Upcoming events
Click here to view the Pearson Band Calendar. Most band events for the 2024-2025 school year have been added to the calendar. Click here to view a list of required (graded) performances for the 24-25 school year.
October 7 (9:30-10:30am) - Reedy Band Preview (required for 8th graders zoned to Reedy HS)
October 8- Pop Parlour Spirit Night
October 9 - Band Performs at Bledsoe Walk to School Day. (Required for Symphonic Band, encouraged for Concert Band)
October 10 - Middle School Night with the Reedy Band (required for students zoned for Reedy HS). Information below.
October 15 (9:30- 10:30 am)- Frisco HS Preview (required for 8th graders zoned to Reedy HS)
October 18 - Middle School Night with the Frisco HS Band (required for students zoned for Frisco HS). Information coming soon!!
October 23 - Fall Concert (required)
Reedy Preview Day - Monday, October 7
8th grade students who will be attending Reedy High School next year will attend "Reedy Preview Day" on Monday, October 7th! During this event, our students will have the opportunity to go to Reedy HS and meet with the current members of the band to get a small taste of what they will experience on Friday at the Middle School Band Night and beyond!
Next Monday, all Reedy-bound 8th grade students will need to go to the band hall for 2nd period. We have a bus set to take 8th grade students from Pearson to Reedy HS at 9:15 AM and will return at 10:45 AM. However, if the weather is nice, we might just walk over since we are so close. We will not be taking instruments and students do not need to wear any specific uniform. This event has been approved by our school admin, and teachers are aware that these students will be missing at this time. All students are responsible for making up any missed work.
This is going to be a great experience for all involved, and we are so excited for our students to get to interact with our former Patriots in the Reedy Band!
Spirit Night- October 8th
The Pearson Band is having a Spirit "Night" at Pop Parlour on October 8th! Go get some popsicles and say that you are with the Pearson Band so that we get some of the proceeds. This event lasts all day.
Bledsoe Elementary Performance for Walk to School Day- Wednesday, October 9th
We have been asked to perform at Bledsoe Elementary on Wednesday October 9 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.
Middle School Night with the Reedy Band- Thursday, October 10th
7th and 8th Grade band members from Pearson Middle School and Pioneer Heritage Middle School are invited to perform at the Reedy HS football game on Thursday, October 10th at Toyota Stadium! The combined bands will perform in the stands with the Reedy High School Band and then stay in the stands for a great view of the Reedy H.S. Marching Band at halftime. Just think, in just a year or two, all of you will be out there with them!
Parents are welcome and encouraged to attend but will need to purchase a ticket to the game at the gate or online here https://tickets.friscoisd.org/
In addition to the game night, we are inviting all 8th graders to meet with us that week for a little orientation to the Reedy band during the school day on October 7th from 9:30am-10:30am. We will have a bus for Pioneer Heritage and Pearson band students may walk if the weather is good. You already have permission to miss a little school that day for the visit!! It will be a blast!
Thursday, October 10th - Toyota Stadium
4:15pm Arrive at Reedy HS Students are responsible for providing their own
transportation - we highly encourage carpooling! :)
Bring - Instrument (in the case), lyre/wire music stand/flip folder (depending on your instrument), and water bottle or large water jug.
Wear - School Band Shirt and tennis shoes.
4:30pm Dinner provided in the Reedy HS Cafeteria. Students will eat with the Reedy
Band in sections. Chick Fil a will be served. Let us know of any special diets through your MS band Directors.
5:45pm Load the busses and depart for Toyota Stadium
6:00pm Arrive at Toyota Stadium
Everyone will move to the stands as a group with your instrument and wait to be
seated.
7:00pm Kickoff
We will play Crunch Time and The Hey Song in the stands with the
combined bands!
Halftime
Middle school students will watch the HS halftime show from the stands and then exit the stadium with their directors for pick up.
Return to Pearson
Following halftime, we will load the busses and return to Pearson. We are estimating a 9:15-9:30 return to Pearson, but we will have students communicate when we leave.
The Reedy Band is SUPER excited to have you as their guest and ask that you follow the same guidelines for the Reedy Band members during the game.
In the stands- No cell phones, no food, no drinks, no candy, and no visitors.
Stay involved in the game! Stand up and cheer for Reedy!
Everyone stays until it is time to go.
We will see you all very soon, future Reedy Band members!
Best regards,
Paul Heuer
Director of Bands
Reedy HS
Frisco HS Preview Day- Tuesday, October 15
8th grade students who will be attending Frisco High School next year will attend the first ever "Frisco Preview Day" on Tuesday, October 15th! During this event, our students will have the opportunity to go to Frisco HS and meet with the current members of the band to get a small taste of what they will experience on Friday at the Middle School Band Night and beyond!
Next Monday, all Reedy-bound 8th grade students will need to go to the band hall for 2nd period. We have a bus set to take 8th grade students from Pearson to Frisco HS at 9:15 AM and will return at 10:45 AM. We will not be taking instruments and students do not need to wear any specific uniform. This event has been approved by our school admin, and teachers are aware that these students will be missing at this time. All students are responsible for making up any missed work.
This is going to be a great experience for all involved, and we are so excited for our students to get to interact with our former Patriots in the Frisco HS Band!
Symphonic Band Sectionals
Monday PM (3:55-4:55)- Clarinets
Tuesday AM (7:15-8:15) - Saxophones
Tuesday PM (3:55-4:55) - French Horns
Wednesday AM (7:15-8:15) - Oboes
Wednesday PM (3:55-4:55)- Trombones, Euphoniums, and Tubas
Thursday AM (7:15-8:15) - Flutes
Thursday PM (3:55-4:55) - Bassoon/Bass Clarinet
Friday AM (7:15-8:15) - Trumpets
Concert Band Sectionals
Students in Concert Band will begin their weekly sectional rehearsals the week of August 26.
Monday AM (7:30-8:15): Flutes
Monday PM (3:55-4:40): Tubas and Euphoniums
TuesdayAM (7:30-8:15): Oboes
Tuesday PM (3:55-4:40): Trombones
Wednesday AM (7:30-8:15): Clarinets and Bass Clarinets
Wednesday PM (3:55-4:40): Trumpets
Thursday PM (3:55- 4:40): Saxophones
Friday AM (7:30-8:15): French Horns
Percussion will have sectionals during class with Ms. Magee during the first part of the year.
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 Mr. Jenson at jensonm@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.
Supplies
Most of our Concert and Symphonic Band students have all of their correct supplies for class. If your student does not, please refer to the following:
https://www.pearsonband.com/supplies All supplies can be ordered online through Brook Mays, at any local music store, or even Amazon.
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