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

We want to begin this week by congratulating Benjamin Castañeda and Eva Garcia on Saturday’s outstanding performances with the All-Region Jazz Bands! This week, we will be taking Eva to the All-State Band Clinic/Concert, and she’ll have her final state audition and performance up in San Antonio. We wish her the best of luck at State!  Last week, Mr. Williams

This week will be light for the band program, with no planned evening rehearsals, and Region Jazz for our one member. We encourage students to practice for solo and ensemble this week, and we will have open times in the band hall most days after school to facilitate that. This week, Spring Band Fees are due at both the High

We’re already in the final week of January after an odd week last week! Thursday will be a scheduled Wind Ensemble rehearsal in the evening from 6-7:30 pm. We encourage students to come in during the open band hall hours to practice for solo and ensemble if they have signed up, or to receive extra help on the music they

We begin this week by congratulating Eva Garcia on her amazing accomplishment of making the All-State Band on Saturday!!! February 12th-15th she will participate with at the 2025 TMEA State Convention as a member of the 3A All State Concert Band. She will perform in concert with that group at 9am on Saturday, February 15th at the Lila Cochrell Auditorium in San