All Entries in the "School Sounds" Category
Masterworks Concert
The Choir and orchestra performed on Friday, March 5 at a downtown church. The video is still being processed, however, we were able to pull off the audio from the concert and convert it to mp3. This sound file is available for download below. We hope to have the video published before Saturday.
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Orchestra – KSMEA State Auditions
Photos by Nathan Simpson
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Blue Notes and Blue Knights Feb. 9 Concert
The Blue Notes and Blue Knights played an hour long set last Tuesday in the Dan Zollars Auditorium.
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Marching Band
A staple of every football halftime show, the marching band performs with the drill team at nearly every home game. They practice through first hour, regardless of the mud, sloppy field conditions, or rain.
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Jazz Night 2009
A date celebrated by graphically-dominated T-Shirts and favorable designs, the annual SME Jazz Night serves as not only a huge entertainment night but also as a fundraiser for the SME Jazz program. It even made the cover of a 2007-2008 Harbinger. The performance below are the recordings of the Blue Knights, the upper-jazz band in [...]
SME Jazz Band-Blue Knights and Blue Notes
Two of Kansas’ best jazz bands reside in the new music rooms at Shawnee Mission East. Under the direction of Kim Harrison, the Notes, the lower jazz band, and the Knights, the upper jazz band, strive for the best at Essential Ellington and at the Baker Jazz Festival.
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Drumline and Percussion
The drumline, a traditional staple to the post-half-time show by the marching band, has been a fan favorite of East students in recent years. The Winter Concert in December, their first indoor performance, is another sort of tradition. The new percusssionists perform the “Rock Trap,” a sort of right of passage into the drumming ranks [...]
Jazz Band at the Baker Festival 2009
At the annual pilgrimmage to the Baker Festival in Colorado, the Blue Knights jazz band received straight 1s- the highest honor a high school band could receive at that competition. They played the four songs that are listed below.
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Winter Concert 2009
Nearly every musical program at East hosts a seasonal production, and the audio below comes directly from the band’s production. This is one of the few indoor performances by the full band-the marching band without marching-before they split into Concert and Symphonic divisions and allow freshmen to join. The concert also features “Rock Trap,” the [...]
Chipotle Tour
Every year, the men’s choir travels to feeder elementary and middle schools, singing for the student body at assemblies. The escapade takes a full day to complete, but the group stops at a nearby Chipotle before every stop to litterally sing for their supper.
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Choraliers in Nashville (with Sheryl Crow)
As a part of the annual choir tradition, the program makes a pilgrimage to a famous musical site and offers a special, unique performance. Two years ago, Carnegie Hall. Last year, Nashville. This year, a European tour during Spring Break.
The performance recordings and pictures below were made possible through Choir parent Shelle Jensen. After becoming [...]
Orchestra Collage Concert
Performing in the Spring of 2009, the Orchestra performed a medley of some of their greatest songs from recent years. It was performed at Shawnee Mission West due to East construction, but the musicians were strong nonetheless, as displayed in this complete video of their performance.
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SME Choir
The Shawnee Mission East Choir, a program unrivaled by any other in the school for its massive and grand tendencies, has had it’s share of ups and downs in recent years. After former choir director Tracy Resseguie left in 2007, he took the Blue Moon (a massive talent show hosted in the auditorium, usually sold [...]
SME Jazz and Concert Band
The SME band program features a wide array of East musicians-it is home to brass, wind, and percussionists. The marching band plays almost every half-time show at home football games in the fall, accompanied by a closing performance by the drumline. The Jazz program hosts an upper and lower band as well as Jazz Night. [...]
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