8th Grade Band - Recent News
October 23, 2018 - 18 TRMS Students Make MSBOA District Honors Band!
We would like to recognize the following students for their outstanding achievement of making it in to the MSBOA District 11 Middle School Honors Band. These students auditioned and were selected from among 23 participating schools for this honor.
Three Rivers is the school with the highest representation of students of all 23 schools, including the entire Kalamazoo/Portage and Battle Creek area. This is an indication that our Three Rivers Middle School Band kids are really achieving at a high level. Please extend your congratulations to these awesome students!!
We would like to recognize the following students for their outstanding achievement of making it in to the MSBOA District 11 Middle School Honors Band. These students auditioned and were selected from among 23 participating schools for this honor.
Three Rivers is the school with the highest representation of students of all 23 schools, including the entire Kalamazoo/Portage and Battle Creek area. This is an indication that our Three Rivers Middle School Band kids are really achieving at a high level. Please extend your congratulations to these awesome students!!
Listen to Spring Concert Music Here (2017):
7th Grade Band
Red Thunder - Larry Clark
Fire Dance - Douglas Akey
Pirates of the Caribbean - arr. Sweeney
8th Grade Band
Darklands March - Standridge
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Stuart
Celtic Ritual - Higgins
The Great Locomotive Chase - Smith
7th Grade Band
Red Thunder - Larry Clark
Fire Dance - Douglas Akey
Pirates of the Caribbean - arr. Sweeney
8th Grade Band
Darklands March - Standridge
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Stuart
Celtic Ritual - Higgins
The Great Locomotive Chase - Smith
Listen to MSBOA District B&O Festival Music Here (2017):
7th Grade Band
The Lone Eagle March - Edmondson
Affirmation Overture - Smith
Kamehameha - Owens
8th Grade Band
March on the King's Highway - LaPlante
The Road Unknown - Meyer
Lost Lady Found - Grainger/Sweeney
7th Grade Band
The Lone Eagle March - Edmondson
Affirmation Overture - Smith
Kamehameha - Owens
8th Grade Band
March on the King's Highway - LaPlante
The Road Unknown - Meyer
Lost Lady Found - Grainger/Sweeney
March 1, 2016: Spring Concert recordings are now linked on the website! Take a listen to these pieces and practice along with them to learn your parts.
They can be found under the 'Resource' tab for both 7th Grade Band and 8th Grade Band.
They can be found under the 'Resource' tab for both 7th Grade Band and 8th Grade Band.
March 1, 2016: The 7th and 8th Grade Pre-Festival Band concert is tomorrow, Wednesday, March 2nd! Concert starts at 7:00pm and will be held in the TRMS Auditorium. Please come support both bands!
MSBOA Middle School District Band Festival will be held at Mattawan HS on Saturday, March 12th. The 7th grade band will perform at 8:50am and the 8th grade band will perform at 1:40pm. Here is the itinerary for both bands. The event is free for family, friends, and supporters to attend :)
MSBOA Middle School District Band Festival will be held at Mattawan HS on Saturday, March 12th. The 7th grade band will perform at 8:50am and the 8th grade band will perform at 1:40pm. Here is the itinerary for both bands. The event is free for family, friends, and supporters to attend :)
February 3rd, 2016: MS Solo and Ensemble Festival will be held on Saturday, April 16th at Schoolcraft HS. All events that have signed up have received the music they will be performing. The Permission Slip is due Wednesday, February 17th!
December 16th, 2015: MSBOA District Band Festival Recordings are available for 7th Grade Band and 8th Grade Band!
December 9th, 2015: The fruit sale fundraiser was a huge success - the band sold over 800 boxes! Thank you to everyone for your support!
Students and parents - Please pick up your order at the High School Loading Dock either Friday, Dec. 11th 3pm-8pm or Saturday, Dec. 12th 10am-Noon and deliver them to your customers as soon as you can.
The Annual Holiday Band Concert is Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm at the High School Performing Arts Center!
This is the only concert of the school year where all ensembles of the Three Rivers Band Program perform together in celebration of the holidays. Admission is free. Please arrive early to have a seat to sit in (last year, we had standing-room only.)
Report time for middle school students is 6:00pm at the High School band room. They must arrive in a white short-sleeved t-shirt, black pants, black socks, and black shoes. Students must stay for the ENTIRE concert (approximately 1 1/2 hours) and must sit with their band at all times.
There is also a Pasta Dinner catered by Trio's Deli prior to the concert (5:00-6:30pm in the HS Cafeteria)! Menu Items include: Garden Salad, Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce, Marinara, or Alfredo, Garlic Bread, Assorted Desserts, and Drink (Tea Lemonade). Tickets are $7/person - they must be purchased in advance from a band student and they will be delivered the day before the concert.
Middle School students who are attending the pasta dinner need to eat at 5pm so that they can report to warm-up at 6pm.
Students and parents - Please pick up your order at the High School Loading Dock either Friday, Dec. 11th 3pm-8pm or Saturday, Dec. 12th 10am-Noon and deliver them to your customers as soon as you can.
The Annual Holiday Band Concert is Tuesday, December 15th at 7:00pm at the High School Performing Arts Center!
This is the only concert of the school year where all ensembles of the Three Rivers Band Program perform together in celebration of the holidays. Admission is free. Please arrive early to have a seat to sit in (last year, we had standing-room only.)
Report time for middle school students is 6:00pm at the High School band room. They must arrive in a white short-sleeved t-shirt, black pants, black socks, and black shoes. Students must stay for the ENTIRE concert (approximately 1 1/2 hours) and must sit with their band at all times.
There is also a Pasta Dinner catered by Trio's Deli prior to the concert (5:00-6:30pm in the HS Cafeteria)! Menu Items include: Garden Salad, Baked Ziti with Meat Sauce, Marinara, or Alfredo, Garlic Bread, Assorted Desserts, and Drink (Tea Lemonade). Tickets are $7/person - they must be purchased in advance from a band student and they will be delivered the day before the concert.
Middle School students who are attending the pasta dinner need to eat at 5pm so that they can report to warm-up at 6pm.
November 27th, 2015: Photos from the M.S.B.O.A. District XI Middle School Honors Band are now in the Media section of the website! 19 of our students were chosen to participate in the event, making Three Rivers Middle School the 2nd most represented school district!! Photos from the 7th and 8th Grade Halloween concert are also posted - a spooktastic night with a standing room only turnout!
There is now an online store for Three Rivers Bands apparel and other items that will be open all year! A link to come soon!
Fruit Sale fundraiser orders are DUE Monday, November 30th! We will be UNABLE to accept any late orders.
There is now an online store for Three Rivers Bands apparel and other items that will be open all year! A link to come soon!
Fruit Sale fundraiser orders are DUE Monday, November 30th! We will be UNABLE to accept any late orders.
October 14th, 2015: Just over 40 7th and 8th graders were nominated to audition for this year's M.S.B.O.A. District XI Middle School Honors Band! They have all recorded their audition music and scales and are now waiting for the results. Not everyone will make the honors band (there are many schools who participate in the event each year), but these students certainly are wonderful musicians and hard workers. Congratulations to them!
This is a letter about the nomination process and general event information.
This is a letter about the nomination process and general event information.