Concert and Symphonic Band Newsletter - September 26, 2025
- pearsonmsband
- Sep 25, 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.
September 26th- All-Region Masterclass at Pearson MS (Symphonic Band Only)- 4:30-6:00 PM
October 7th- All-District Band Auditions at Hunt MS (Symphonic Band Only)- 5:30-8:00 PM
October 8th- Walk-to-School-Day performance at Bledsoe ES (Required for Symphonic, optional for Concert)- 7:15-7:45 AM
October 21 (9:30- 10:30 am)- Frisco HS Preview (required for 8th graders zoned to Frisco HS)
October 23 - Middle School Night with the Frisco HS Band (required for students zoned for Frisco HS). Information coming soon!!
October 29th- Fall Concert at Frisco HS
Symphonic Band All-Region Masterclass #2- September 26th
On Friday, September 26th, we will hold our second (and final) All-Region Masterclass for students in Symphonic Band alongside our friends in the Pioneer Heritage Middle School Band. The purpose of this activity is to help students learn and improve on their All-Region music to prepare them for the audition in November.
Where: Pearson Middle School
Time: 4:30-6:00pm. Students should stay after school in the band hall from 3:45-4:30 to assist us with set up.
This is a required event. Email Mr. Jenson ASAP with any conflicts.
All-District Band Auditions- October 7th
Auditions for the 2025-2026 All-District Band will be held on October 7th at Hunt Middle School. This is a required event for all members of Symphonic Band that are not involved in the 7th grade football game the same night. Auditioning students must wear their Pearson Band Shirt. Students will be auditioning on the All-Region Etudes and Scales that they have been working on this semester.
The student letter below has information about parking/drop off and start times for each instrument. Please read through it carefully with your student. We will be going over it in class next week as well. The map shows where to enter Hunt MS, as well as where each audition room will be.
I am excited for our students to get to go through this process and gain the invaluable experience that it provides!
Bledsoe Elementary Performance for Walk to School Day- October 8th
We have been asked to perform at Bledsoe Elementary on Wednesday October 8 to celebrate Walk to School Day!! We are very excited about this opportunity!
Schedule:
7:00-7:05am - Percussion (or large instruments) arrive at Pearson to get their instrument. You can choose to load your equipment into a parent's car and drive it to Bledsoe or you can choose to walk.
7:10am - All students meet at the front Entrance of Bledsoe
7:15am - Begin performing
7:45am - Performance ends. Walk back to Pearson. Percussion can choose to load your equipment into a parent's car and drive it to Pearson or you can choose to walk.
What to bring:
Instrument
Flip Folder and Lyre or a folding music stand
Students who have a home and school instrument should bring their home instrument
If students have forgotten any of these items, they can pick them up from the band hall at 7:00am
What to wear:
A band tshirt OR a shirt from another Pearson organization (to show the elementary kids that they can do Band and other activities)
This is a required performance for all students in Symphonic Band and an optional (but highly encouraged!) performance for students in Concert Band.
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 AM (7:30-8:15) -Trumpets
Wednesday PM (3:55-4:40)- Bassoon, Trombones, Euphoniums, Tubas
Thursday PM (3:55-4:40)- Clarinets
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.
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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