Honors Band is an Invited Ensemble to the 77th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago!

 

BIG NEWS TO SHARE!!! The Arbor Creek Honors Band is invited to perform at the 77th annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois!

The Midwest Clinic is an international band & orchestra music education convention attended by more than 17,000 people from all 50 states, and 30 countries. Bands are invited to demonstrate quality programs to the attendees, and to showcase brand new music by living/active composers.

We are so proud, honored, and humbled by this opportunity to represent our school, district, and state at this performance in December 2023! Please help congratulate the kids on this big honor!

Be a Part of One of the Best Middle School Band Programs in the Country!

 

5th Grade Parents: Click here for information on how your student can join band.

2022 All-District Band Members

 Congratulations to the following students for earning a spot in the LISD All-District Band. 

Arbor Creek had 56 students make the band along with 5 students earning 1st chair on their instrument!

Mark of Excellence and Citation of Excellence Winners!

We are excited to announce that last year’s Honors & Symphonic Bands have been named National Winners by the Foundation for Music Education!

Ensembles from across the nation submitted and both bands at Arbor Creek were selected to receive the highest award in their category. 

2021-2022 Honors Band - National Winner in the Mark of Excellence (Varsity Ensembles)

2021-2022 Symphonic Band - National Winner in the Citation of Excellence (Non-Varsity Ensembles)

Way to go Arbor Creek Bands!

State Finalists!

Congratulations to the 2021-2022 Arbor Creek Honors Band for placing 4th in the Texas Honor Band Competition! We are so proud of the students and the hard work they put into preparing and performing their contest music this year. 

This is the 5th time that the ACMS Honors Band has been named a State Finalist. Way to go!

Join the Arbor Creek Band!

 

Interested in joining the Arbor Creek Band? 

Please reach out to either Mrs. Beene or Mrs. Ayoub to schedule a time to tryout the instrument. beenek@lisd.net or ayoubs@lisd.net

Join The Hebron Band!

8th Grade Students and Parents! 
Please go to https://www.hebronband.org/newmembers for information about being in the amazing Hebron HS Band!

Awards

The Arbor Creek Middle School Band Program received two prestigious national awards this past December at The Midwest Clinic: The Sudler Cup and the Programs of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award.

The Sudler Cup is presented by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The purpose of the Sudler Cup is to identify, recognize and honor junior high school and middle school concert band programs that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years. This 34-year old award has acknowledged only 57 bands previously from Texas, North Carolina, South Caroline, Wisconsin, Georgia, Florida, Nebraska, Virginia, Hawaii, Alabama, Kansas, Illinois, Utah, and Louisiana.

The Programs of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award is presented by the National Band Association. The National Band Association is dedicated to the attainment of a high level of excellence for bands and band music. The NBA National Programs of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award recognizes quality programs of all levels. Band programs and their educators are honored regionally and nationally through this initiative. The ACMS Band is the only middle school to be recognized this year, and only the 7th middle school to be recognized in the history of the award.

The Saxophone Ensemble performs at The 73rd Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL

State Honor Band Finalist

Congratulations to the 2018-2019 Honors Band and the entire ACMS Band program for your continued success and third-consecutive state honor band finals appearance!

LISTEN to the 2019 Honor Band Submission here!

Spring Concert Program

Click here for the Spring Concert program.

The 2018-2019 Honors Band

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Join the award-winning Arbor Creek Band!

The band program has over 300 students, that's over 1/3 of the ACMS student body!

The Honors Band has been an invited performer at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago IL and has been a Texas State Honor Band Championship finalist three times (contest held every other year), finishing as 1st runner up in 2017. The Honors Band has placed over 250 students into the All-District & All-Region Band over the past four years.

The Honors, Symphonic, Eagle & Jazz Bands have received unanimous first-divisions at local contests & UIL Concert & Sight-Reading for nearly 25 years.

Click HERE for more information on our past successes, and visit our FUTURE MEMBERS page and 5th Grade Parent Info page to learn how YOU can be a part of future successes!

SIGN UP FOR BAND AS AN ELECTIVE FOR NEXT YEAR.

TMEA Region 2 All-Region Band Members 2018

LISD All-District Band Members 2018

2017-2018 Awards

Arbor Creek MS Eagle Band (6^th grade Beginner Band)

Unanimous Superior 1^st division ratings at McKinney Boyd HS Peak Festival

Superior 1^st division rating from NRH2O

Arbor Creek MS Symphonic Band, Director – Sarah Dempsky

Medal of Freedom - Barrett, Heroes Triumphant – Owens, Japanese Pictures - Mixon

Unanimous Superior 1^st division ratings at UIL concert and sight-reading

La Madre de los Gatos - Beck, Blue Ridge Reel – Balmages, Japanese Pictures - Mixon
Unanimous Superior 1^st division ratings at UNT Murchison Peak Festival

Arbor Creek MS Honors Band, Director – Rylon Guidry

Mozartesque March - Takahashi, Sheltering Sky - Mackey, Vesuvius - Ticheli

Unanimous Superior 1^st division ratings at UIL concert and sight-reading

Best in Class 1^st Runner Up, Beach Within Reach

*Performer at The 71^st Annual Midwest Clinic

Arbor Creek MS Jazz Band

Superior 1^st division rating & GRAND CHAMPION from NRH2O

Individual Honors

51 Students in the LISD All-District Band in 2017

64 Students in the Region 2 All-Region Band in 2017

LISD Outstanding Ensembles: Bassoon Quartet, Casey & Eloy Trumpet Duet, Trombone Ensemble, Low Brass Ensemble

LISD Outstanding Soloists: D’Marco DeLeon/oboe, Dylan Castillo/trombone, Ian Boggs/trombone, Casey Ivanoff/trumpet, David Vazquez/trumpet, Eloy Trevino/trumpet, Neel Vavilapalli/tuba

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5th Grade Students & Parents!
HERE'S HOW TO JOIN BAND:

1. Make BAND your #1 elective choice on schedule signup.
2. Schedule an appointment to try the instruments:
• Email Mr. Guidry - guidryr@lisd.net
3. Visit our "Future Members" section above to learn about which instruments you may be best fitted for. You can also read about the ACMS Band Program as a whole (click here).
4. Fill out & return the Student Information Sheet (click here) when you come to your appointment.
5. Have questions about your appointment & what's next? We answer most of them here: FAQ (click here)
6. After you've completed the above steps, make sure you come to our instrument & supply drive on Tuesday, May 29 in the ACMS Cafeteria. Times for each elementary school are listed on the FAQ document.

The Midwest Clinic - CHICAGO!

The Honors Band & guest conductors before our performance.

 Directors & guest conductors.

 Honors Band warming up on stage before the performance.

 Our (picture of our) professional picture.

 The bean in Millennium Park!

 The end of the performance!

 Hard Rock Cafe breakfast.

The 71st annual Midwest Clinic - over 17,000 in attendance!

All-District & All-Region Band results

1st Runner Up in TMEA CC Honor Band Contest

Congratulations once again to the 2016-2017 Honors Band on another monumental success! The Honors Band placed 2nd in the Texas Music Educators Association "honor band" state contest. We are so very proud of the progress that our young student musicians continue to make and amazed at their streak of superior performances starting with their Midwest Clinic application, to UIL, finishing with the Spring Concert recordings that will all go down in history. Congratulations to our friends at Killian MS, and good luck in your preparations for the TMEA Clinic & Convention in February!

Listen to the recordings here:
The Washington Post
Themes from Green Bushes
Suite Provencale