Honor Band Audition Results Are In!

On Saturday, March 6th, Honor Band auditions were held at Causey Middle School. The students performed two solo prepared pieces before a judge in a closed audition room. They then had to play scales and arpeggios from memory and finally, were given one minute to study a new piece before they performed it before a judge. The final results are in and the students did great!

The PPS band had 105 students make the Honor Band! Only 291 students were accepted overall which means that 36% of the students at the Mobile County Honor Band will be from Phillips!!! Causey Middle School had the 2nd highest number of students with a total of 58. In addition, most of the percussionists in the county who made Honor Band are from Phillips! (15 out of 24!!)

We also broke another record! Phillips has 9 students who are first chair in the county on their instrument.
1st chair flute: Leigh Hoitt
1st chair alto sax: Eric Wu
1st chair tenor sax: Joshua Alsup
1st chair bass clarinet: Danielle Alexander
1st chair Contra Bass Clarinet: Leticia Patton
1st chair snare: Matthew Fox
1st chair timpani: Carlos Wilson
1st chair trumpet: Obie Moultrie
1st chair tuba: Rejinald Causey

For 7 years in a row now, Phillips has had more students make the Mobile County Honor Band than any other school in the county. IF the students make Honor Band, there are 3 different bands they can qualify for: Red Band (the highest scoring students), the White Band, or the Blue Band. This year, our students will make up 37% of the Red Band. Our students make up 40% of the White Band and 32% of the Blue Band.