Black Knights Marching Band

Welcome to George Baratis as our new Band Director!

Band Camp is in progress and the band is looking forward to a great season.

Check out the article in today's Stamford Advocate.

The most busy time of the year has arrived. The Stamford High School Winter Percussion and Jazz Ensemble are working hard to begin their competitive seasons.  The percussion have been completing their 2010 show "Pieces" and striving for the top spot in MAC and WGI. Completed is 2/3 of the show musically and 1/3 with drill. Rehearsals are 6-9 Tuesday and Thursdays and Saturdays every week. This week the Saturday rehearsal will be 9-6. There is much to complete but SHS has that drive to be the best.

The Jazz Band has been working on an arrangement of Sing Sing Sing. Also being rehearsed is an arrangement of Someone To Watch Over Me. Included in that performance will be Victoria Esposito on vocals.

Our first shows at Bethel and Brien McMahon are now complete. 

A great start to the season, and an excellent improvement in just two weeks.

Great things are ahead.  Keep up with the Black Knights as they complete their show.

Our next show will be at Trumbull High School on October 3rd.  Stay tuned for exact times and details.

The Stamford High School Marching Band began the 2009-2010 season with an exciting evening last week. Over 20 incoming freshman performed with most of the returning members. The opener and ballad were rehearsed along with some exercises from the warm-up book.

It is nice to see friendships being created. The students were spoken to by the Director, M. Waselik about the high level of expectations that are expected from everyone, along with the staff. This looks to be a fun season for everyone that are involved. After the rehearsal pizza was served to cap off the fun evening.

Please watch this. This is very interesting!

Who says it is not a sport?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWmM1jpM8I

Percussion auditions and rehearsals begin Monday May 18 from 6-8 in the SHS band room.

Please bring all sticks and mallets needed for the audition and rehearsal.

Every member must audition for spots, including returing members.

All incoming freshman will need sticks.

Any questions, please feel free to contact the Band Director, Mr. Waselik at 203-977-4306 or pwaselik@ci.stamford.ct.us

The City of Stamford Memorial Day Parade is set for May 24th. The parade begins at 12:00.

All Marching Band and Concert Band students must be in the parade. A report time will be given to the students. They will have a short piece to memorize for the parade. Rehearsals will be set soon!

As the guard was performing at MAC Championships, the Winter Percussion was warming up as they are beginning to make that strong push into April. Finishing touches are being put on the show as we begin moving towards Shelton High School for MAC and Dayton.

It was a tremendous performance Saturday night.

keep visiting the site for details on Championships and Dayton.

Congratulations to the Westhill/Stamford Color Guard for their terrific performance at the Musical Arts Conference Championships this past Saturday!

They completed the season with their best finish in years at Trumbull High School. We look forward to seeing them in the future.

Please continue to visit this website for updates on future clinics and the fall season.

Check out the pictures.  Also, final scores posted on the MAC Website.