Join us for a two fantastic evenings of music featuring over 100 GBDSS Musicians!

🗓️December 11th and 12th at 7:00 PM (doors open at 6:30 PM). Please see the concert order chart below to see which group is performing on which night. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DECEMBER 12th CONCERT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, DECEMBER 16th. 

🚩King's Wharf Theatre Penetanguishene - 93 Jury Drive

🎟️Tickets are available here through school cash online. Please note that tickets are limited. First come, first served. 

🍿Refreshments and concession will be available during the performance. 

📋 Program:

December 11th

1. Jazz

2. Clarinet Choir

3. Flute Trio

4. Percussion Ensemble

5. Choir

Intermission

6. Sax Quartet

7. Junior Bears Band

8. Symphonic Band

December 12th

1. Jazz

2. Period 1 Grade 9 Class

3. Guitar Class

4. Concert Band

Intermission

5. Period 4 Grade 9 Class

6. Symphonic Band

We are beyond proud of our Concert Band!

The progress that these students have made over the course of this year has been nothing short of exceptional!

After three long years of pandemic related barriers, we were overjoyed that we could finally return to music making!

Getting to Nationals has been an amazing journey. Our band is a young one. 10 of our 26 musicians are grade nine student who just started playing. 9 of our student are in grade ten and have less than two years of playing. The commitment that these musicians have demonstrated to get to this level has been awe inspiring.

After years of no festivals, we were beyond thrilled to when our hard work getting to the Provincial Band Festival paid off with a gold standing and an invitation to Musicfest Nationals. Not only did we decide to take on the challenge of attending, we also took the unusual step of moving up an entire level based on the outstanding commitment of our team!

Last night, we presented a challenging program on the National stage and received a SILVER medal. In addition, we received an "Excellence in Clinic" award for the outstanding growth mindset exhibited by our students during their adjudication. This award really speaks to the character of our students; both as musicians and humans. 

As we make our way back home from Niagara, we cannot help but reflect on how easy this group was to travel with! Various people that we encountered throughout the trip have remarked how polite our students were.

As this whirlwind experience comes to an end, we would like to thank the community for supporting our SIX fundraisers. We would also like to acknowledge our guest clinicians Mark Caswell, David Lum, and Rita Arendz for sharing their musical expertise with our students and helping them sound so good! Above all else, thank you to our senior students for their mentorship of our younger students and teaching them what it means to be GBDSS music students.

Go Band!!!!!