WELCOME to the online home for all Grandview Heights instrumental music programs, including the GHHS marching and concert bands, jazz ensemble, and orchestra, as well as the middle school band and orchestra. We are glad you're here!
The Grandview Heights Band Parents Association maintains this site, and provides financial, volunteer, and programming support for all Grandview Heights instrumental students in Grades 5 through 12.
Interested in donating? Click the yellow "donate" button above. To become a sponsor, click here.
The Grandview Heights Band Parents Association maintains this site, and provides financial, volunteer, and programming support for all Grandview Heights instrumental students in Grades 5 through 12.
Interested in donating? Click the yellow "donate" button above. To become a sponsor, click here.
RECENT NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE NOWThe 2023 GHBPA Scholarship applications are now available! Find them on the Documents page of this web site by clicking here.
GHBPA annually awards two $1000 Band Parents scholarships to graduating seniors who are currently enrolled in an instrumental music course who have had a positive effect on the GH music program. One additional $500 scholarship in is awarded in honor of former band director Mary Jo Gaskalla, to a graduating senior currently enrolled in an instrumental music course who intends to study or participate in music at the college level. All applications must be submitted electronically, no later than 11:59 PM on March 1, 2023. (Updated January 31, 2023) STILL MORE GHHS MUSICIAN ACHIEVEMENTS!
Four Grandview High School instrumentalists participated in the recent District 15 Solo and Ensemble Contest last Saturday, January 21, at Reynoldsburg High School. Over 1000 students across Central Ohio participated in this annual event at the Reynoldsburg location alone! Students perform a prepared solo or ensemble piece and receive ratings from music instructors who serve as adjudicators for the event Students also have the option to perform in the "Festival Division" for comments only.
Grandview Band students performing solos at contest this year included junior Lyla Baxter (bari sax), freshman Livia Glaser (bassoon), senior Aylish O’Harra (clarinet, pictured here, at the event), and junior Colin Parker(trumpet). ALL FOUR of our Grandview musicians received ratings of superior or excellent! Congratulations to these fantastic musicians! The Band Parents Association underwrites the fees for participation at OMEA, so there is no cost to the students. Thanks to evereyone reading this for helping to make this possible for our students! BPA is proud to support this type of performance and learning experience - and of course we are extra proud of these four students for taking advantage of the opportunity. Way to go, Lyla, Livia, Aylish, and Colin! (Updated January 27, 2023) MORE GHHS MUSICIAN ACHIEVEMENTSGHHS musicians Ali Hamm and Colin Parker attended the two and half day Ohio State Honor Band Festival earlier this month, where they participated in masterclasses with OSU music faculty and then finished the weekend performing in one of three honor bands.
The Festival included more than 250 talented musicicans representing 100 high schools in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and California. It's a huge honor to be selected for this event, and we are so proud of our GHHS students for seeking out and seizing these additional performance and learning opportunities. Congratulations, Ali and Colin!
(Updated January 22, 2023) OHIO WINDS VISIT
On November 4, the Ohio Winds faculty wind sextet (flute, oboe clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, and horn) from Ohio University visited Grandview Heights! They performed a concert for our GHHS students, showcasing professional level chamber music. A great opportunity for our students!
(Updated November 21, 2022)
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SCHEDULE SNAPSHOTRemember this just the highlights! A full band department calendar is available here, and orchestra calendar details are available here.
FEBRUARY 16 GH Band Parents meeting 20 NO SCHOOL 22 Middle School Bands Concert 24 GH Orchestra Concert MARCH 1 GHBPA scholarship applications due 2-4 GHHS Musical: The Addams Family 9 GH Band Parents meeting 14 High School Concert Band - Winter Concert 16 GHHS Jazz Ensemble - Artist in Residence Concert Items in italics are other GH performing arts group performances. We share them here for your information and convenience, and because they often involve our GH instrumental students as well! More details for these events are available by clicking here. (Updated January 31, 2023) OSU FIELD TRIP- THAT'S A WRAP!On Friday December 2, our fifth and sixth grade instrumental music students (167 in all, from both the band and orchestra programs!) traveled to Ohio State to be in the audience for OSU's Music Celebration Youth Concert - an annual event that returned for the first time since 2019. The concert featured jazz, orchestral, vocal, and marching band music, with performers on stage, in the aisles, in the balconies, and often close enough to touch! There were even several GH alumni among the collegiate performers.
This event was made possible with the support of GHS District administration and the entire instrumental music staff, the twenty parent chaperones who volunteered their time to supervise the students, and it was underwritten by the Grandview Heights Band Parents Association - which means it was made possible by all of you, too. Thank you to everyone who has donated time, effort, and money to help us raise funds to support student programming like this! Several parent chaperones shared photos from the event, which we have compiled into the slide show below. Enjoy! (Updated December 5, 2022)
GH MUSICIANS, OUT AND ABOUT!
November 12-13 was a blockbuster weekend for our GH instrumental music students! Eighth grade band members Ella Kinsinger (percussion) and Max McCullough (horn) spent the day on Saturday at Thomas Worthington High School, as part of the OMEA District 15 Middle School Honors Band. Meanwhile GH High School musicians Carmen Cunningham (cello) and Aylish O'Harra (viola) - who are both members of the GH band and orchestra programs - performed as members of the Columbus Youth Symphony Orchestra's Repertory Orchestra on Saturday evening. And six more GHHS musicians - including Liv Glaser (bassoon), Ali Hamm (clarinet), Alayna Lee (tenor sax), Reece Mayfield (alto sax), Colin Parker (trumpet), and Alex Young (trombone) - participated in Capital University's two-day Band Festival, culminating in their performance with two different honors bands.
The Grandview Heights Band Parents are so proud of all of these students! If you are interested in learning about how your young musician can get involved in opportunities like these, please contact your student's director to learn more!
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Grandview Heights Band Parents Assoc.
P.O. Box 12580 Columbus, OH 43212 GrandviewHeightsBPA@gmail.com |
This web site is maintained by the Grandview Heights Band Parents Association, serving and supporting the instrumental music students of the Grandview Heights Schools.
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