• Claremont Music

    "Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent" ~ Victor Hugo


    Welcome to the Claremont Music Webpage! Thank you for taking the time to find this page and browse through it. Here you will find a lot of important information that will help you be as successful as possible during your experience in this music program. Please click on any of the sections below to get the information you need.

  • Concert Band

    Continue playing your brass, woodwind or percussion instrument within a large ensemble.

    Concert Band allows the continuation of playing and performing in a large ensemble. Students will rehearse and perform a variety of styles of music from Popular, Marches, Classical and Jazz to explore and create understanding of musical genres. Through rehearsing in a group, skills in sight-reading, technique, tone development and intonation, rhythmic clarity and articulation will be taught and practiced. Due to the combination of grades in this course students can develop their personal learning skills from intermediate to advance while being challenged to the next level. Communicating and documenting student growth is provided in various performances throughout the year demonstrating the connection of being involved in a group. This class is offered outside the timetable for 4 credits.

    Possible performances
    November - Solo/Audition recordings
    December - Winter concert
    January – Winter Cafe
    February/March - Musical
    April - Festival / Spring Concert
    May - Music Monday
    June - Spring Digital Cafe

  • Jazz Band

    Students must be in concert band, like an honour band it builds off concert band with more difficult musical genres (jazz) This instrumental music class offered is an extension of concert band as it is recommended that students are registered in concert band as well as jazz band. Jazz band expands on the ensemble connections and skills taught in concert band developing difficult syncopation, improvisation, soloing over chord progression, and adapting to different styles of jazz. Music will be selected from Blues, Rock, Latin, and Funk. Jazz band is limited to the following instruments, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. This ensemble performs regularly in the school, community, jazz festivals, and on possible jazz trips. This class is offered outside the timetable for 4 credits.