Welcome to the official website for The Raymond B. Hobbs Middle School Band! Milton, FL, 32570.
As of 3:25 on 9/20, the polo order page for Symphonic and Intermediate is finally working. This item is the Band Polo Shirt mentioned in Friday’s gold packet for Symphonic and Intermediate classes. Sorry for the delay. We will still have the shirts before the Sept 30th performances. Please click the tab below to order. PLEASE ONLY ORDER ONE FOR YOUR CHILD IN THIS BATCH. That is all the shirt shop can currently do. After the 30th we can order more. (Chaperones for the 30th can wear any previous year band shirt.)
ALL BAND CLASSES - We are once again selling our Gourmet Popcorn online! Please click below and start the registration process using student name so that the student gets credit toward prizes. Prizes are one snack bag for every 3 items sold and highest seller gets a gift card!
Upcoming Important Band Dates:
- Saturday, September 17th - All-State auditions at MHS. Only for those who prepared the audition materials during summer lessons. Parents will receive a purple covered audition time/info packet by Monday, Sept 12th.
- September 23rd through October 7th - Online Poppin' Popcorn Fundraiser window. More info will be posted here soon. All level Band classes participate.
- Friday September 30th - Symphonic Class and Intermediate Class performs in MHS homecoming parade during school day, then with MHS Band 1st half of game that evening. More details posted here soon and sent home via document soon.
- October 6th - Fall Band Dance Fundraiser in the Band Room after school till 5:00 PM. Open to all level band students only.
- November 8th - All-County Auditions for our Symphonic students at Avalon MS. Audition piece will be given out to Symphonic students as soon as Mr. C has it.
- Winter Band Concert for all level classes will be posted here as soon as we hear back from the church venue we are trying to use. Will be late Nov or early Dec.
Is your child transferring into Hobbs and already plays a band instrument? If so, then simply click below to register them for the correct level Band Elective class. --
Hobbs Jazz performing at NW FL Jazz Fest April 29th!
Congratulations Hobbs Jazz Ensemble!!!! The NW Florida Jazz Fest Judges awarded us Best MS Saxes, Best MS Rhythm Section, Best Overall MS Soloist of the day - Evan Pittman, and Best Overall MS Jazz Band!!!! Go Jaguar Jazzers!
Our Symphonic Band Performing on stage at our MPA on March 10th at FWBHS
Congratulations Symphonic Band on receiving A’s in every caption and all Superiors from all 4 judges at our March 10th yearly Music Performance Assessment!
Recording of The Raymond B. Hobbs March performed at MPA posted below.
Recording of The Raymond B. Hobbs March performed at MPA posted below.
Congratulations to the students who participated in the April 9th Solo and Ensemble Festival! Here are the participants and results below
Congratulations to Hobbs clarinetists Kennedy Gardner and Josiah Hall for being selected by audition into the Middle School Florida All-State Band! They traveled to Tampa last January to perform in this prestigious ensemble. Congrats Kennedy and Josiah on the outcome of all your hard work!
All-County Band Results!
For the first time in 2 years, our county had its Middle School All-County band audition last Thursday. Results were released 11/8, and our Jaguars performed as strong as they did pre-pandemic! We had 33 students selected! If you know any of these students, please congratulate them for their hard work and this accomplishment. Here they are:
(For rehearsals dates/times and performance, please look at Symphonic Dates below names.)
Flutes
Samantha Kuhn
Erin Sommers
Danielle Moody
Taylor Ellis
Clarinets
Josiah Hall
Amberlyn King
Kennedy Gardner
Nathan Garcia
Imani Zandi-Karimi
Hinslett Phan
Bradley Toomey
Kayleigh Barnes
Ryleigh Jones
Mackenzie Morris
Alexandra Castillo
Bass Clarinet
Andre Chandler
Alto Sax
Madeline Wixon
Tenor Sax
Cayden Bachman
Bari Sax
Stephen Johnson
Trumpet
Trey Sanborn
French Horn
Samantha Jones
Alexander Ford
Evan Pittman
Andrew Willis
Trombone
Micah Parker
Euphonium
Coda Turner
Mathias Freitag
Tuba
Nathan Hassler
Brayden Wilson
Mason Shouppe
Percussion
Cooper Barton
Ava Phan
Emma Lindsey
Congratulations 2021-22 All-County Musicians!
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For all Classes: Please spend time on the following Listening Page to listen to great performances of prolific performers of your instruments -
Click this link to read the very informative and encouraging recent research performed at the University of Minnesota with wind instruments and Covid spread - https://twin-cities.umn.edu/news-events/musical-instruments-dont-spread-aerosols-far-you-might-think
Coolest Mask Week was October 5-9, 2020 - Thanks to all who participated! 3rd place - Taylor Ellis, Beginner Flute; 2nd place - Andrew Willis, Beginner French horn; 1st place - Tag Gilbride, Symphonic saxophone. Congratulations!
Taylor: Holloween theme! -- Andrew: A dragon! -- Tag: "All eyes are watching" theme!
Congratulations to our Symphonic Band, who earned All Superior ratings, the grade average of “A” from all four FBA judges, including sight-reading, at our March 11th, 2020 yearly assessment!
Symphonic cupcake celebration on Thursday, 3/12, with judges sheets and MPA Superior Award on whiteboard!
Florida All-State Band member, tuba player, Graceson Spears, 2020-21.
Congratulations to the following 2019-20 band students who were selected via September auditions to the Florida All-State Band! These students were chosen from hundreds throughout the state who auditioned for a spot within this prestigious ensemble.
They are:
Ciana Antonio, Clarinet
Logan Campbell, Clarinet
and
Averi Odom, Clarinet
Congratulations to these outstanding musicians who traveled to Tampa last January to perform in the FL All-State Band and represent Hobbs!
They are:
Ciana Antonio, Clarinet
Logan Campbell, Clarinet
and
Averi Odom, Clarinet
Congratulations to these outstanding musicians who traveled to Tampa last January to perform in the FL All-State Band and represent Hobbs!
Our All-State students after their performance at the Tampa Convention Center, January 11th, 2020!
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A big THANK YOU to Mike (dad) and Mason (tuba player) Shouppe for installing our Logo Sign in front of our band room!
Click here for student expectations for all band classes -
- If your child plays a school-owned instrument - tuba, French horn, tenor sax, bari sax, baritone/euphonium, oboe or bassoon, and bass clarinet, please submit your one time $100 school rental payment to the locked money box in the band room as soon as possible. Please make sure checks are made out to Hobbs Band and that you include your child's name on the check. Percussion students please submit a one time $50 school rental payment for the use of the school percussion equipment for the year. Thank you!
- Remember- If any rental is a financial hardship, please send a written note in a sealed envelope to Mr. Colón stating so along with what amount you think you can pay.
Thank you to everyone who helped make Composer Owens' visit a success and for being a part of the first performance of his Hobbs Celebration written for our 2019 Symphonic Band!
Area Private band instrument Lessons
- Mr. David Riggs @ 261-2186, please ask for Mr. Riggs and for available lesson times, He is local - Hwy 90 and Mr. C highly recommends Mr. Riggs. Teaches all woodwind and brass.
- Ms. Kandyce Boehmer is local, in Milton. 816-8156, also teaches all woodwind and brass.
- Schmidts - 434-0317, Pcola, ask for your child's instrument lesson availability
