Odem Bands

We begin May in the middle of this week, which is one of the busiest times of year for the bands! This week, on Friday, we have two events: the JH 7th-8th Grade Band Trip to Funtrackers (Departing at 12:15 pm, returning by 3 pm) and the South Coast Jazz Festival that evening at Tuloso-Midway Middle School. The Screeching Owl Jazz

We hope you had a Happy Easter break! We’re in our final week of no events before May gets busy quickly. Please keep the calendar in mind as it’s imperative we have all students at all of their events!  For this week, we only have Guard and Leadership meetings after school for after-school events. The next week sees a junior

We’re quickly approaching end of year events for the bands, but are in a last lull before they are upon us. Please ensure that you note upcoming concert dates and events, as May is a sprint to the finish! We only have Guard and Leadership meetings after school for after-school events this week Finally, we need officers for next year

We begin this week by congratulating the Odem High School Wind Ensemble members on earning a Sweepstakes at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation this past week! They successfully earned a Superior rating from all six judges, which, combined with their Superior at Marching Contest, resulted in their distinction! The Odem JH Symphonic Winds earned a Superior Rating in Sight-Reading,

Welcome to UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluation Week! This is going to be a busy week for all of our students in Grades 7-12, with UIL on Wednesday for JH students and Thursday for HS students.  Below I will give full itineraries, but the performance times for the Odem JH Concert Band is 10:15 am, Odem JH Symphonic Winds is

These next two weeks are going to be busy for the Odem Bands with our Pre-UIL Concerts this week, and UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluations the next! First up, tomorrow will be the HS Pre-UIL Concert, and Tuesday will be the JH Pre-UIL Concert. Students will need their Concert Attire for those events and the upcoming UIL Concert and Sight-Reading

Welcome back! We hope everyone had a restful Spring Break! This week begins the final sprint toward the end of the year with the startup of Guard Auditions and Leadership Training. Anyone interested in trying out for Color Guard for the 2025 Spirit of OHS should plan to attend our informational meeting at 5 pm Monday, with the first practice

We received our times for UIL Solo and Ensemble on Thursday – those times are linked here for both HS and JH members: http://www.odembands.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025-Odem-HS-Solo-and-Ensemble-Schedule-Final.pdf The participating JH and HS students will depart at 1 pm and return around 6 pm. Students may be signed out from the event, and we encourage family members to attend if possible! It is open

This week, we wish to begin by congratulating Eva Garcia on an outstanding performance at All-State! She placed 9th in the Trombone section for classes 1A-3A, and we’re so proud of her for this achievement! We will be working on preparations for Solo and Ensemble with students this week, which is just a week and a half away. We’ll have our