Concert and Symphonic Band Newsletter - January 19th, 2026
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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.
January 21st- Chipotle Spirit Night
January 27th- Side-By-Side Rehearsal with the Reedy HS Band- Action Required Below
January 31st- Frisco ISD Solo Contest- Stafford MS
Chipotle Spirit Night- January 21st
Side-By-Side Rehearsal with the Reedy HS Band- January 27th- Action Required
On Tuesday, January 27th, students in both the Concert and Symphonic Bands will be taking a trip to Reedy High School during 2nd-5th periods. While we are there we will be rehearsing with the Reedy Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony over our UIL music, followed by a pizza lunch with the Reedy Band. This is a great opportunity for us to improve on our UIL music while meeting new friends in our sections in the Reedy Band!
The itinerary for the day is as follows:
9:20- Report to the band hall for roll.
9:30- Load busses to go to RHS
9:45- Arrive at RHS. Make our way to our rehearsal spaces
10:00-11:30- Rehearse with the Reedy Bands
11:30-12:00- Pizza Lunch with the Reedy Bands!
12:00- Load the busses and return to Pearson
12:11- Return to Pearson and go to class.
Action Required- Students received a permission slip in class on Friday. In order to attend this event, we must have that permission slip returned by Wednesday, January 21st. This permission slip can be found HERE and can be returned digitally by emailing it to Mr. Jenson at jensonm@friscoisd.org
FISD Solo Contest- January 31st
The district solo contest is on Saturday, January 31st at Stafford Middle School. While the contest runs all day (9 am-4 pm), students will be assigned an individual time to perform for their judge. The performance plus the warm-up time should take between 30-45 minutes total.
We just received the block of Pearson times from the district on Friday. Ms. Jobe is hard at work inputting all of our student's time blocks in and will be sending the final schedule out no later than Friday.
Sectional Schedule (Spring 2026)
Symphonic Band:
Monday afternoon- Alto Saxophones and French Horns (rescheduled to Thursday Advisory this week.)
Tuesday morning- Flutes/Oboes
Tuesday afternoon- None
Wednesday morning- Clarinets
Wednesday afternoon-Bassoon/Bass Clarinet/Euphonium/Tuba
Thursday morning- Trombones
Thursday afternoon- Percussion
Friday morning- Trumpets
Students in Symphonic Band are working on their pass-offs on their UIL music. Click HERE to view their pass-off chart and assignments for this 9-weeks grading period.
Concert Band:
Monday AM- Flutes & Oboes
Monday PM- Trombone/Low Reeds
Tuesday PM- Clarinets & Trumpets
Thursday PM- Euphonium & Tuba
Friday AM- Saxophones & French Horns
All morning sectionals are from 7:15-8:15 AM and afternoon sectionals are from 3:55-4:55 PM.
Band Sectionals / Bad weather policy:
-If school or school activities are cancelled for bad weather, sectionals are cancelled.
-If FISD has a delayed start to the school day, sectionals are cancelled.
-If there is bad weather, but school and school activities are not cancelled, we will still have sectionals. Please be safe when dropping your students off.
-If the band director needs to cancel a sectional, that will be communicated via email.
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