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Petaluma High School Music Department
Cliff Eveland,
Instrumental Director
Jennifer Fulkerson, Choral Director
Matthew Lane, Assistant Instrumental
Director
Austin Harris, Percussion & Drum Line
Instructor
Sarah Morgan, Color Guard Instructor
PHS Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, &
Concert Band
The Wind Ensemble is a very advanced level
performing group offered to instrumentalists with the appropriate skill
and maturity (by audition only). The Wind Ensemble performs at community
events, competitions, and numerous concerts throughout the year. The
Symphonic Band is an advanced level class offered to instrumentalists with
the appropriate skill and maturity (by audition only). The Symphonic Band
also performs at several concerts throughout the year. The Concert Band
is an intermediate level class offered to instrumentalists with the
appropriate skill. All groups perform at the Winter and Spring Concerts,
and combine to form the PHS Marching Band. The Instrumental Assistant
Director is Matt Lane.
PHS Marching Band
The Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Band, and
the Concert Band combine to form this fun and competitive group, so if you
are in any of the previously mentioned bands, then you are a member of the
Marching Band as well. The members are required to attend a week long
Band Camp at the end of summer to prepare for the fall marching season,
and return to marching in April after a long winter without marching. The
group performs at several Northern California competitions and events on
Saturdays during the school year, and takes a tour to places like
Disneyland, San Diego, Vancouver, and Washington D.C. once a year. The
Marching Band has a one hour after-school rehearsal each week on Monday
from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, and practices during class time as well. The
Marching Band is pursuing an invitation to the Pasadena Tournament of
Roses Parade.
PHS Chamber Choir & Madrigal Singers
The Chamber Choir is an intermediate level
class offered to vocalists with the appropriate skill. The Madrigal
Singers is an advanced level group within the Chamber Choir class, and is
offered to vocalists with the appropriate skill and maturity. Members of
the Madrigal Singers are also members of the Chamber Choir. Both groups
perform at several festivals and events outside of class during the school
year, including the Winter and Spring Concerts, and take a tour to places
like Disneyland, San Diego, Vancouver, and Washington D.C. once a year.
Both ensembles require an audition to join.
PHS Varsity Jazz Ensemble & Junior Varsity
Jazz Ensemble
The Varsity Jazz Ensemble is a very
advanced level class offered to instrumentalists with the appropriate
skill, maturity, and instrumentation (by audition only). The Junior
Varsity Jazz Ensemble is an intermediate level class offered to
instrumentalists with the appropriate skill and instrumentation (by
audition only). The Jazz Ensemble instrumentation consists of saxophones,
trombones, trumpets, piano, guitar, bass guitar, and drum set. The
Varsity Jazz Ensemble performs at many community events (including the
Mystic Theatre) and Bay Area competitions. Both ensembles perform at the
Winter and Spring Concerts. Concurrent enrollment in Wind Ensemble,
Symphonic Band, or Concert Band is required.
PHS Drum Line
This extracurricular all-percussion group
rehearses once a week during the school year, and the members are required
to attend a week long Drum Line Camp at the end of summer. An audition is
held on the 2nd day of Drum Line Camp (runs concurrently with
summer Band Camp). Drum Line is open to any student who is a member of a
PHS instrumental ensemble. Marching Band percussionists are required to
participate in the Drum Line. The group performs at several school and
community events, and at Winter Percussion Competitions that take place
during February and March. The Drum Line rehearses once a week on
Wednesday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM. The Percussion and Drum Line Instructor
is Austin Harris.
PHS Jazz Combo
This extracurricular group consists of the
most advanced members of the Varsity Jazz Ensemble playing in a smaller
ensemble of 5 to 7 players. The Jazz Combo performs at numerous community
fundraisers, charity events, and private parties around Sonoma County.
PHS Color Guard
The Color Guard is a coordinated movement,
dance, and equipment based performance group open to any PHS student. The
Color Guard performs with the Marching Band at parades during marching
season, but also performs separately at competitions during Winter Guard
season (February and March). The group is currently an extracurricular
ensemble which rehearses once a week after school. An audition is
required in the spring, and attendance at the summer Color Guard Camp
(concurrent with the summer Band Camp) is also required. The Color Guard
Instructor is Sarah Morgan.
Cliff Eveland
Instrumental Director at PHS
As director of all band classes at PHS,
advisor to the Drum Line, Jazz Combo, and Color Guard, and the former
Choral Director (8 years), Mr. Eveland has proven himself to be a
dedicated and hard working teacher. For over eleven years, he has
elevated the Music Program at Petaluma High School to higher levels of
performance; developing the Wind Ensemble, the Drum Line, the Madrigal
Singers, the Concert Band, the Jazz Combo, the J.V. Jazz Ensemble, and the
Petaluma Invitational Band Review. Under his direction, the bands,
choirs, Color Guard and Drum Line have placed first or second in numerous
competitions and festivals all over California.
Jennifer Fulkerson
Choral Director at PHS
PHS Music Boosters
The PHS Music Boosters is an organization
of music parents that provide the financial and physical support necessary
to keep the Music Department at Petaluma High operating. The Boosters
main fundraiser is a weekly bingo game. The game is staffed and operated
by the parents of PHS music students in cooperation with the music parents
at Casa Grande High School. The music students at each school set-up the
bingo game each week. Maintaining uniforms, providing transportation,
assisting at competitions, developing fundraisers, and organizing the
Petaluma Invitational Band Review are other tasks the Booster parents
accomplish on a regular basis.
PHS Music Student Leadership
The band and choir classes have student
leadership organizations that consist of presidents, treasurers,
librarians, section leaders, etc. These groups are responsible for
coordinating fundraisers and activities, and for providing team leadership
and general assistance.
Questions?
Questions regarding the PHS Music Program
can be directed to Cliff Eveland or Jennifer Fulkerson at 769-9650
(PHS Music Office, leave a message). Please also check our website:
www.petalumahighmusic.org
Other Info
The choral students are required to
purchase their concert attire. A fee for marching band and jazz uniform
usage and cleaning is required at the beginning of each school year. Some
school instruments are available for loan throughout the school year.
GO TROY!
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