All groups final performance of the year!

Call time is 5pm. (Jazz Band 4:30pm)

5pm – Jazz Bands Starts pre-show music.

5:30pm – Spring Concert Starts.

Order of Performance

Full Orchestra

Cadet Band

String Orchestra

Cadet Orchestra

Concert Band

Done by 7:30pm (best guess).

The concert will take place outdoors at the Pavilion stage in Standley Park. Please bring chairs or blankets. Bake sale items and pizza will be available. Students may leave after performing but will miss the rest of the show 😢.

Ruben Flores invited you to a Microsoft Teams Meeting:

Standley Booster Meeting
Monday, May 4, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (PST)

Meeting link: Standley Booster Meeting | Microsoft Teams | Meetup-Join

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+Tentative Schedule.  Could change a few minutes one way or the other.

USHS Jazz Band – 2:30pm – 3pm

-Combined (Standley 8th graders) song 2:50pm

Grossmont Jazz 3:15pm – 4pm

Standley Jazz 4:15pm to 5pm

              -Combined (UCHS) Song 4:45pm

‍ ‍Euphoria Brass Band 5:15pm to 6pm

‍CALL TIME IS 2:30pm, 3pm at the latest.

Performance outside in the courtyard of school.

-Call Time: 4:30pm

-Performance: 5pm

-Done by 6pm (packed up and gone).

+Jazz Shirts and casual bottoms.

Ruben Flores invited you to a Microsoft Teams Meeting:

Standley Booster Meeting
Monday, April 6, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (PST)

Meeting link: Standley Booster Meeting | Microsoft Teams | Meetup-Join

Jazz Festival at Point Loma Nazarene College.

Very nice venue, everyone enjoyed it last year.

8am - Arrival meet up in front of the music building at PLNU (MAP)

8:30am - Warm-up

9:15am - Performance

9:35am - Clinic.

10am - done. I do suggest sticking around to watch other middle schools perform. San Elijo and Pacific Beach middle are after us.

Dress is Jazz Shirts, NICE black on the bottom and NICE shoes!!!

Advanced Band and Orchestra participate in the District Music Festival.

Timing is still open as I wait for our performance time from the Festival director.

Permission Slip

Bus Contribution

8:00am – SNACK TIME (Bring Something Healthy NO SUGAR!)

9:00am – Load up busses at Standley.

10:00am – Arrive at Marshall MS.

10:30am – Orchestra Warm-up

11:15am – Orchestra Performance / Concert Band Watches

12:00pm – Concert Band Warms-up.

12:45pm – Concert Band Performance / Orchestra Watches

1:30pm – Load Busses and head home

2:00pm – Arrive at Standley.

All classes will be participating in a Forum Festival on Friday March 6th, 2026. The trip is not mandatory or part of a student’s grade. Below you will find a link for the payment information and requirements for the trip. The itinerary for the trip is not set yet, performance times will be available late January. You can go look at last year’s trip into for reference. Please email me with further questions, rflores1@sandi.net. Trip info sheet and sign-up form also available in the music room. Due date to sign-up is December 1st, 2025.

Trip Info (payment and requirements).

Sign-online

Parent Volunteer Packet

Blog 2026

Parent Permission Slip

Itinerary

Bus Tracking

DRESS: Students should show up to school dressed in their Standley Music Polo / Jazz Shirts. Black pants / Skirt, Black socks and black dress shoes (like winter concert performance). Students are welcome to bring something to change into for the rest of the day at Knott’s Berry Farm.

CMEA Jazz Band Auditions. More Info….>

HERE (scroll down to Middle School Jazz Ensemble Section)

March Booster Meeting | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

https://teams.live.com/meet/9346658525194?p=2usMofv92wjB9irb9b

Jazz Band will be playing pre-game music and performing the National Anthem.

7:00am - Set-up begins (FLORES)

8am - Call time at PAVILIAN STAGE

8:30am - Music starts, families should start arriving 

8:45am: Teams will line up along the pool fence

9:00am: Ceremony begins with a parade of teams from the pool fence to the stage area, taking their places on the grass (GONNA FLY NOW)

9:15am: Opening remarks

9:20am: National Anthem

9:30am: Band is free to QUIETLY leave.

9:25am: Ceremony continues with more talking, pledges, first pitch...

Approx 9:45-9:55: Otter Pop Run concludes the ceremony

10:30am: Games begin

10:45-11:30: Clean-up and break-down

Students performing and playing baseball can wear their Baseball uniforms. Everyone else is in casual gear with jazz jersey.

Kebob Shop fundraiser.

25% all day back to Standley Boosters all day. Online code in flyer.

