Author: Mr. Patel

  • A History of Success

    A great article featured on The Herald about all the Fort Mill marching bands and the heroic band director, Bobby Plair. https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/education/article267316867.html

  • 2022 Spring Chamber Concert

    2022 Spring Chamber Concert Join us & listen to our student musicians perform various works they’ve selected, organized, and rehearsed themselves! April 28, 2022 7pm FMHS Auditorium

  • 2022 Pre-CPA & CPA Concert

    Join us for our annual SCBDA CPA (Concert Performance Assessment) concerts with our wind symphonies! March 15, 2022 Pre-CPA Concert @ First Baptist Church Fort Mill Band is incredibly grateful to First Baptist Church and Rev. Shannon Ford for hosting us in their amazing worship center! Thank you! March 17, 2022 CPA Concert @ Nation…

  • All-Region & All-State Honors 2022

    Congratulations to all students who auditioned for the 2022 All-Region/All-State Bands. The following students earned region and or state honors for our band. Student Level Instrument All-State Chair All-Region Chair Haley K CL Flute 04 Maia S Flute 09 Jennifer W Flute 10 Zoe N Flute 08 Lucy M Flute 10 Emma W Flute A03…

  • Winter Concert 2022

    Winter Concert 2022

    Fort Mill Band will host our annual Winter Concert featuring our Wind Symphonies on February 8th at 7pm in our auditorium. Join us for an evening for amazing and powerful music. WIND SYMPHONY 2 Folk Song Suite                                                                    Ralph Vaughan Williams Third Suite                                                                                                Robert Jager1. March2. Waltz3. Rondo A Longford Legend                                                                             Robert Sheldon1. A Longford Legend2.…

  • Early History of the Saxophone

    Dr. Younglove (FM Band alumni!) guides us through the history of the saxophone.

  • Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind

    Studies have shown that assiduous instrument training from an early age can help the brain to process sounds better, making it easier to stay focused when absorbing other subjects, from literature to tensor calculus. Scientific American

  • All-Region & All-State Honors 2021

    Congratulations to all students who auditioned for the 2021 All-Region/All-State Bands. The following students earned region and or state honors for our band. Name Level Instrument All-State Chair All-Region Chair Jennifer W CL Flute 11   Emma G CL Flute   08 Breanna G CL Flute   09 Maebry A CL Flute   A04 Nora…

  • Open Music Theory

    Open Music Theory Open Music Theory is an open-source, interactive, online “text”book for college-level music theory courses.