2017 Announcements
Congratulations to the Bumpus Jazz Band on receiving straight superior ratings (one of which was a perfect score of 100 out of 100!) at the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame Student Jazz Festival and receiving the Band of Distinction Award for the highest scoring middle school Jazz band of the event!
Congratulations to the Bumpus Symphonic Band on an outstanding performance at the 2017 Music for All Southeastern Regional Concert Band Festival at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA! The Bumpus Symphonic Band was selected based on recordings of performances submitted from the previous school year along with seven other outstanding middle school bands and eight high school bands to perform at this prestigious event. Congratulations on this wonderful accomplishment!
Congratulations to the Bumpus Symphonic Band and the Bumpus Concert Band I on receiving straight superior ratings at the Alabama Bandmasters Association Music Performance Assessment!
Congratulations to Claire Jun on being selected to the Alabama Bandmasters Association Middle School All-State Band! Claire was selected to this group based on her performance on a very challenging audition today. The All-State Band is comprised of approximately the top 1% of band students in the state. This is an enormous accomplishment, and we are so proud of Claire! In addition to this, we had 8 students who were selected to the Alabama Bandmasters Association District IV Middle School Honor Band, which is comprised of approximately the top 1% of band students in the Jefferson and Shelby County area. ABA District IV is arguably the most challenging district in the state with the Birmingham metro area having so many great band programs, so to be selected to this group is a huge honor as well. Students selected to the District Honor Band were Claire Jun, Ria Shah, Enrico Addy, Graci Moore, Tyner Patterson, Cullen Blanton, Ethan Heywood, and Evan Dobyns. Congratulations on this wonderful accomplishment!