Dear Mira Costa Bands and Guard Families,
It was so wonderful to celebrate with so, so many of you at our inaugural Band Bash back in May and this past Sunday at our wonderful Music Department Banquet! It has been an incredible year of music making and performing in the Mira Costa High School Bands and Guard from…
…our amazing Concert Ensembles earning higher ratings at festival than groups that won the GRAMMY Award a decade ago…
…to our phenomenal Jazz Bands earning top honors at major Regional and National events…
…our fantastic Marching Band and Colorguard being named a Finalist in the Regional Championships for the National Circuit, Bands of America, for the first time in school history…
…our awe inspiring Indoor Drumline making their third consecutive finals at the Southern California Percussion Alliance from out of the largest Prelims field in seven years…
…and our stunning Winteguards earning top performance marks in their circuits while performing some of the most technically demanding programs that Mira Costa has ever produced!
(And that does not even count our student’s inspiring performances through our partnerships with Drama for the spring musical Footloose and with Orchestra for concerts throughout the year and for the upcoming Central Europe Tour!)
There is so much more than these empirical snapshots can tell, as we heard from our Class of 2024 graduating seniors, the daily enjoyment of performing and making music, pushing oneself to new and greater heights, forming memories that will last a lifetime, learning important life lessons in and out of the classroom, finding new friendships and strengthening enduring ones and I am so thankful to our parents and staff for continuing to offer our students such incredible opportunities to shine on some of the largest stages! Congratulations to the Class of 2024! Onward and upward!
Joel Carlson
Director of Bands
Mira Costa High School
A GRAMMY Signature GOLD School