Emerald Alliance Bremen Bands

Tonight our very own Bremen senior Carlos Torres performed the solo part of the first movement of Strauss’ 1st Horn Concerto with the South Bend Youth Symphony. What an incredible performance by an incredible young man.

I'm so proud to announce that the Bremen High School Band once again qualified for the Indiana State School Music Association All-Music Award. This is 7th time in the last 10 years that Bremen has received this award.

This award is given to schools who show excellence in all parts of their band program by receiving a gold rating in marching band, group I solo/ensemble, jazz band, and concert band. This year, a little over 10% of Indiana high schools managed to achieve this honor.

Bremen Public Schools, the town of Bremen, and every single student should be incredibly proud of being among that 10%. Congratulations to everyone who had a hand in accomplishing this feat.

So this is where I am supposed to post something nice about our HS Concert Band Festival performance tonight at Penn High School. The students did indeed perform very well, and all three judges agreed, giving us excellent scores and a strong gold rating at the highest difficulty level. Then we received a gold for our sight reading, where we are given 10 minutes to prepare a piece we have never seen before and perform it for another judge. These accomplishements are a phenomenal achievement for Bremen Public Schools.

But that isn't really the message I want to convey. I don't really know the words to properly describe what I DO want to say. I had the honor of conducting "Unbroken" by Randall Standridge. This is a newer, monumental piece that demands a level of sophistication not always asked of high school musicians.

And they knocked it out. of. the. park.

It was an overwhelmingly emotional experience. No, not every note was correct. Not every rhythm was together. But it still was a 15 minute transcendental experience for me and our students. Eyes were shining. Student volunteers from Penn who had been there for 5+ hours working stopped what they were doing to hear. And our students made music in a way that they will always remember.

As awe inspiring as listening and consuming great music can be, becoming a performer and producer of great music is always more. It's just more. It's difficult to describe, but if you know, you know.

If you missed this performance, we will play two of the three pieces we did tonight again at our last concert on May 18 at Bremen High School. Don't miss it-- it's worth the experience.

Mr. Baker is excited about our mattress fundraiser today!

Congratulations to the MS band! In our first ISSMA contest since 2019, the students earned a gold rating from all three judges while playing at the highest difficulty allowed. A huge congratulations is in order for all the students who participated!

Musical Performance Bremen School is proud to present the musical Annie. Performances will be Thursday, March 21st at 7...

Bremen received another gold rating at the Ball State Jazz Festival!

In addition, our entire trombone section (Donovan Kucera, Carlos Torres, and Matthew Urbina) were recognized as the most outstanding trombone performers in our performance room all day!!!!

The Bremen Jazz Band received three gold earrings from 3 judges today at the ISSMA Jazz Festival in Fort Wayne! Congrats to each if these deserving students.

Now we are off to do it again at the Ball State Jazz Festival this afternoon, followed by an evening of watching a terrific jazz concert out in by their band department. What a great day!

Just got back to Bremen a few minutes ago-- what a great day at State Solo/Ensemble!

The 19 students who qualified performed in 8 solos and 4 ensembles. The results? All but one solo and one ensemble received a gold rating, and the others received silver.

Beyond that, their behavior was fantastic, representing Bremen with dignity and maturity.

I am beyond proud. Congratulations to all performers.

Sylvia Meyer, senior flute player from Bremen, is one of the talent winners at the State Distinguished Young Women’s competition!

The Bremen Emerald Guard performed their first full run of their 2024 winter guard show “Hallelujah” today at the Goshen Winter Guard Invitational… and they did a fantastic job!

Thanks so much!

We’re here! A great group of Bremen kids, many experiencing the symphony orchestral experience for the first time.

Over 100 Bremen band kids playing at the high school basketball game tonight! 7th and 8th grade band joined the hs kids to rock out!
Plus there were a few 5th grade kids (and 1 6th grader!) snuck in there too 🙂

The 7th and 8th graders had a fantastic day at Solo & Ensemble. The students worked hard and represented Bremen Middle School well.

We had 11 performances receive the highest rating of Gold and 5 performances receive a Silver rating. Congrats to all performers today!

Soloists:
Serenity McManis - Gold
Corinne Muck - Gold
Karla Arias - Gold
Ethan Borsodi - Gold
Kadyn Ellsworth - Silver
Abby Wildauer - Gold
Brexton Williams - Gold
Esme Bishop - Silver
Paul Miller - Gold

Ensembles:
Dominick, Charlotte, Hannah - Gold
Adisyn, Rossy, Jolee, Cassidy - Silver
Carter, Valeria, Nevaeh, Anthony - Silver
David, Brooklynn, Layla - Gold
Lexi, Gabriel, Paul, Brexton, Kaya - Silver
Zayne, Colton, Brantley, Ariana - Gold

Today was another fantastic day for the Bremen High School band program! Getting to help students achieve these kinds of accomplishments is a big part of why I feel lucky to be a band director.

