All Entries in the "Jazz and Concert Band" Category

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 [...]

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. [...]