Concert and Symphonic Band Newsletter - August 22, 2025
- pearsonmsband
- Aug 22
- 4 min read
Upcoming events
Click here to view the Pearson Band Calendar. Most band events for the 2025-2026 school year have been added to the calendar.
August 28- Band Family Picnic- Frisco Commons Park- 6:00-8:00 PM
September 9th- Reedy Band Jam- 9:30 AM (Reedy Zoned 8th graders only)
September 12th- Middle School Night with the Reedy Band- 5:30-9:30 PM (Reedy Zoned 7th and 8th graders only)
Action Items: Parent Meeting Follow-up
Thank you to those of you who attended the Band Parent Meeting last night! It was great getting to meet so many of our new band parents at the end and I am excited to get this year underway. If you were unable to attend the Band Parent Meeting, you can view a recording of the meeting HERE. The slides for the meeting can be viewed at bit.ly/pmsbandparentmeeting25.
Action Items:
1. Read through the Band Handbook
2. Fill out the 2025-2026 Pearson Band Information Form. If you have multiple kids in the Pearson Band, you will need to fill out a separate form for each student. This form is due by Tuesday, August 26th.
3. If your student is using a school-owned instrument (oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet, french horn, euphonium, tuba), you will need to pay the School Owned Instrument fee on Online School Fees. This is due by September 5th.
4. Pay the band fee on Cheddar Up. If you have multiple kids in the Pearson Band, you will need to make a separate transaction for each student. Payment is due by September 19.
Supplies for Concert and Symphonic Band Students
Click on the following link for Symphonic and Concert Band class materials for next school year: https://www.pearsonband.com/supplies.
All supplies can be ordered online through Brook Mays, Music & Arts, at any local music store, or even Amazon.
The deadline to have all supplies in class is Monday, August 18th. Students will need to have their “Concert Black” uniform for our Winter Concert on December 9th.
Symphonic Band Sectionals
Students in Symphonic Band will begin their weekly sectional rehearsals the week of August 18. Click here to learn more about sectionals.
The Symphonic Band Sectional Schedule is as follows:
Monday PM (3:55-4:55)- Bassoon/Bass Clarinet
Tuesday AM (7:15-8:15) - Flutes
Tuesday PM (3:55-4:55) - Saxophones
Wednesday AM (7:15-8:15) - Clarinets
Wednesday PM (3:55-4:55)- Trombones, Euphoniums, Tubas
Thursday AM (7:15-8:15) - French Horns
Thursday PM (3:55-4:55) - Trumpets
Friday AM (7:15-8:15) - Oboes
Percussion will have sectionals with Ms. Magee during their band class
Concert Band Sectionals
Monday AM (7:30-8:15) -Flutes/Oboes
Monday PM (3:55-4:40)- Saxophones/French Horns
Wednesday PM (3:55-4:40)- Bassoon, Trombones, Euphoniums, Tubas
Thursday PM (3:55-4:40)- Clarinets
Friday AM (7:30-8:15) -Trumpets
Students in Concert Band will begin their weekly sectional rehearsals the week of August 25. Ms. Jobe will send communication with the schedule next week. Click here to learn more about sectionals.
Band Family Picnic- August 28
Thursday, August 28 is our annual Band Family Picnic from 6:00 PM-8:00 PM at Frisco Commons Park (8000 McKinney Rd, Frisco, TX 75034). We will be serving pizza and drinks at the pavilion. This event is open to all family members!
Tickets are $6 per person, and that covers the pizza, drinks, and pavilion rental. CLICK HERE to purchase tickets online. Tickets can also be purchased by cash (exact change only) or check (made out to the Pearson Band Parent Association) and turned into the Booster Box in the band hall at school. Please seal any cash or checks in an envelope with your student's name, the purpose of the money (Family Picnic) and how many tickets you are purchasing labeled on the outside. Tickets must be purchased by Tuesday August 26 at 8 AM so that we can put in the order for the pizza.
We will be in need of several volunteers for this event! CLICK HERE to sign up.
We are looking forward to a great celebration with our band family!
Private Lessons
We highly recommend all students in Symphonic and Concert Band sign up for private lessons, even if you were not enrolled last year. Private lessons are a great way to progress on your instrument with the assistance of a master teacher who plays that same instrument. While tutoring in a core class might only be to catch up or erase deficits in the learning process, private lessons are for everyone. Typically, the top musicians in the band program are ones that are in private lessons!
This is the time to sign up. Our teachers are in high demand and teach across several different campuses and districts. Lesson times are first come first serve, so sign up ASAP. You can sign up by reaching out to the lesson teachers directly via email, which can be found at our website HERE. You can also email Ms. Jobe at joble@friscoisd.org
If you were enrolled in lessons last year, make sure you reach out to your lesson teacher to get on their schedule for this year.
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