WELCOME to the online home for all Grandview Heights instrumental music programs. We are glad you're here!
​The Grandview Heights Band & Orchestra Boosters maintain this site, and provide financial, volunteer, and programming support for all Grandview Heights instrumental students in Grades 5 through 12. 
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RECENT NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

BUT WAIT -
​WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!

While the final formal concerts are indeed in our rearview mirrors, our band, jazz, and orchestra students are still busy busy BUSY with other end of the year activities.

Just over a week ago, our 7th and 8th grade band and orchestra students participated in our fourth annual “home adjudication” and King’s Island day. The former experience is similar to when the high school band heads off to OMEA large group adjudication, except we bring local educators in to work with our students at Grandview instead of traveling off site. Our students spent a Saturday morning performing for and working with their guest evaluators, who provide great feedback and a new perspective and learning experience for the students. We are always impressed at how seriously the students take this activity and how much they get from the experience - especially knowing what awaits them on the other end!

GHBOB thanks Sells Middle School band director Wendy Reeves, and Vince Huzicka, an orchestra conductor at Upper Arlington who also serves as assistant conductor and operations coordinator for the Columbus Youth Symphony Orchestra, for working with our students! Enjoy a few photos of the students in action, below.
After working hard all morning, our students and a few brave parent chaperones boarded buses and headed down to King’s Island for a day of fun - if slightly chilly - team bonding on the rides and roller coasters. Here are a few more photos from that part of the day, including a viral Facebook moment involving our favorite bus driver
Finally, our 7 O'Clock Jazz students and the GHHS Jazz Ensemble took to the stage one last time, on the outdoor stage at Grandview Heights Public Library for "Jazz on the Lawn" last week. It was such a treat to hear them filing the air with music, and for our seniors especially it was one last opportunity to jam together, before graduation. Here are some pics from that event:
Stay tuned next week, as our GHHS Marching Band students perform at the City's annual Memorial Day Blue Star Mother's ceremony on Thursday evening, before leading the parade on Saturday morning. And just like that, it's summer in Grandview Heights!

(Updated May 12, 2026)

A WEEK OF WONDERFUL MUSICAL CELEBRATIONS!

​Last week was a true celebration of music, as all of our instrumental music groups gave their final home concerts of the school year in rapid succession. 
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The GH Orchestra program kicked it off on Tuesday with students in grades 5 through 12 performing on the stage at GHHS. Mr. Stanley celebrated and recognized solo and ensemble and honor band participants, and announced the students selected as Outstanding Orchestra Student in each performing ensemble. (For a full list of award winners, click here or see photos to the right.)
 
On Wednesday, our middle school bands took the stage. The 5th through 8th grade bands gave terrific year-ending performances, and gave individual students the opportunity to introduce each of the pieces performed. Mrs. Olis and Mr. Heath recognized honor band and solo and ensemble participants, and also shared the students selected by their peers as recipients of the Outstanding Musician, Band Citizenship, and Most Growth awards in each grade, as well as the recipients of the Directors’ Award. Mrs. Olis shared a heartfelt recognition and appreciation of Mr. Heath’s 33 years of teaching, and everyone wished him well in his retirement (and enjoyed a post-concert cookie in his honor)!
 
Finally, on Thursday evening, our high school band groups rounded out the week with their spring concert. The middle and high school members of the Seven O’clock Jazz groups kicked off the evening with a couple of numbers each, to get the crowd’s toes tapping. Our super talented Jazz Ensemble took over and really got things going, and then the Concert Band brought things home with some fun and fairly recognizable pop culture pieces of music and a couple of banging percussion ensembles. Mrs. Olis and Mr. Stanley recognized some student-selected and director-selected year-end awards, our honor band and solo and ensemble participants, and of course our ten graduating seniors. All in all, another beautiful night of music-making and celebrating!
 
Photos from all three concerts are available below. GHBOB congratulates all of our student musicians and award winners!
(Updated April 28, 2026)

CONGRATS TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SOLO AND ENSEMBLE PARTICIPANTS!

On Saturday April 18, a whopping 15 of our middle school instrumentalists headed to Dublin Scioto HS to perform solo or ensemble pieces at OMEA. We are thrilled to report that each and every one of them achieved a superior or excellent rating (the two highest ratings available)! GHBOB congratulates the following students for going above and beyond to participate in this optional event:
  • Knox Boulton - 7th grade - snare drum solo
  • Lexie Brown - 8th grade - clarinet solo
  • ​Matilda Hopkins - 7th grade - violin solo
  • Zhucheng Hou - 7th grade - piano solo
  • Ella Krouse - 8th grade - alto sax solo
  • Olivia Lindamood - 7th grade - trumpet solo
  • Onahlee Markham - 7th grade - alto sax solo
  • Gus Ritzman - 7th grade - violin solo
  • Emily Warren - 8th grade - violin solo
 
  • Ellie Bills, Sylvia Lange - 8th grade - euphonium duet
  • Madi Burton, Maggie Ward - 8th grade, woodwind duet
  • Ramona Egner, Matilda Hopkins, Chloe Young - 7th grade - string trio
Also, a shout out to high school instrumental music student Tucker Betz for accompanying several of the soloists on piano as well - thank you, Tucker!
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Enjoy some photos of a few of the proud participants below!
(Updated April 25, 2026)

WELCOME, MR. PELPHREY!

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GHBOB is excited to welcome Logan Pelphrey to the Grandview Heights instrumental music team! 

Mr. Pelphrey comes to us most recently from the Bexley City Schools, where he has spent the last six years as a band director working with a variety of middle school and high school groups. He has studied at Capital University and The Ohio State University, and has more than ten years of experience in teaching, arranging, and show design. At Grandview he will lead the high school marching band program and will be a part of the dynamic teaching team that also includes Jennifer Olis,  Thomas Stanley, and Brian Pettit. We can't wait for him to get started!

As Mr. Pelphrey begins his transition from Bexley to Grandview in the summer, GHBOB will look for opportunities for parents and students to introduce themselves and start getting to know our new director. Stay tuned for more details.

(Updated May 13, 2026)
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SCHEDULE SNAPSHOT

Remember this is just the highlights!
​A full calendar is available here. 

MAY
12    Spring Choral Concert (GHHS Choir + Singers)
14    Spring Choral Concert (MS Choirs)
        GHBOB meeting
21    LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
        GH Blue Star Mother's event (select GHHS Band)
        GHBOB Senior Picnic
23    GH Memorial Day Parade (GHHS Band)

​Items in italics are other GH and local performing arts events. We share them here for your information and convenience, to support our fellow performing arts groups, and because they often involve our GH instrumental music students as well! More details for these events are available by clicking here. 

(Updated May 12, 2026)