Features

All Schurr Legion parents! Help us contact you! Click here to download contact form. Please complete and return to white box in band room.

Fireworks stand, in conjunction with the basketball team, will be held from July 1 to 4 and will be located in the Garmar PLaza on

Carmen and Belle of Chicago music is now available in the Recordings page..

Band Calendar has been updated. Click here to download the latest changes.

Pre-order GRADUATION LEIS $13 for single and $16 for a double. Last day to pre-order is June 8. CLICK HERE to download pre-order form.

HELP, HELP, HELP!!!!! Calling all alums, friends, and boosters. We are in desparate need of instruments! If you or someone you know has an old instrument that they are no longer playing and wish to donate or loan to the program, please contact Mr. Castro immediately! We need 5 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, 2 string basses, 2 alto saxes, 2 tenor saxes, 4 clarinets, 4 flutes, and 4 trumpets. We will take them in (almost) any condition.

Band students can now download 2009 show music, exercises and recordings. Click on the Spartan Band link on the left to select your instrument
You can also find them under the Features section on the right.


"Students with course work/experience in music performance scored 61 points higher on the verbal portion of the SAT and 42 points higher on the math portion than students with no course work or experience in the arts for a combined total of 103 points higher."
- The College Board
"There is a very high correlation between positive self-perception, high cognitive competence scores, healthy self-esteem, total interest and school involvement and the study of music."
- Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities
"Ninety percent of students who participate in their high school band, orchestra, and/or chorus go on to college and complete their undergraduate degree."
- Dr. Tim Lautzenheiser
"It occurred to me by intuition that music was the driving force behind that intuition and my discovery was the result of my musical perception."
- Albert Einstein speaking on his renowned Theory of Relativity
"Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other for education, because the rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul."
- Plato