Concert and Symphonic Band Newsletter - December 13th, 2025
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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. Click here to view a list of required (graded) performances for the 2025-2026 school year.
December 15- Yearbook picture day- Wear band shirt
December 17 - Beginning Band and Jazz Band Winter Concert (required for Jazz Band)
 December 18 - Symphonic Band Holiday Tour
December 18- FISD Solo Contest Payment Window Closes
January 9- Main Event Party
January 17th- Instrument Petting Zoo for incoming 6th graders (tell your friends and neighbors!)
FISD Solo Contest
All students in Concert and Symphonic Band are required to perform in the Frisco ISD Solo Contest on Saturday January 31st at Stafford Middle School. Thank you for marking this date on your calendars!
This is a Frisco ISD event, so there is a fee associated with the contest. Please pay the $10 entry fee on Online School Fees by Thursday, December 18th. This is a firm deadline that is set by Frisco ISD and late payment will not be accepted. It is listed in Online School Fees as District Fine Arts 2025-2026 MS Band Solo Event - 01/31/26.
Students that opted into performing in an ensemble will have an additional fee of $5 that will need to be paid as well.
The fee will be available to view from Monday December 8 -Thursday December 18.
Yearbook Picture Day- December 15th
On Monday, December 15th, the band will be taking pictures for the yearbook during their band classes. Students need to wear their band shirt to school or bring it with them to change into so that we are uniform in our picture.
Jazz Band Concert- December 17th
5:45 pm- Rhythm Section arrive- set up in cafeteria
6:00 pm- Winds seated in cafeteria wearing band shirt and jeans. Warm up begins
6:30 pm- Concert starts. We will play Drama for Your Mama and Feliz Navidad. After we play, we will watch the beginners play.
7:00 pm- Concert ends. Everyone helps the rhythm section pack up and put their equipment away.
Please contact Mr. Jenson ASAP if your Jazz Band student is unable to attend this concert.
Jazz Band Rehearsals
In order to get ready for our performance at the Beginner Band Winter Concert (December 17th), Jazz Band will start having rehearsals after school on Mondays from 3:55-4:55 PM. These rehearsals are required for all members of Jazz Band that are performing in the concert.
Jazz Band will meet on the following Mondays: December 15th.
Symphonic Band Holiday Tour- December 18th
On Thursday, December 18th, students in the Symphonic Band will be performing at Hosp and Bledsoe for our annual Holiday Tour. The itinerary is as follows:
Thursday, December 18th- Perform at Bledsoe and Hosp
8:25am Students meet in the band hall
8:35am Walk to BledsoeÂ
8:45am Arrive at Bledsoe
9:15am Perform for 4th grade
10:05am Perform for 5th gradeÂ
10:55am Finish and head back to PearsonÂ
11:05am Arrive at Pearson. Â Go to class
12:11-12:41 Eat B Lunch in the band hall
12:45pm Load busses
1:00pm Arrive at Hosp
1:30pm Perform
2:00pm Load bussesÂ
2:15pm Return to Pearson. Go to 8th period.
Students will be responsible for all work missed while we are off campus. Students need to wear their band shirt and jeans. Students are also permitted to wear festive headwear! Students will also need to bring their folding music stand from home to bring to the elementary schools.
Students received this permission slip in class. This needs to be turned in on Monday, December 8th. It may also be sent to Mr. Jenson via email at jensonm@friscoisd.org
Main Event Party- January 9th
On Friday, January 9th, the Pearson Band will have its annual Main Event Party at Main Event Frisco. This optional event will be from 4:30-7:30 PM.
Tickets to the Main Event Social will be $21.50 and will include a $10 game card, 1 hour time card for arcade games, pizza, a drink, and unlimited access to bowling, laser tag, gravity ropes, billiards, shuffleboard, and mini-golf. Transportation will not be provided, so students will need to be dropped off at 4:30 and will need to be picked up by 7:30. Please see the attached guidelines list for more information.
Tickets for the event can be purchased on the Cheddar Up Online Store. Refunds will not be available for absent students, but they may use the purchased game card at any other point in time. This offer is for Pearson Band members only. Tickets must be purchased by Sunday, January 4th at 11:59 PM. Â
Per Main Event policies, we will need several parent chaperones for this event. If you are available and willing to chaperone, please sign-up at this link. We currently have spots for 5 chaperones, but more might be needed later depending on how many students go on the trip. Â
We are so excited to have this fun event with our band family!
Instrument Petting Zoo- January 17th
It's almost time! Our annual Instrument Petting Zoo will be on January 17th, 2026. If you have an incoming 6th grader that is interested in band, or that just wants to try playing all of the different instruments, you can sign up for a time at this event by clicking HERE. Please share with your friends and neighbors if they have an incoming 6th grader!
We will need several parent volunteers for this event- please be on the look-out for a sign-up in the next few weeks.
Sectionals
All sectionals are on hold until we return from Winter Break.