Band

The Cardinal Gibbons Band Program provides students the opportunity to explore the genres of Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Pep Band and Chamber Music in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere. The program seeks to foster individual interests in conjunction with the full ensemble, while educating students in the mediums of self-confidence and self-discipline.

Please see the Course Offerings pages for more details and the Course Pathways page for more information about each program.

Class of 2025 - Band Info

For the class of 2025, there is NO audition required to participate in Band at Cardinal Gibbons! We welcome all incoming freshman to our Symphonic Band. Please email Mr. Cashin with your intention to participate and choose "Symphonic Band" as your Fine Arts course.

For those incoming freshman who wish to audition for our Wind Ensemble, please email Mr. Cashin to schedule an audition time.

Thank you and stay safe!

Our Band Family

2021 - 2022 Performances

Wind Ensemble Honors and Symphonic/Pep Band Honors will perform at all Home Football Games, the Fall Pep Rally and the St. Patrick's Day Parade. These same Freshman - Juniors will perform at our May Graduation.

All Students will perform in Sunday Formal Concerts and are able to attend our yearly Spring Trip! Jazz Concerts are required for Jazz Club Members Only.

Friday Home Football games:
* August 20th (First Home Game)
* August 27th
* September 10th (Family Football Night)
* October 8th (Homecoming)
* October 29th (Gibbons Senior Night)
* November 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th & December 3rd (Playoff Games)
* December 11th (Saturday - State Championship Game if we make it)

Required Formal Concerts:
* Sunday, December 13th, 2021 - Christmas Concert (Band & Percussion Classes)
* Sunday, February 13th, 2022 - Gibbons Band Pops Concert (Bands/Jazz Club)
* Thursday, April 28th, 2022 - Wind Ensemble/Advanced Percussion/Jazz Club
* Sunday, May 15th, 2022 - Symphonic Band/Percussion Ensemble

Jazz Club Concerts (Jazz Club Members Only):
* December 9th, 2021 (Tuesday -4:00 pm MainStage Theatre) Winter Jazz Concert
* April 28th, 2022 (Thursday - 4:00 pm MainStage Theatre) Spring Jazz Concert

Wind Ensemble, Symphonic & Pep Band Honors and Drum Line marches as a Pep Band in the Raleigh St. Patrick's Parade:
* March 12th, 2022 - Saturday Parade will be 9 - 11:30am

Spring Trip Date and Location: TBD

Graduation Ceremony:
* May 29th, 2022 - Sunday from 11 am to 4 pm

Where Have We Been?

Recent Student Achievements

Recent Student Achievements!

Members of the Cardinal Gibbons High School band have received numerous honors and awards including All-State Orchestra, All-State Band, All-District Jazz Band, and the NCAIS Honor Band. Below are some of our more recent accolades:

Congratulations to Kate Sullivan (Flute - 9th Chair 9/10 Wind Ensemble) John Jenkins (Snare - 4th Chair 9/10 Wind Ensemble) for making the North Carolina All-State Band! This is the highest individual state achievement for Music Education in North Carolina, and we are so proud of Kate and John's hard work, relentless preparation, and successful audition. Way to go!!

Congratulations to Kate Sullivan (Flute - 2th Chair 9/10 Wind Ensemble) in her successful virtual audition for the 2021 East Central All-District Band!

Congratulations to John Jenkins (Snare - 2nd Chair 9/10 Wind Ensemble), Chapman Warren (4th Chair 9/10 Wind Ensemble) and Zachary Pudelski (1st Chair Tipani 11/12 Symphonic Band) for their successful virtual audition for the 2021 East Central All-District Band!

Congratulations to the following students who participated in the UNC-Pembroke Honors Jazz Festival in April of 2021:
Collin Bates - Alto Sax
Ben Healey - Tenor Sax
Audrey Fields - Bari Sax
Derek Fusco - Tenor Sax
Sophie Ingle - Flute

Congratulations to the following students on placing and performing in the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools (NCAIS) Honor Band for 2019 at Wake Forest University!

Amelia Suhocki - Flute (5th Chair)
Carolyn Padfield - Flute (6th Chair)
Max Goyette - Oboe (2nd Chair)
Gabby Vertreese - Bassoon (2nd Chair)
Johann Galilea - Alto Sax (3rd Chair)
James Carmouche - Alto Sax (6th Chair)
Nikki Allen - Trumpet (2nd Chair)
James Brooks - Trumpet (5th Chair)
Andie Galilea - Trumpet (8th Chair)
Cale Losack - Trumpet (12th Chair)
Alexander Tudor - Euphonium (1st Chair)
Benjamin Miranda - Tuba (4th Chair)

Congratulations to all of these students on proudly representing the Gibbons Band!

Ask about how you can be a part of these great ensembles and musical opportunities!

Become A Member!

Placement

Placement auditions are an opportunity for incoming students to get to know the Mr. Cashin, the band class offerings, and learn about all potential music opportunities at Cardinal Gibbons.

Auditions are for placement in one of the two band classes, not for whether you will be accepted into the band program. At Gibbons, Band is a family and we want you to be a part of ours!

Band Placement Audition Date: Saturday, February 6th, 2021 from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm in the Band Room #135

Please RSVP to Mr. Cashin at mcashin@cghsnc.org so we can plan for your arrival.

Students may play any major scales that they know, and two small excerpts of music from a recent band concert. Make-up auditions are by appointment only.

The deferment policy for Health/PE applies.