Solos:
15 Gold Ratings
10 Silver Ratings
0 Bronze Ratings
0 Participation Ratings

Ensembles:
8 Gold Ratings
1 Silver Rating
0 Bronze Ratings
0 Participation Ratings

Included in those results, here's a few highlights:

Students who performed at the highest difficulty level and received a Gold rating qualified for the State Festival in a few weeks.

Solos that Qualified for State:
Sylvia Meyer, Senior, Flute (Perfect Score!)
Seth Clark, Junior, Trumpet
Mauricio Gonzalez, Junior, Bass Clarinet (Almost a perfect score!)
Danilo O'Blenis, Junior, Trombone
Matthew Urbina, Junior, Trombone
Emmalee Noble, Sophomore, Oboe
Sara Sahlhoff, Sophomore, Trumpet
Henry Varner, Sophomore, Trumpet (Almost a perfect score!)

Ensembles that Qualified for State:
PERFECT SCORE
Sylvia Meyer, Senior, Alto Sax
Mauricio Gonzalez, Junior, Baritone Sax
Jacob Douglass, Sophomore, Tenor Sax

Thomas Harman, Senior, Alto Sax
Armando Flores, Senior, Alto Sax
Carter Filson, Junior, Alto Sax

Hailey Vitale, Senior, Clarinet
Andreina Cruz, Junior, Flute
Emmalee Noble, Sophomore, Oboe

Madelyn Bellman, Junior, Percussion
Jonah Blystone, Junior, Percussion
Ross Landis, Junior, Percussion
Marilyn Reynoso, Junior, Percussion
Alexxis Beldon, Freshman, Percussion

Other Notable Scores:
Maggie McClain, Tenor Sax (Almost a perfect score!)

Congratulations to all the students at their performance today!

Full results for all the students can be found at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQPo6cQ5zAfaEq_Ba9VVGlomo8hXlz-jx3Wic-6PMjm3pTEMyf5DDqOdyHCk7C8F5x2WyZk5bnSb5m2/pubhtml?gid=889084035&single=true

We are excited to announce that the community Bremen Children's Choir will be joining the high school band at our Christmas concert on December 21 at 7 pm in Bowen Auditorium. Admission is free, and it should be a wonderful night of musical performances!

Come if you can, and even if you can't, help us out by sharing the poster attached wherever you can.

Thank you!

Today the Emerald Alliance performed at the Indiana State School Music Association Invitational. I am very proud to announce that we received a Gold rating, with special distinction for our music and visuals.

Congratulations, Emerald Alliance!

In case you haven't heard, the band took Best Music, Best Visual, Best Effect, and 1st place at the Penn Invitational today!

Our parents working on props for our show today. We are so thankful for all of their help!

Week 2 is in the books! The Emerald Alliance got 2nd place out of 4, with the caption award for best visuals. Congrats to all!

Our first competition was today! How did we do?

The students earned Best Music, Best Effect, and 1st place out of 4 overall.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Our first competition is tomorrow at Goshen High School!

So the Bremen Emerald Alliance Marching in the Blueberry Festival on Monday.... here's the judging results. CONGRATS to all our students on best drumline, best music, best color guard, and overall sweepstakes trophy winner!

PARADE RESULTS:
Auto/Truck (Ind.): 1st: 1955 Sunliner, 2nd: Freedom Jeep
Auto/Truck (Club): 1st: Hoosier Old Wheels, 2nd Michiana Corvette Club
Tractor (Antique): 1st: 430 Case - Yockey, 2nd: '47 Oliver Row - Pearson
Color Guard: Scouts BSA Troop 257
Physical Arts: 1st: Ballet Folklorico, 2nd: PHS Cheerleaders
Misc. Motorized Units: 1st: Argos Fire Territories, 2nd: Logansport Shriners
Veterans: 1st: 40/8 Voiture, 2nd: American Legion Post 27
Float: 1st: Marshall Starke Development Center, (also received the Theme and Judges Awards), 2nd: Grandma and Grandpa Built A Float
Commercial entry: 1st: Plymouth Jellystone Park, 2nd: Oasis Lifestyle
Horse Unit: Marshall County Horse Association
Military Units (Marching or motorized): Culver Girls Academy
BANDS:
59- under: Drum Major: Triton, Music: Bremen, Marching: Argos, Drumline: Bremen, Color Guard: Bremen. SWEEPSTAKES TROPHY: Bremen
60-over: Drum Major: John Genn, Music: Jimtown, Marching: CMA, Drumline: CMA, Color Guard: John Glenn. SWEEPSTAKES TROPHY: CMA
PRESIDENTS AWARD: St Joseph Valley Marine Corp League
THEME AWARD: Marshall Starke Development Center
JUDGES AWARD: Marshall Starke Development Center

Band Camp starts tomorrow. We’re ready for a new season!

The Emerald Alliance is about to march in a rainy parade!!!

📣Friday, June 9th 5-7pm📣
Emerald Alliance Bremen Bands will be serving a delicious pulled pork dinner with potatoes, green beans & dessert
$15 per dinner
Show Your Support for the Bremen High School Band!🎺🥁🪈🎶🎷
Thank you for supporting our Veterans & Community! 🇺🇸🙂