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.
2010 Concert and Sightreading Repertoire
Ensembles
Wind Symphony
Amanda Drinkwater, Conductor1. Marche Heroique - Saint-Seans
2. When Jesus Wept - Schuman
3. Feste Romane - Respighi/trans. Patterson
Symphonic Band
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
2. Introit -Fisher Tull
3. Marche Hongroise - Hector Berlioz/arr. Smith
Concert Band
David Simon, Conductor1. A Tribute to Grainger - Grainger/Ragsdale
2. Rondeau from "Abdelazer" - Purcell/Farnon
3. Domingo Ortega - Ledesma, Oropesa/Wiley
Varsity Band (non competing)
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. Henderson Field - Karl L. King
2. Heaven's Light - Steven Reineke
3. American Riversongs - Pierre La Planta
*All Marcus Band concert groups received exclusively first division
ratings at the Region 24 Concert & Sightreading Contest
2010 Marcus High School Band.