Carmel High School Band Program

Carmel High School
  Band Program

Carmel Bands Program

      Nearly 600 students
  7 concert bands, 6 jazz ensembles
   Marching band (300+ students)
  Pep band and chamber ensembles
        3 winter color guards
   Concert percussion ensembles
      Music education courses
   Early band skills development

Our Mission

The Carmel Band Family strives to create a challenging performing environment that encourages
excellence through high expectations, hard work, compassion, support and friendship. Each
student is fostered by positive relationships with other students, staff and community members
who are actively involved in the education process.

Nationally Recognized

National Band Association Program of Excellence Blue Ribbon Award 2018
NAMM Foundation Best Community for Music Education since 2015

Concert Band
4-time Music for All National Concert Band Festival performer
National Band Association divisional performer

Marching Greyhounds
2-time Sudler Shield Award (highest international marching band award)
5-time Bands of America Grand National Champions
2021 BOA Grand National Runner Up
2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade participant

Winter Color Guard
4-time Scholastic World Class Champions

Music Develops Future Employees

                                                           “Band students learn to appreciate and respect hierarchy in an
                                                           organization.”
“Music majors are the most likely group of college grads   “Band students understand that in order to make things work at
to be admitted to medical school. …66% of music majors     their best, they have to be productive during work time.”
who applied to med school were admitted, the highest
percentage of any group.”                                  “Working together is always better. This sense of teamwork keeps
                                                           harmony and unity among a diverse group of individuals that
Lewis Thomas, Physician and Biologist                      lends itself well to any organization’s operations.”
                                                           “Marchers know they need to keep their instruments in top form
“On average, the children who learned to play a musical    to do their best.”
instrument for many years, and were now playing in high    “They learn the benefits of good planning and strong time
school band and orchestra, were the equivalent of about    management skills.”
one academic year ahead of their peers with regard to
their English, mathematics and science skills…”            “Band students are able to sometimes blend into the forest and
                                                           sometimes just be trees.”
Peter Gouzouasis, study published in the Journal of
Educational Psychology                                     Christopher Young, VP of Marketing for RIVS

Other Benefits of Music

                                               Improves listening and social skills

Exposes students to culture
and history
                                                    Develops trust and teamwork

Nurtures self-expression                            Teaches growth from adversity

Reduces stress and depression                 Marching band provides intense
                                              exercise

Typical Band Expenses

Marching Band Staff

Behind every great marching band and guard are staff members who teach
our students the skills needed to compete at the highest level.
Marching drill and technique; instrumental and music skills; choreography and dance
technique; flag, rifle and saber skills

Marching Band Expenses

 Instrument maintenance
   Music scores and drill
   Electronic equipment
   Uniform maintenance
     Guard equipment
    Competition props

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Early Band Skills Development

    JV Winter Guard (middle school)
    Elementary school guard
    Lessons for musicians

State Level Recognition

2019 ISSMA State All-Music Award

Concert Band
5-time ISSMA State Champions

Marching Greyhounds
4-time ISSMA State Champions

Winter Color Guard
8-time IHSCGA Champions

Percussion
4-time IPA Scholastic Open State Finalist

High Parent Involvement

    Over 200 parent volunteers
   Chaperones, fundraising teams,
 photographers, event planners and
hosts, field crew, uniform team, spirit
  teams, parent pep band, ushers…

Music Develops Strong Brains

“Playing music is the brain’s equivalent of a full-body workout… Playing an instrument engages practically every area
of the brain at once — especially the visual, auditory, and motor cortices.”

“Playing music has been found to increase the volume and activity in the brain’s corpus callosum — the bridge between
the two hemispheres — allowing messages to get across the brain faster and through more diverse routes. This may
allow musicians to solve problems more effectively and creatively, in both academic and social settings.”

“Musicians also have higher levels of executive function — a category of interlinked tasks that includes planning,
strategizing, and attention to detail, and requires simultaneous analysis of both cognitive and emotional aspects.”

“Musicians exhibit enhanced memory functions — creating, storing, and retrieving memories more quickly and
efficiently. Studies have found that musicians appear to use their highly connected brains to give each memory multiple
tags, such as a conceptual tag, an emotional tag, an audio tag, and a contextual tag — like a good internet search
engine.”

Maria Popova, BrianPickings