Marching Bulldogs
The Marching Bulldog Band is an award-winning and entertaining ensemble whose primary performances occur before thousands of fans at the DeLand High School football games. Other performances include community events, parades, school pep rallies, and the FBA Marching Band Music Performance Assessment ("Festival"). This band consistently receives "Superior" ratings at FBA. Membership is comprised of members of the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Colorguard.
Wind Ensemble
The Wind Ensemble is designed for our most advanced musicians with emphasis placed on the musicianship skills required for performance of sophisticated literature. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and festivals. Private lessons are strongly recommended and expected of advanced players. The Wind Ensemble consistently receives "Superior" ratings at district and state FBA Music Performance Assessments. Membership is based on audition/band director placement. Members must also participate in the Marching Band.
Symphonic Band
The Symphonic Band is designed for our intermediate-level musicians with emphasis placed on the musicianship skills required for performance of advanced literature. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and festivals. Private lessons are strongly recommended and expected of advanced players. The Symphonic Band consistently earns "Superior" ratings at FBA Music Performance Assessments. Membership is based on audition/band director placement. Members must also participate in the Marching Band.
Jazz Ensemble 1
Jazz Ensemble 1 is the most elite jazz performance ensemble at DeLand High School. Students in Jazz Ensemble 1 perform advanced level music in all styles representing the jazz idiom. Students must have at least one-year of experience in Jazz Ensemble 2 or Jazz Ensemble 3 at DeLand High School in order to be considered for membership in Jazz 1. Students are exposed to big band, latin, rock, and contemporary styles within the jazz idiom in a setting that emphasizes performance techniques appropriate to the literature. There are many performance and solo opportunities within this ensemble. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and various other school/community events.Membership is based on band director recommendation.
Jazz Ensemble 2
Jazz Ensemble 2 is designed to give students an opportunity to learn and perform music from the Jazz genre at an intermediate level. Students are exposed to big band, latin, rock, and contemporary styles within the jazz idiom in a setting that emphasizes performance techniques appropriate to the literature. There are many performance and solo opportunities within this ensemble. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and various other school/community events. Membership is based on band director recommendation.
Jazz Ensemble 3
Jazz Ensemble 3 is designed to give students an opportunity to learn and perform music from the Jazz genre at the novice level. Students are exposed to big band, latin, rock, and contemporary styles within the jazz idiom in a setting that emphasizes performance techniques appropriate to the literature. There are many performance and solo opportunities within this ensemble. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and various other school/community events. Membership is open to any students who would like to learn how to perform jazz music.
Emeralds
The DeLand Emeralds are the elite visual ensemble for DeLand High School. All members are enrolled in Eurhythmics class at DHS, which teaches movement to music incorporating flag, dance, sabre and rifle. The ensemble travels and performs as a part of the Marching Bulldogs. After football season, the group transitions into Winterguard, where they compete indoors throughout the state of Florida. The DHS winterguard are bronze medalists in their competitive circuit (FFCC).
No experience is required to participate in Colorguard. Tryouts are held in May after students have an opportunity to learn basic fundamentals.
No experience is required to participate in Colorguard. Tryouts are held in May after students have an opportunity to learn basic fundamentals.
Percussion Ensembles
The Percussion Ensembles are made up of musicians from the percussion section who have a desire to play fun and challenging literature. Performances include concerts, MPA's, and various other school/community events. One of our most well-known percussion ensembles is theDrumline which can be seen performing throughout the community at DHS football games, parades, pep rallies, etc.
No experiences is required to join our percussion section, however placement in various ensembles is at the discretion of the band director and percussion instructors.
No experiences is required to join our percussion section, however placement in various ensembles is at the discretion of the band director and percussion instructors.