News
Students participating in the Virginia Tech honor Band 2023!
The 2023 Roanoke County All County Band event was held at Northside HS on January, 10th.  Both middle school and high school combined bands performed a concert in front of a packed house!

The high school concert begins around 17:45
2023 Concert Assessment

March 3rd, 2023

Program

Valley Forge                                                                     King arr. Swearingen

Elegy for a Young American                                           LoPresti

Spitfire!                                                                           Gary Gilroy
​2022 Winter Concert

December 12th at 7pm   CSHS Auditorium
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Program
 
Chanukah is Here 
                                                                                                Arr. Calvin Custer
 A Celebration of Folk Music from the Hebrew People
Rest
                                                                                             Samuel Hazo
O Holy Night
                                                         Adolphe Charles Adams  Arr. Calvin Custer
Ave Maria
                                                                                                  Biebl arr. Cameron
Sleigh Ride
                                                                                                     Leroy Anderson
2022 Fall Concert

November 7th at 7pm   CSHS Auditorium
Program
 
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo
                                                       Malcolm Arnold
Carmina Burana  
Movements.
1.  Fortune, Variable as the moon

2. I Lament Fortunes blows

3. Behold the Spring

13. Fortune, Empress of the World        
                                                               
                                                    Carl Orff  Arr. John Krance
Amazing Grace
                                                        Walker, Newton Arr. Frank Ticheli
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
                                                         Handel arr. Rickets
Skyfall 
                                                     Adkins, Epworth Arr. Jay Bocook
2021-2022 Cave Spring HS/MS Holiday Tour Video produced for our local elementary school students.
2020-2021 CSHS Concert Band Spring Project
2020-2021 CSHS Concert Band Fall Project
2020-2021 CSHS Concert Band Winter Project
WINTER BAND CONCERT 2019

DECEMBER 16TH AT 7PM AT HIDDEN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
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SIlent Night       Gruber arr. Derrick
 Winter Concert  2019
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Carol of the Bells
                                Arr. Hoey, transcribed by Hodges
 
Snow Day Celebration                                                                                               Alan Stein
 
Greensleeves
      Traditional Arr. Reed
 
Grown-up Christmas List
    Foster and Thompson-Jenner Arr. Brown
 
Christmas at the Movies
The Nightmare Before Christmas – Somewhere in My Memory – The Polar Express          
                                                               Arr. Moss
2022 Spring Concert 

Flight of the Thunderbird
                                                   Richard Saucedo
 
Songs of Old Kentucky                 Brant Karrick
  1. John Riley (Wayfaring Stranger)
  2. Barn Dance (Sourwood Mountain, Frog Went a-Courtin’, Loving Hannah)
 
Pirates of the Caribbean (Symphonic Suite)
         Music by Brant Karrick arr. By John Wasson
 
Medley includes: The Medallion Calls, The Black Pearl, To the Pirate’s Cave, One Last Shot, He’s a Pirate
 
Dreamsong                                Richard Saucedo
(For Piano Solo and Band)
Jack Horton, Piano soloist
 
Legends and Heroes               Pierre LaPlante
  1. Patrick on the Railroad
  2. Sweet Betsy
  3. Little David, Play On!
 
Foundry
                                                        John Mackey

​Concert and Symphonic Bands

This is the cornerstone of our program. The majority of teaching fundamentals and performance practices occur in these classes.

Concert Band and Symphonic band was set up originally as Concert band being the lower band, and Symphonic band being the higher level. This setup has changes in the past few years to incorporate students who want to participate but due to scheduling concerns could not enter the correct ensemble. The lines blurred and we witnessed many students decide not to participate either thinking the music was WAY too difficult or much too easy. The remedy was to combine both classes.

We began six years ago by combining both groups for concert performances. Both groups, even though they have different names, work on the same music literature. We practice and prepare in both classes allowing students to enroll without drawback of getting the “wrong” class. We have been successful by challenging the students on multiple levels and seeing growth in not only ensemble performance but individual musicianship as well.
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It is with the highest attention that the students receive the formal training that was started at the middle school and to foster progress on into college and beyond.
The concerts that are provided are a fall concert, a holiday’s concert, performance for Concert Assessment and lastly the spring concert and graduation.
 
These ensembles are the cornerstone of our Cave Spring program with students also successfully participating in Roanoke Children’s Choir, Winds of the Blue Ridge, Roanoke Valley Community Band as well as area church and civic organizations.

We have students participating in District and State ensembles and collegiate honor bands from Virginia Tech, Radford, Liberty, VCU, JMU, Roanoke College, and Shenandoah Conservatory.

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