Use this Flyer

Concert featuring Full Orchestra, Flute Choir and Chamber Orchestra

February Booster Meeting | meeting - Teams Link

More info HERE

Ruben Flores invited you to a Microsoft Teams Meeting:

Standley Music Booster Meeting
Monday, January 12, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (PST)

Meeting link: Standley Music Booster Meeting | Microsoft Teams | Meetup-Join

Advanced Band and Orchestra Performance California Adventures - Disneyland.

Where: Hollywood Backlot Stage

When: Here is the Trip Itinerary.

Band - Noon

Orchestra - 1pm

Bus List - Bus 1 Bus 2

Bus tracking info 

Blog

Permission Slip (also available in music room)

All classes will be participating in a Forum Festival on Saturday March 8th, 2025. The trip is not mandatory or part of a students grade. Below you will find a link for the payment information and requirements for the trip. There is also a TENTITIVE itinerary for the trip. Please email me with further questions, rflores1@sandi.net. Trip info sheet and sign-up form also available in the music room. Due date to sign-up is December 1st, 2024.

Trip Info (payment and requirements).

Itinerary

Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3

Performance Site Information (Bonita Center for the Arts in San Dimas) - 822 W. Covina Blvd., San Dimas, CA 91773)

Bus Tracking

Teams Link (Parent)

Sign-online

Parent Volunteer Packet

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Dear Students & Parents,

Thank you for your interest in this year’s SDUSD Honor Band and Orchestra Auditions! It’s our pleasure to serve as the middle school managers, and we are excited about this year’s experience. We look forward to making this an excellent learning and performing experience for our students in the district. Below is essential information you need to know, so read it carefully, share it with your parents, and mark these required dates on your calendar. Please note no fees are required for this event.

Honor Auditions

DAY and TIME: Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, 5:00 - 9:00 PM

LOCATION: Madison High School - Check-in room: Rm. 903 (behind the theatre, beside the band rm.) 4833 Doliva Dr, San Diego, CA 92117

Before the audition, please check the dates below before committing to the process because ALL rehearsals are required.  Absences for any reason will result in the removal from the ensemble.

You may sign up online for an audition between  January 7 - January 24th using a link provided by your music teacher. This link will also be posted on the VAPA Honor Ensemble page, which can be found here starting on Jan. 7. The required audition material is listed on page 2 of this letter and it is now posted on the honor ensemble page, linked here, with access to the audition materials. 

REHEARSAL INFORMATION

LOCATION: Madison High School, Band Room and Theatre, 4833 Doliva Dr, San Diego, CA 92117.  NOTE: the top 2-3 woodwind, brass, and percussion chair positions will also be invited to perform with the Middle School Honor Orchestra, listed as ‘Orchestra Winds’, below.

                2025 Middle School Honor Ensemble Rehearsals

5:30-8:30 - band & 5:30-9:00 - orchestra  

(8:30-9:00 extension for orchestra & orchestra winds)

     • Thursday, February 27     • Thursday, March 13     • Thursday, March 20 

     • Friday, February 28       • Friday, March 14       • Friday, March 21 

SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2025 - Dress Rehearsal and Concert at The Jacobs Music Center

1245 Seventh Ave. San Diego, CA 92101

Band Dress rehearsal: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM - exact time TBD

Orchestra Dress rehearsal: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM exact time TBD

Middle School Honor Band & Orchestra Concert - 1:00 pm

Thank you and Happy Practicing!

4pm to 4:50pm - Orchestra

5pm to 5:50pm - Band

MORE INFO HERE

5:00pm – Orchestras Arrive

-Beginning to the stage

-Advanced in Music Room

5:15pm – Auditorium Opens

5:30pm – Act 1 of show starts

5:45pm - Advanced Orchestra to Stage.

6:00pm – Int. / Beginning and Jazz band arrives.

6:15pm – Int. / Beginning band to stage

-Jazz Band in Music Room

6:30pm – Act 2 of show starts.

6:45pm – Jazz Band to the stage.

7pm – Advanced Band arrives in Music Room.

7:30pm – Act 3 of show starts

– Advanced Band begins performing from music room.

8:15pm – Show is OVER!

Parents that don’t have students performing in the current “Act” need to leave the auditorium to create space for family of students in current “Act” section performance. There will be refreshments outside of the auditorium along with live video of the performance.

Ruben Flores invited you to a Microsoft Teams Meeting:

Standley Music Boosters Meeting
Monday, December 2, 2024
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM (PST)

Meeting link: Standley Music Boosters Meeting | Microsoft Teams | Meetup-Join

This is a fundraiser for Standley Music Students. Will be a fun night. Come eat pizza and sing Karaoke at Roundtable Pizza. (3250 Governor Dr, San Diego, CA 92122, United States)

Show this flyer for any dine-in or takeout food order (Not good for delivery).

15% goes back to support the music program at Standley.

Live Karaoke from 5pm till 8pm, come sing, eat and support the music program!

 Flyer also available in the music room.