August is the beginning of our busy band season, so I thought I would give everyone some important details and reminders. Band camp begins next week, and everybody will need to be there — including woodwinds, brasses, drumline, front ensemble, colorguard, majorettes, dance team, honor guard and managers. If you have not […]
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If you look at the band calendar, it’s hard to find a time this week where the students DON’T have band! You should all make sure you have the latest copy of the band calendar because dates/times may have changed since the last time you looked. There are new printable calendars […]
Seven members of the GSHS Band were selected to perform in the 2016 WCMEA Senior High County Band festival, which was held on December 1-2, 2016 at Greater Latrobe Senior High School. The band members selected were: Robert Dietrich – flute Teddy DiSanti – tenor saxophone Kayla Fencil – trumpet […]
If you have never been to a band festival, you should definitely go to at least one this fall! The Hempfield band festival is this Saturday, and it is always a great time! The tentative schedule of performance is as follows: 7:00 – Hempfield 8th grade/Alumni 7:15 – Serra Catholic […]
We have an exciting event coming to our High School in a few weeks! The Westmoreland County Music Educators Association will be having their Junior High County Band festival at GSHS on Friday and Saturday, March 13 and 14. We will be hosting around 120 area musicians in grades 7-9, […]
A couple of years ago, we decided to invite alumni of the GS band program to play with us at our annual holiday concert. The alumni who came out and played had a great time, and the students loved getting to play with their old friends again! We are looking […]
The festival this weekend is traditionally our biggest one of the year – the Thomas Jefferson band festival. It’s a big deal to the band because we get to see a lot of bands that are out of the county and out of our football conference. The students always have […]
As a marching band, we really love supporting our school teams! We love going to all of the games and helping to build school spirit. Have you ever wondered what a football game would look like if it were made up of just the bands? Well, that’s what a band festival […]
There are lots of ways you can be involved in the GS Marching Band! The most visual sections of the band make up the GS Band Front: the Colorguard, the Majorettes and the Dance Team. To become a member of one of these sections, you need to attend auditions. The dates, times […]
Spring is finally in the air, and it’s time for GSHS’s annual Coffee House. Join us in the GSHS Cafeteria this Friday evening, May 16, for a night of great music, refreshments and fun! The GSHS Concert Band will be performing as a full group as well as individual sections. Our Jazz […]