The Marcus High School Band currently has 4 concert ensembles: The Wind Symphony, The Symphonic Band, The Concert Band, and the Varsity Band. All bands prepare several concerts throughout the concert season, compete at Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) Concert and Sight-Reading Contests, and send students to audition for All-Region Band. Several students each year advance to Area auditions, and eventually become part of one of the Texas All-State Bands or Orchestras, which perform during the Texas Music Educator's Association (TMEA) Conference in February of each year in San Antonio, Texas.
2008 Concert and Sightreading Repertoire
Ensembles
Wind Symphony
Amanda Drinkwater, Conductor1. Marche Joyeuse - Charbrier / Junkin
2. Music for Prague - Karel Husa
3. Tunbridge Fair - Walter Piston
Symphonic Band
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. Second Suite for Military Band in F - Gustav Holst/ed. Fennell
2. Sleep - Eric Whitacre
3. El Relicario - Jose Padilla/arr. Longfield
Concert Band
David Simon, Conductor1. The Beau Ideal Concert March - J.P. Sousa/ arr. Gore
2. Singapura Suite - Jan Van der Rooset
3. Allied Honor - Frank Ticheli
Varsity Band (non competing)
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. Air and Variations - Joseph Kreines
2. Old Churches - Michael Colgrass
3. Newcastle Marcho - Johnnie Vinson
2010 Marcus High School Band.