Year round superiority is what all high school bands strive for.
The Arp Tiger Pride Band has now achieved that level for three consecutive years.
Friday Apr. 14, our band competed in the UIL concert and sight reading 3A contest at Troup High School.
They were impressive.
Mr. Chris Cook's crew received straight ones from all three judges for concert and all three judges for sight reading.
Those first division superior ratings coupled with the first division superior ratings they received at the UIL region marching contest in October garner them the sweepstakes title once again. This time for the 2022-23 school year.
Judges' comments regarding tone quality, technique, and musicianship:
"Really nice ensemble sounds; Ensemble concepts are well taught; Excellent attention to detail in regards to note length and clarity of articulation; This ensemble easily handled the technical demands of this program; Good march style and dynamic control; Nice dynamics in all three pieces; This band displays a high level of understanding and musicianship; I really enjoyed your performance today, keep up the good work!"
"Balance was well addressed; Pretty march style; Fine attention to phrasing; Very effective use of dynamics!; You performed well today!; Students perform with mature, characteristic sounds; Students consistently perform balance and blend; Rhythmic approach is uniform throughout the ensemble; Students consistently use proper musical style; Dynamic contrast is obvious and effective; Band, you are well taught and well prepared!; Congratulations on a great UIL performance today."
"Lots of mature tonal concepts throughout this band! Good job! Percussion, you did a great job of balancing your sound and complimenting the wind section; A really nice opening ensemble sound; Very mature; You play with a nice warm balanced band sound - Bravo!!!"
"Band plays with really good note and rhythmic accuracy and matching articulations; Nice job of watching your director and playing vertically together; A very nice job of shaping the musical lines and phrasing, and giving direction to those musical lines through implied and subtle crescendos and the sustained notes; Students consistently achieve dynamic variation and musical nuance; the players consistently convey an energetic understanding of the music with good tempos; Great job band!!!"
"I really enjoyed listening to you perform today; You are well taught and show pride in your organization and your performance!; Thank you for being in band and thank your director for "pushing" you to a high level of excellence and superiority!!! Congratulations!!!"
"There are really nice characteristic sounds throughout the group; You did a very fine job today reading this piece of music."
The 2022-23 Tiger Pride band seniors are (L-R) Jocelyn Rodriguez (bass clarinet), Rose Hernandez (flute), Lindsey Johnson (flute), Kyleigh Pawlik (clarinet), Brianna Hammack (percussion), Luke Allen (trombone), Jacob Hooper (tuba), Colton Dear (not pictured/percussion), Travyse Clary (not pictured/clarinet).
Mr. Cook is assisted by Christy Rodriguez and Ethan Day.