Ridgewood High School Bands, Ridgewood, New Jersey

Curricular Bands

The Ridgewood High School Band Program offers a wide variety of musical activities and opportunities for students at all grade and ability levels delivered through a sequential training program.  The core of our program is the curricular bands - those ensembles that meet during the school day and for which students receive grades and academic credit.  Each curricular band meets for three 61-minute periods over the four-day rotation of classes, just as all academic classes at RHS, and each group fulfills the Ridgewood High School arts credit requirement.  Membership in a curricular ensemble is required in order for students to participate in any co-curricular music activity, including the Maroon and White Recital Series and all-county or regional bands.  All members of the Band Program are encouraged to participate in Marching Band as an important part of the total Band experience. Upon graduation, students are prepared for membership in college level ensembles.

All students who wish to participate in a curricular band must complete a brief placement audition in January so that he or she may be placed in the ensemble that best fits his or her ability level, regardless of grade.  Any student with previous experience in a middle school or high school band is eligible to participate in a curricular ensemble.  Beginners must receive prior permission from the instructor.  All of the curricular bands perform at three evening concerts during the school year.

• Symphonic Band
• Concert Band
• Wind Ensemble

Curricular Bands Faculty:

Jeffrey Haas, Director of Bands; Conductor - Concert Band and Wind Ensemble; Asst. Conductor - Symphonic Band

Henry Heyzer, Assoc. Director of Bands; Conductor - Symphonic Band; Asst. Conductor - Concert Band, Wind Ensemble