What’s the marching band season like? (late July – October)
It’s fun! Students work hard and have a blast doing it. As parents or guardians, the more involved you are, the more fun you have.
The marching band is a supportive, close-knit group that promotes teamwork and builds a healthy sense of competition.
The Air Academy Marching Band season kicks off with Mini Camp soon after school ends in late May/Early June.
Sectionals occur weekly throughout the summer months. Each section gets together to practice, learn the music and some steps!
Band Camp takes place 2 weeks before school starts in late July/Early August. Learn the new program drill, fine-tune those marching and musical skills.
During the School year: the marching band rehearses after school a few days after school during the marching season.
The Thursday after school rehearsals feature a fun dinner break provided by section parents. Come with dinner and stay for the weekly Kadet Krew meeting!
Competitions take place several times throughout the season, frequently on Saturdays. If you’ve never been to a marching band competition, you’re in for a treat!
We also perform for our home crowd (the Kadet Krazies!) at halftime of AAHS home football games (usually on Friday).
What’s the concert band season like? (November – May)
After marching season, we switch things up and go into concert band season. Students audition and are placed in either Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble.
The bands, including Jazz band, compete in local, regional, and state competitions.
We perform several concerts at Air Academy – generally a holiday concert and a spring concert.
Winter Guard participates in WGI and state competitions.
We march in the Colorado Springs Festival of Lights parade in December.
We play for several AAHS home basketball games as part of Pep Band.
The band performs at the AAHS Graduation ceremony.
Students are encouraged to audition for outside city and state honor bands; participate in individual competitions; and take part in other performance opportunities.
