West Franklin Music Dept.

01/19/2025

State Auditions in Salina today . It shouldn’t be all work and no play, right?

01/16/2025

Sarah and I spent the day at Washburn University for their Honor Band event. Sarah was in the Blue Band under the direction of Dr. Henry Doran from St. Olaf College in Minnesota. It was a fabulous day of music! Thank you to Dr. P and her staff for a great day.

12/07/2024

A day full of amazing music! Great job Jack and Garrett, your concert was outstanding! Sarah’s band is putting in the final touches before their concert at 3:30.

11/25/2024

The HS Choir hit the road to sing for and with our elementary students. Students got to hear 4 selections from the high schoolers and learned a short song and performed it as a four part round. Elementary students were also taught 3 different songs and the finale was singing all three songs together at the same time! Both schools were great audiences and great singers!

11/01/2024

Great job performing the National Anthem tonight Sarah and Lainy!

10/30/2024

Do you know what a crab canon is? No, it’s not a cannon that shoots crabs. The 6th graders learned this week that a crab canon is a composition that can be played forwards and backwards at the same time. We played Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star forwards, backwards, and then as a crab canon. Click below to view a video with a crab canon composed by Bach. https://youtu.be/xUHQ2ybTejU?si=Udqk6_IcpgN3dnTn

10/29/2024

The MS Band got into the spirit of Halloween with the spooky “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Grieg.

10/21/2024

Feeding these kids some pizza and hanging out before the Flint Hills League Middle Level Mass Choir tonight at the OMA. Show starts at 7:00!

10/19/2024

10/16/2024

Congrats to Jack and Garrett for being selected for the KMEA EC District Middle Level Honor Band. We had a little fun while taking pictures.

10/04/2024

To celebrate getting to and successfully playing Hot Cross Buns in beginning band, the 6th graders ended their week with a Hot Cross Bun!

09/21/2024

Accidentally in Love,part of Washburn’s Shrek halftime show with the high school kids.

09/21/2024

Some pics from Washburn Band Day of Taylar, Ryan, and Falcon alum Colton Evans! It was a little toasty after lunch but all in all a good day!

09/21/2024

Taylor and Ryan getting ready to take the field with the Washburn University Band!!!!! More pictures to come later!

09/18/2024

Didn’t want to leave the brass out so they learned a magic trick today!

09/18/2024

6th grade woodwinds and percussion!

09/14/2024

Man down!!! Man down!!!!