinerary
Friday May 10th 7a - Saturday May 11th 11p
Basic itinerary: Drive to Arvada, warm-up and perform at Arvada HS performing arts center, eat Friday dinner and play at Boondocks Northglenn. Pool time at hotel in the evening. Saturday is all day Elitches Amusement Park, and we leave about 2p or 3p arriving back in Durango around 11p.
Meals:
Breakfast from MMS on Friday can be provided if you request by 5/5
Lunch from MMS on Friday can also be provided if you request by 5/5. Otherwise, please bring at least $15 for lunch when we stop.
Dinner Friday is covered with Boondocks, Saturday breakfast is provided by our hotel, and Saturday lunch are provided for both students and chaperones by Elitches.
Bring money for Saturday dinner when we stop. We usually stop at a sandwich shop in Colorado Springs. Please let me know if you need a sponsorship for meals.
Chaperones- WE NEED TWO MORE ADULTS TO ATTEND!!! Please contact Melanie Graham ASAP !
This trip is the one we need the most chaperones for, but it is one of the most fun trips to chaperone! Chaperones are an integral part of this trip, and we do not attend unless we are fully staffed.
Adults will help supervise students once in Denver, they do not need to ride the bus. They will help us move into the performance hall, watch our performance, and then go eat and play at Boondocks with us. Chaperones will be assigned a group of 5-7 students each to supervise throughout the trip. At Elitches we split the chaperone groups so students can easily go on rides and chaperones simply follow.
Audition Information for Music in the Parks and Jazz Band
Auditions for All 6th Grade Band Students
Students are also highly encouraged to audition for Miller's Jazz Band. Jazz Band is our highest band at Miller, taking only students who audition and make the group. Students auditioning in 6th grade play #140; "Manhattan Beach March" in our Tradition of Excellence Red books for jazz auditions. The traditional instruments of jazz band are: saxophones (students may play alto, tenor, or bari), trumpets, trombone/euphonium, and our rhythm section of bass (electric or upright), drumset (also does improvisation on percussion and can be combined with pianist position), piano (highly challenging), and guitar (electric or acoustic). If your student does not play a traditional jazz instrument, they can still be in the jazz band! They can either pick up a secondary instrument and rent from the school or shop, or they can play their primary instrument and learn how to read music a bit differently.
Jazz Band will occur during our 'homeroom' time next school year, so it is required to be in concert band if you are in Jazz Band with the exception of the rhythm section. Jazz Band will not take up one of your exploratory choices. Please sign up for Jazz auditions in May by the band room.