Program Updates

Hello Orchestra Students and Families, The Phantom of the Opera is a wrap! Thank you, parents and volunteers! You were the village behind our students for six performances, countless rehearsals, and food. So. Much. Food. You kept our students fed all through tech week and closing weekend, early morning drop offs, late night pick ups, the love, and the help behind the scenes. These musicians worked so hard and delivered epic performances to our community. We could not be pro

Weekly Recap The Oiler Band and Colorguard competed at Bolsa Grande HS on Saturday, and again earned high percussion and high auxiliary awards, and also got 2nd place overall. Congratulations to everyone! We now push on to finishing the rest of our show, and preparing for the next competition @ Gahr HS on Nov 7th. We also performed at Thursday's HBHS Varsity Football Game. Students did an amazing job performing our competitive show for the home crowd! 2026 March-A-Thon Week 1

Weekly Recap Congratulations band and colorguard on a fantastic start to the season! We have placed 1st at both of our first two competitions, and at University High School last weekend we also took home the high percussion and high auxiliary award. APA Orchestra had a great opening weekend of Phantom of The Opera. I hope everyone is able to make it out this next weekend for the final set of shows! Thursday's Home Football Game vs Troy HS This Thursday is our next HBHS Varsit

Weekly Recap This past Friday, Marching Band and Colorguard performed at the Homecoming Football game. Colorguard had an awesome half-time performance! On Saturday, we had a fantastic start to the season at at the CSBC Costa Mesa show. We left with the 1st place 4A trophy with a score of 69.3, the 4A high auxiliary award, and the overall A class division trophy! Congratulations everyone!! University High School Competition / Homecoming Dance This coming Saturday, October 10th

First Marching Band Competition This Saturday is our first competition of the year, where we will be performing the first half of our competitive field show, "Firebird"! The students have put so much effort into their show and we are excited to show it off in competition! A few competition reminder for parents: Please send your student with money for lunch at seacliff (or a packed lunch), and money for concessions while watching the other bands in the evening. Also please mak

We have finally gotten to the last week of school! Congratulations to our graduating class of 2026!!! Last week we had our jazz big band's last performance at the HBHS Distinguished Oiler Ceremony, and Thursday evening we hosted our end of year banquet at FCC. Thank you everyone who made the night possible! Last Week of Classes/Graduation This week is finals week for non-seniors, and our last day of school is coming up soon on Friday! Wind Ensemble will be performing at this

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Monday's Memorial Day Ceremony, and our end-of year Pops Concert this past Tuesday. It was a great way to end a great year of performances! This week we begin winding down for the year, with Jazz Big Band's final performance at the Distinguished Oiler Ceremony on Wednesday night, and our end of year banquet is this Thursday @ FCC Church. End of Year Banquet Our end of year banquet is this Thursday, at 6pm at FCC Church. Tickets are unf

Monday's Memorial Day Ceremony Details On Monday, the Oiler Band will again be performing at the city of Huntington Beach's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Pier Plaza. Percussionists, or those needing large instruments out of the band room will need to meet at 9:30am at the band room to have them transported down. Those who already have their instruments and music can meet us at Pier Plaza downtown at 10:15am. Students need to wear their black band shirts and blue jeans. If stud

Tower Awards This Wednesday This Wednesday, band is performing at the HBHS Tower Awards ceremony. We will be performing our new music repertoire as the audience is finding their seats before the ceremony, and then performing snippets of different songs between each departments awards. Students need to be in dressed in concert black. That means dress shoes, black dress clothes/long black dress. The only exception are students who are nominated for an award themselves. Those st

Hi guys, It's concert week! All I require from every one of you is attentiveness to the details you will be provided and obviously the best level of practice you can give on your instrument. Do those things and everything will work great! Tuesday May 5 2:00-3:45 - Tutti sectional rehearsal with me, last touches on Bolero and rehearse Wagner and Handel 4:00-5:45 - Tutti sectional rehearsal with me, last touches on St. Pauls, Mozart, and Beethoven 6:00-7:30 - Tutti full orches

Banquet Tickets Are On Sale Now Our end of year banquet is on June 4th, 2026 @ First Christian Church in Huntington Beach. Tickets are $35 per person and everyone attending must have a pre-purchased ticket, including students. Click this link to purchase tickets and see more info. See you there! AP Testing Reduced Schedule AP testing at HBHS is starting this week, so we will have a slightly reduced schedule for after school Jazz Band rehearsals. Please check the schedule

Please join us tomorrow, Wednesday April 29th, for our next dine-out fundraiser! Stop by anytime between 5:00–9:00 PM at Dog Haus Biergarten to support our program while enjoying a great meal. Dog Haus is donating 20% of sales to the program. Please be sure to mention you’re there to support the Oiler Music Guild Dine-Out Fundraiser. 📍 7811 Edinger Ave, Suite 120, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 (Bella Terra) Thank you for your continued support of the program! Please share with

Weekly Recap Congratulations Drumline on a terrific performance at WGASC Finals on Sunday, we placed 2nd and received a silver medal! What a great way to cap off a great season. Everyone has put in so much work and all of it also wouldn't have been possible with all of our parent volunteers. So thank you!!!! Our HBHS Jazz Big Band and Lab Band performed in competition at the Costa Mesa Jazz Festival on Saturday. Jazz Big Band received a rating of Superior, and Jazz Lab Band r

Costa Mesa Jazz Festival This Saturday, April 26th This Saturday our Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Big Band will be performing in competition at the Costa Mesa HS Jazz Festival. It's our first performance in competition for both groups this year. Please come out and support! We would love for our jazz band parents to fill the Costa Mesa HS Auditorium. It's free attendance, no ticket purchase required. Students will need their own transportation to Costa Mesa HS and will get picked u