District VI Honor Band Weekend 2024-25
Honor Band Details
Registration Fee: $20.00 (includes an Honor Band t-shirt) -- payable when you register (cash, card, Apple Pay)
Location: Dixon Hall, Tulane University
All students must have their own:
Music
Pencil
Instrument (including reeds, valve oil, mallets, sticks, etc.)
Rehearsal Notes:
Cell phones are not allowed during rehearsals. Please keep them out of sight until breaks.
Lunch Notes:
The Food Court at Tulane DOES NOT ACCEPT CASH. Bring an alternate form of payment, or bring your own lunch.
Food delivery services have been extremely unreliable when delivering to this location. We strongly encourage you to use the food court or bring your own lunch.
Concert dress:
"Sunday Best" or Semi-formal attire
Appropriate tops
Slacks or modest skirts/dresses
Please no jeans, shorts, t-shirts, logos, tennis shoes, etc.
Senior High Honor Band
Conductor: Dr. Robert Schwartz
Repertoire to be selected from the following:
Summit - Kevin Day (Murphy Music Press)
Arrows of Lightning - Marco Putz (deHaske)
Nathan Hale Trilogy - James Curnow (Hal Leonard)
Let Your Spirit Sing - Julie Giroux (Musica Propria)
Sunchaser - Carol Brittin Chambers (Carl Fischer)
Sunlight Dancing - Robert Buckley (Hal Leonard)
We will have a Reading Rehearsal on Tuesday Jan. 28, 6:30 - 8:00 pm @ Haynes Academy
Enter near the Haynes Gym (4300 Division Street, Metairie, LA 70002).
This date is not a required part of Honor Band Weekend, but it is strongly recommended that all Honor Band musicians attend the rehearsal.
Senior High Schedule:
Friday January 31
5:15 - 5:45 pm -- Registration (in the Lobby of Dixon Hall Auditorium)
5:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Tulane Band Room)
6:00 - 9:00 pm -- Rehearsal
Saturday February 1
8:30 am -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
8:50 am -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
9:00 am -- 12:00 pm -- Rehearsal
12:00 - 12:50 pm -- Lunch ( -- see above for more info)
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
1:00 - 3:00 pm -- Rehearsal
Sunday February 2
12:15 pm -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Location TBD)
1:00 - 1:30 pm -- Brief Rehearsal / Tuning
1:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
2:00 pm -- Concert Begins
Junior High Honor Band
Conductor: Ms. Brenda Castillo
Repertoire to be selected from the following:
The Bonsai Tree - Julie Giroux
Crown Imperial - William Walton, Arr. by Jay Bocook
Forza - Quincy Hilliard
Heartland March - Randall Standrige
Music from WICKED - by Stephen Schwartz, Arr. by Michael Sweeney
We will have a Reading Rehearsal on Saturday Jan. 25, 9:00 am - 11:00 am @ Dominican High School
(7701 Walmsley Ave, New Orleans, LA 70125).
This date is not a required part of Honor Band Weekend, but it is strongly recommended that all Honor Band musicians attend the rehearsal. Parking details are forthcoming.
Junior High Schedule:
Friday January 31
5:15 - 5:45 pm -- Registration (in the Lobby of Dixon Hall Auditorium)
5:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
6:00 - 9:00 pm -- Rehearsal
Saturday February 1
8:30 am -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
8:50 am -- In Your Seats (Tulane Band Room)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm -- Rehearsal
12:00 - 12:50 pm -- Lunch ( -- see above for more info)
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Tulane Band Room)
1:00 - 3:00 pm -- Rehearsal
Sunday February 2
12:15 pm -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Location TBD)
1:00 - 1:30 pm -- Brief Rehearsal / Tuning
1:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
2:00 pm -- Concert Begins
Elementary Honor Band
Conductor: Mr. William Hess
Repertoire to be selected from the following:
Midnight Suite (Midnight Mission, Midnight Sky, Midnight Madness) - Brian Balmages
Prehistoric Suite - Paul Jennings
Mechanical Monsters - Randall Standridge
Where Words End... - Randall Standridge
The Tempest - Robert W. Smith
Recording Audio and Part Assignments available here.
We will have a Sectional Rehearsal on Saturday Jan. 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm @ Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy - Loyola Campus
Enter through the doors on Vintage Dr. side (3837 Loyola Dr. Kenner, LA 70065).
This date is not a required part of Honor Band Weekend, but it is strongly recommended that all Honor Band musicians attend the rehearsal.
Elementary Schedule:
Friday January 31
5:15 - 5:45 pm -- Registration (in the Lobby of Dixon Hall Auditorium)
5:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Theater Room)
6:00 - 8:30 pm -- Rehearsal
Saturday February 1
8:30 am -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
8:50 am -- In Your Seats (Theater Room)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm -- Rehearsal
12:00 - 12:50 pm -- Lunch ( -- see below for more info)
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Theater Room)
1:00 - 3:00 pm -- Rehearsal
Sunday February 2
12:30 pm -- Rehearsal Hall Opens
12:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
1:00 - 1:30 pm -- Brief Rehearsal / Tuning
1:50 pm -- In Your Seats (Auditorium)
2:00 pm -- Concert Begins