Symphonic Band

Course: Symphonic Band
Level(s): ALL
Course Prerequisites: None
Credit: 1

Description: Symphonic Band is open to all students with a desire to play a band instrument. Emphasis is placed upon teaching the fundamentals of music performance through daily rehearsals and an understanding of music theory. Students perform in on-campus concerts and have opportunities to participate in Pep Band, Graduation, and combining with the Wind Ensemble class. Students should provide their own instruments unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. Percussion students may take this class if they have two years of experience and they audition. Students may take this course in consecutive years.

*See Page 5 regarding PE Deferment for Rising 9th grade students.

Symphonic Pep Band Honors

Course: Symphonic and Pep Band Honors Grade
Level(s): ALL
Course Prerequisites: Audition
Credit: 1

Description: Symphonic and Pep Band Honors is open to all students with a desire to play a band instrument and audition for the instructor. Emphasis is placed upon teaching the fundamentals of music performance through daily rehearsals and an understanding of music theory. Students perform in on-campus concerts and have opportunities to participate in Pep Band, Graduation, and combining with the Wind Ensemble class. Students should provide their own instruments unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. Percussion students may take this class if they have two years of experience and audition. Students may take this course in consecutive years.

*See Page 5 regarding PE Deferment for Rising 9th grade students.

Wind Ensemble Honors

Course: Wind Ensemble Honors
Grade Level(s): ALL
Course Prerequisites: Symphonic Band or audition
Credit: 1.0

Description: Wind Ensemble is a course for students who have met the standards for Symphonic Band. Members learn aspects of playing an instrument including reading music, completion of music theory assignments each semester, and performing various wind band literature (Wind Ensemble, Pep Band, Jazz Band, and Small Ensemble). On and off-campus concerts, Cardinal Gibbons home football games, specified community parades, and outreach performances are all required. Home practice is expected, and private lessons are strongly encouraged to perform the music in this course. Students should provide their own instruments unless other arrangements are made with the instructor. Percussion students may take this class if they have three years of experience and they audition. Students may take this course in consecutive years.

*See page 5 regarding PE Deferment for Rising 9th grade students.

Middle School Engagement

Middle School Band Partnerships

Middle School Band Partnerships

The middle schools and directors below share a close affiliation to the Cardinal Gibbons Band Program. Students from these programs have thrived in our band, and we continue to be grateful for the hard work each educators invests in their band programs!

Click on the Director's Name to contact them!

Willem Luter: Cathedral School Director

Vlad Klay: Immaculata Catholic School Director

Casey Sagolla-Slamp: Our Lady of Lourdes Director

Jacobi Davis: St. Mary Magdalene Director

Judy Okamoto: St. Michael the Archangel School Director

Susan Fritts: St. Timothy's Episcopal School Director

Matthew Barbee: The Franciscan School Director

Perform with our Pep Band!

Perform with the Pep Band & Drum Line!

Current 6th - 8th Graders are able to Perform with the
Gibbons Pep Band at a High School Football Game!

Thank you to our 20 Band Members who joined us in 2018

Here are the details of our Friday, October 18th Middle School Band Night:

Attire: School or Band T-Shirt and Jeans (Sweatshirt if they are cold).
4:45-5 pm: Drop Off at CG Band Room.
5:00-5:30 pm: Kids/Parents can eat and socialize with our kids/parents! The meal is a potluck!
5:30-6 pm: Middle School kids Practice with our HS Student Leaders on the Music
6-6:30 pm: Full band practices together; MS Percussion Students play with the Drum Line!
6:30-6:45 pm: March to stadium, playing in parking lot for tailgating
7:00 pm: National anthem performance with all students
7:05-8:30 pm (Approximate): Perform and/or hang out in the stands with our band as we cheer on the football team!
8:30-8:45 pm (Approximate): MS kids perform or watch halftime performance with Cardinal Gibbons Band and Drum Line
8:45-9:15 pm: Students are picked up by parents at Cardinal Gibbons!

Pops Festival for Middle School Bands!

Middle School Band Programs are able to perform on the Cardinal Gibbons Pops Festival, which takes place in the Mainstage Theatre on our campus. This is a unique opportunity for current middle school students to perform in a high school auditorium and in a professional music setting!

This past year's Jazz Festival will take place on
Sunday, February 13th, 2022 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Participating Schools

2020: St. Michael's and The Franciscan School
2019: St. Michael's, The Franciscan School, Immaculata
2018: Cathedral School, Immaculata, Our Lady of Lourdes
2017: Cathedral, Franciscan, Immaculata, St. Michael's
2016: Immaculata, St. Mary Magdalene, St. Thomas More

For more information, contact Mark Cashin, Director of Bands
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Class of 2025 Fine Arts placement Information

A Year in the Gibbons' Band

Fall Pep Band

Christmas Music Festival

A Night at the Movies

Spring Band Trip

Spring Music Festival

The Final Notes: Graduation

Summer Programs!

Wind Ensemble Summer Program: July 12 - 16th, 2021!

Wind Ensemble Summer Program: July 12 - 16th, 2021!

We are back this summer!

July 12th - 16th (Monday - Friday)
9am to 5pm

Grades: Rising 8th through 12th Grade
(At minimum 3 full years of playing experience on current instrument)

Description:
The Cardinal Gibbons Wind Ensemble Summer Program is for all Band Instruments (including Percussion) and allows students to further their individual musicianship while enhancing their ensemble performance skills.

We will study fundamentals, chorales, small group and full group band pieces. Sections will have their own instructor for the week of camp.

Equipment: Students must provide their own instrument, with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis. Percussionists should bring a pair of SD-1 General Drum Sticks by Vic Firth.

Camp with conclude with a short performance for parents on the final day of camp at 4:00 pm

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