The Music department at Handsworth is a very active place with rehearsals happening throughout each day, before and after hours, by our awardwinning students and ensembles. The teachers make great efforts to provide the students with a rich experience in music and musical activities. These include frequent performances, festival attendance, local tours such as Whistler and Sun Peaks, and major tours such as New York, Cuba, and Italy. It is a comprehensive program of four Concert Bands, three String Orchestras, three Jazz Bands, and one Choir. Some special performances we have had include The Senor Wind Ensemble performing at the UBC Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, and the Senior Jazz Band playing at the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Youth Showcase.
Every year Handsworth music students have the opportunity to audition for Provincial Honour Music groups and our school has been well represented in these ensembles. The North Vancouver Secondary Honour Band and Strings perform every second year with Vancouver Symphony players on stage at the Orpheum.
A great variety of music is chosen to challenge and engage the students from classical to contemporary, as well as jazz, and pop. Small ensembles and selfdirected jazz combos are encouraged and promoted.
Music Courses:
- Junior Blue Concert Band 8
- Junior Gold Concert Band 8
- Strings 8
- Junior Gold Jazz Band 8 (9s)
- Choir 8 to 12
- Intermediate Concert Band
- Senior Band 11/12
- Intermediate Jazz Band 9/10
- Senior Jazz Band 11/12
- Senior Strings 11 & 12
- Strings 10
- Strings 9
For detailed information on the above courses, please see our latest course programming guide
Important Music Related Links:
Click on the following link for more information on our bottle drives
Support your Handsworth Music Programs by donating your refundable bottles and cans to our Bottle Drive.
The Music Bottle Drive is a bi-annual fundraiser organized by parents
of music students in the Spring and Fall of each year. Please check
here for our next Handsworth Music Bottle Drive.We will be
picking up donations from homes in the area bounded by Paisley Road and
Grouse Mountain, Mosquito Creek and Capilano River.
Please place
your bottles and cans outside your home in a bag or box with our flyer
attached (visible from the street but NOT at the curb) by 8:30am and we
will pick it up!
If you live
outside the collection area but would like to donate, please drop your
donation off BEFORE 1:00 PM at our Bottle Drive (located in the Teachers'
Parking Lot off Edgewood Road, in the Autobody Shop).
Thank you for your support!
Handsworth Music Parents Association
For more information please contact handsworthbottledrive@gmail.com.
Handsworth Music Wear
Ordering has CLOSED for the year, please check back later or contact David Bradshaw at dbradshaw@sd44.ca
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