Welcome to the official website for The Raymond B. Hobbs Middle School Band! Milton, FL, 32570.
Attention All Classes: Save the date: Winter Band Concert - Thursday, December 16th. Location is Pine Terrace Baptist in Milton. Every student meet in sanctuary at 6 pm. Parents drop them off at main entrance with their instrument put together (leave cases in car) then find a parking space while your child meets their class in the sanctuary. Concert starts at 6:30 pm. More details:
- Beginner and Intermediate classes - Wear your "Sunday best" outfit. For boys: collared shirt and nice slacks, optional tie; OR band shirt with long pants. Girls: Nice skirt or pant outfit or dress. Please do not go out and purchase a new outfit. Use the best you already have. Santa hats are also permitted.
- The concert should only last about 45 minutes. All Parents - Please make sure you understand students are to remain with their group until the end of Symphonic Band's performance (last group on stage). Meet your child outside the main entrance after the Symphonic. Any dads who can remain afterwards to move heavy stage equipment, please do. Thank you.
- Symphonic and Jazz will wear their uniforms they've recently been fitted for. Those should go home by the 14th. Boys will need black socks and solid dark shoes for their uniform. (A $20 uniform donation from Symphonic families is requested and appreciated in order for us to replenish and maintain uniform stock. Check made to "Hobbs Band." Thank you.)
Congratulations to Hobbs clarinetists Kennedy Gardner and Josiah Hall for being selected by audition into the Middle School Florida All-State Band! They will be traveling to Tampa in 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:
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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Attention Symphonic (2nd per) and Intermediate (5th per) Parents and Students: Thank you all for your participation in the MHS Homecoming Parade and Band night on the 7th and 8th! Students did a great job and were very well behaved! A big THANK YOU to our chaperones for both events!
Symphonic dates to save:
- November 4th - All-County Band Auditions @ Avalon MS after school. Parents - We are currently working requirements and every Symphonic student should be ready to audition. Encourage your child to finish the memorized scale requirements and etude that are currently being graded in class.
- Winter Band Concert - Thursday, December 16th. Location TBA.
- January 29th - All-County Band concert for those who are selected to the group in Nov.
- March 10th - Our yearly MPA, Music Performance Assessment @ FWBHS. More info to come.
- April 9th - Solo and Ensemble Festival @ Avalon MS.
It's Poppin Popcorn time again, Dec 3rd through Dec 17th. No ship to school this time, only ship to customer. This is so you have a chance to meet Christmas delivery. School shipment would have been 3rd week of January, so we opted out. Click box below to order and/or sell this delicious fundraiser -
Attention all Band Parents: Please join your child's band class on Remind.com. This will allow Mr. C to send you a communication of your choice - text or email, to keep you up to date on your child's band class. If your child is absent for any reason, please have them visit the assignment page below to keep up with class requirements. Thank you!
Click here for Assignment page for each level Band class, per period. -
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 (6th grd, tuba) Shouppe for installing our new 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.
- Blues Angels - 457-7557, Pcola, ask for your child's instrument lesson availability
- Schmidts - 434-0317, Pcola, ask for your child's instrument lesson availability
