Concert Bands and Ensembles

At Enloe, band isn’t just about playing notes—it’s about creating music, performing with friends, and experiencing the thrill of a true ensemble.

 

🎵 Experience the Power of Music at Enloe

Our concert band program follows the North Carolina Standard Course of Study and gives students the chance to grow as musicians in a structured, supportive environment.

Three Levels of Study

We offer three levels to meet students where they are:

  • Concert Band – great for freshmen and developing players

  • Symphonic Band – intermediate-level musicians

  • Wind Ensemble – advanced players performing challenging repertoire

From Individual Skill to Ensemble Magic

  • Students are placed in the right class based on spring auditions.

  • Early in the year, the focus is on individual skills—learning musical literacy, instrument technique, and fundamentals.

  • As each class develops a common set of skills, the emphasis shifts to ensemble performance, creating the excitement of true music-making together.

  • This journey—from individual mastery to collective artistry—is what draws students to the band and keeps them coming back.

Performance & Opportunities

  • Regular concerts for every band

  • Solo/Ensemble competitions

  • Special performance opportunities throughout the year

At Enloe, students don’t just learn to play—they experience the thrill of making music together.

Grading

  • 50% Tests – Musicians are tested frequently at the beginning of the year and less frequently as the year continues.  Students will also be asked to submit recordings as test grades.  They may do this from home and submit via e-mail, or they may use a school-owned recording device during the school day. 

  • 30% Concerts - Participation in concerts is mandatory.  15 points may be recovered with rigorous after school work in the band hall only if Mr. Hunter approves the absence prior to October 1.  Sickness with a doctor’s note and death in the family are excused, and therefore the student is allowed to recover points with after school work in the band hall.

  • 10% Daily Participation – Each day that a student is unprepared for class he/she will lose 1 point from his/her end of term average.  If an instrument is in the shop the student must notify Mr. Hunter via e-mail and provide him with the shop’s telephone number.  He may be able to move the instrument up in the shop’s priority.

  • 10% Performance Attendance Credit (PAC) - It is important that musicians become consumers of artistic music.  To that end it is required that all students attend concerts as audience members.  Opportunities will be posted in the band room and on our website (enloeband.org), but feel free to explore the Internet (cvnc.org for example), newspapers, etc.  Each student must accumulate 10 points per grading period.  A professional concert (NCSO, military band) are worth 10 points alone.  Adult amateur performances will earn the attendee 7.  School concerts and student community performances will earn 3, provided the student is an audience member, not a performer.

 

*Quarters with no group performance will be weighted 80% tests 10% music consumer credit, 10% participation.

 

Events 

Students please check you calendars and schedule your recitals and other non-curricular performances around our band calendar.  School performances supercede community performances.  Let Mr. Hunter know your non-school performance dates so that he can help publicize them.  If you have an irresolvable conflict with a required performance date then let me know (rchunter@wcpss.net) by the end of September. 

 

Honor Bands – Though participation in honor bands and their audition process is not a requirement it is hoped that the students will choose to challenge themselves with these wonderful opportunities for personal growth.

 

All District Band – Auditions are usually held in early January.  The clinic for those selected will be held in late January.

 

All State Band – Auditions for the All State Band are reserved for the top few chairs in each section of the All District Band.  Auditions are usually held in early March.

 

UNCG Honor Band – This prestigious clinic involves students from several states and is held at UNC-Greensboro in February.  Auditions are submitted via recording.  Applications will be made available after the Thanksgiving break.

 

CONCERT BAND STORE