Concert Band & Sight Reading
A junior high band who receives a first division on stage & in sight reading receives this award.
What is a sweepstakes award?
The number of students on the leadership team for the 2024-2025 school year.
What is ten?
Who is John Philip Sousa?
This school won the 2024 State Marching Contest in the 3A division.
What is Mineola High School?
several performers playing together
What is an ensemble?
All UIL schools are required to play one of these every spring on stage.
What is a march?
The last time a DHS student received a 1 at the State Solo & Ensemble Competition.
What is 2022?
Born in 1685, this composer's works include The Well-Tempered Clavier for keyboard.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
The site of the UIL State Marching Contest.
What is the Alamodome?
the sharps or flats placed at the beginning of a composition or line of music denoting the scale on which the music is based
What is a key signature?
The DHS Band is required to sight-read at this difficulty level.
What is grade 3?
The Section of the Year for the 2022-2023 school year.
What is the trombone section?
This American composer's works include the musical West Side Story and was played by Bradley Cooper in the 2023 film Maestro.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
The first year the UIL State Marching Contest was held.
What is 1979?
a Latin term for eight; with reference to the distance between notes of the same letter name, eight notes higher or lower
What is an octave?
The highest level of difficulty for a UIL Concert Band song.
What is grade 5?
The highest placement the DHS Band has ever received at the Area Marching Competition.
What is 16th place?
This American film composer is currently active and has written musical scores for films including Jaws, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and the first three Harry Potter movies.
Who is John Williams?
This school currently leads the state in number of marching band championships with eight, most recently winning in 2021.
What is Argyle High School?
a pause or hold of variable length determined by the performer or conductor
What is a fermata?
The music that the conductor reads.
What is a score?
In the history of DHS, this many students have been selected to the Texas All-State Band.
What is 5?
This modern composer is best known for his concert band pieces including Give Us This Day, Illumination, and Mother Earth.
Who is David Maslanka?
The first year the military bands were given their own state championship.
What is 2020?
a musical thought or sentence
What is a phrase?