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Ensemble Contest

On Jan. 31,  Schimelpfenig Band hosted 400 students from 5 middle schools at the Central Cluster Ensemble Contest. The 29 ensembles from Schimelpfenig who competed earned unanimous 1st division superior ratings. In addition, 11 of the SMS ensembles were named as outstanding ensembles, earning exemplary musicianship awards!

Congratulations to all of the performers!
Formal Black (Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Concert Band students only)

The Winter Concert coming up on December 11 is the first this year that students will be wearing their formal black. All students in the performing bands need the following:
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GIRLS:
Black mock turtle neck, long sleeved
Black skirt with knee length or longer skirt    OR   Black dress pants (NO JEANS)
Black hard-soled dress shoes with closed toe
Black leggings   (with skirts or black dress socks with dress pants)

​BOYS:
Black mock turtle neck, long sleeved (NO “UNDER ARMOR” TYPE SHIRTS)
Black dress pants (NO JEANS)
Black dress socks
Black hard-soled dress shoes
Black belt
All Region Band

On Saturday, Nov. 2, SMS Band students competed against over 1800 students at the Region 24 All Region Band Competition. SMS had 33 band members who advanced to the second round of the auditions and performed Wednesday, Nov. 6. Please congratulate the following students for earning a place in the All Region Honor Bands. Schimelpfenig was well represented at the All Region Clinic and Concert at Plano Senior High School on Nov. 8 and 9!
 
Ryan Barton
Nolan Brandeland
Matthew Bretzman
Ishi Chakravarthy
Vidyuth Ganesh
Vishruth Ganesh
Taylor Herd
Marc Hutanu
Pranav Kalakuntla
Yuta Kamezaki
Naadira Kateeb
Juwan Kim
Caitlin Kruger
Adrienne Lee
Ruixuan Li
Atharv Mungale
Anna Nishizaki
Austin Qian
Andy Qin
Tessa Radke
Mustafa Rehman 
Levi Springer
David St John
Colin Steele
Hana Takamatsu
Nathan Tan
Jacob Vaz
Kyle Ye
Raymond Zhang
Emma Zhao