Welcome

Thanks for visiting the O.C.H.S. Band website! To the left you will find “Topics of Interest.” Below you will find some basic information about our programs goals and descriptors. Click on a button and it will take you to a page that discusses that topic. We hope that you enjoy what you see and understand better why we take pride in our kids, faculty, and community!!!

Goals and Descriptors

The ultimate goal of the Band program at Owen Co. is to offer the best instruction and guidance in the instrumental field of study as possible.

Goal one: Use and fulfill the National Standards of Music concerning instrumental pedagogy.

Goal two: Be an active member in KMEA so that students can benefit from programs offered to groups and to individuals through active participation in various performance instructional activities.

Goal three: Use technology to help enhance the student’s musical abilities from a fundamental level to a performance level.

Goal four: Give students the opportunity to perform in front of educated panels as well as perform concerts for community.

Goal five: Support Owen Co. School System through performances and services that promote well rounded individuals.

Goal six: Give students the ability to become life-long consumers, participants, and supporters of music.

In order to offer the best all-around education for band students the following is being enacted:

Marching Band was part of our curriculum during 1^st semester this past year. It accounted for half of the credit in Band Class. Every student in the Band Program was expected to do Marching Band.

Due to changes in our curriculum and growing graduation requirements we have removed Marching Band from our curriculum and made it a strictly after school activity. The Marching Band does rehearse after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays (mostly) and perform at home football games and KMEA sanctioned Marching Band competitions. In order for the Marching Band to continue to actively participate in KMEA sanctioned competitions, the concert band must participate in the KMEA Concert Band Festival that takes place in the springtime.

2. The class is a yearlong class because we perform all year long. We are adjudicated all year long. For us to meet KMEA guidelines, we must be all year long. The Band Class has been setup so that the majority of classes that you have to take and might want to take can be done. There are a few (but rare) instances where a conflict can occur. 90% of the time all classes can be taken in time. It is a matter of being patient. If a class can not be avoided the situation will be resolved between the director, the student, and the parent to ensure that the student is recognized as an active participant in the program and rewarded that way as well. Students not in the class cannot participate in KMEA events such as the KMEA Solo and Ensembles festival, the KMEA All-State Bands, the NKBDA Honor Bands, and the EKU Honor Bands.

3. The band will not actively rehearse after school during the 2^nd semester as a concert group. (We have an hour and a half block of time every day of the week during school.) Therefore all performance preparation takes place during school class time unless we have a special guest conductor (College/University instructor) that can not meet during normal school hours. Students will have an opportunity to participate in Pep Band, Jazz Band, Indoor Percussion, Private Lessons, and a Community Band after school.

4. The band does perform concerts (throughout the year) that do not take place during school hours. Some performances are on weekends or in the evenings. Various performances are a Fall Concert, Christmas Concert, Festival Concert, a Spring Concert (Picnic at the Pops), and performances for the other schools in our district.

If you have any questions or comments about what you have seen on this site,

please contact me at khash@owen.k12.ky.us.