Redwood Middle School Viking Band

Want to keep playing for the summer? Check out the Conejo Valley Summer Music Camp held on our own campus at the Boys and Girls club. We’ve NEVER had a single student say they didn’t have a great time! https://www.conejovalleymusiccamp.com

Sneak peak of our Finale Concert! First combined rehearsal in over a year!

For 8th graders, if you haven’t already done so, fill out the 2020-2021 Music Department Survey to receive the Zoom code AND the audition music! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TOHSBAND

Join us for the 2nd of our two Open House Zoom meetings tomorrow night (Wednesday, April 14th) at 7:00pm. If you missed the first one, have questions or simply want to find out more, please come to this informative meeting! You can register by clicking on this link: https://bit.ly/TOHSBandAprilOpenHouse (you must be registered to be admitted to the Zoom meeting)

It’s never too early to start!

Happy New Year! In the absence of the Rose Parade this year, KTLA rebroadcast some previous years' parades. Here's Thousand Oaks HS in the 1999 Rose Parade! Mr. Payne and Mr. Freed were both on staff even back then!

Congratulations to Kirin Phim (Bassoon), Benjamin Chung (Clarinet) and Lila Papavasiliou (Clarinet) on being named to the California All-State Honor Band!Congratulations to Kirin Phim (Bassoon), Benjamin Chung (Clarinet) and Lila Papavasiliou (Clarinet) on being named to the California All-State Honor Band!

If you have seen the new Pixar film Soul, check out this great article about the saxophonist who played in it (and also a little about how they so accurately animated the musicians’ playing). https://www.berklee.edu//berklee-professor-brings-soul-mus

I love how this mentions his dedication and work ethic in band, despite not having aspirations of becoming a professional tuba player. We teach people to love music, not necessarily to turn out professional musicians.

Enjoy a little holiday music courtesy of the Redwood Band staff and alumni! https://youtu.be/w8_K4mLdoYY

Enjoy a little TubaHoliday music! I put this together with my private students from all three high schools in CVUSD. Four of them are recent RMS Band members! Enjoy!

A short informative video for our potential new members!

Brand new Audio Video Receiver donated by Denon! Special thanks to Paul Wilkie at Denon for the donation and Brian Kahn of Home Theater Review for hooking us up! #denon

Another little Halloween video using a tune that our advanced band students also had to learn

Happy Halloween from the Redwood Band (and friends)!

When ya gotta teach online, have fun with it!

Please support our program in this unique time! You can donate today at http://www.redwoodmsvikingband.org///9-news-info/16-paypal

Coming this Fall

Flashback Friday! This throwback video was assembled back in 2011. (Home video quality has certainly come a long way since then!) A new teaser trailer drops tomorrow!

Hey everyone, The summer music camp is officially on for this summer at the Boys and Girls Club on the Redwood campus. This year’s camp will be held in a modified format to ensure safety for everyone while still having fun and learning. Check it out! www.conejovalleymusiccamp.com

For those of you with kids in band, this is a cool little story from actor Wil Wheaton :

Just a preview of the (almost complete) Virtual Redwood Band recording project!

Congratulations to all of our 8th graders who promoted today! And a special shoutout to the Laack family with the best decorated vehicle we saw!