Jerome High School

Welcome to the Jerome High School band website – Home of the ‘AMBUSH OF TIGERS’ MARCHING UNIT!

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There are new entries on our blog site....

http://jeromeambushoftigers.blogspot.com

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See the newsletter page for the latest on CAMPS!

Field Show Camp August 23-27 and 30-31...

7:30 a.m. to noon each day @ JHS

Field Show premiere - Friday, September 3rd

Wagon Days parade (Ketchum/Sun Valley) - Saturday, September 4th

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      Jerome High School is located in Jerome, Idaho, the county seat of Jerome County, in south-central Idaho just north of Twin Falls. The Jerome School District consists of six public schools in grades K-12, including three elementary schools, a middle school, and an alternative school. Jerome High School competes in the "4A" division in the Idaho High School Activities Association.

      The Jerome High School Band program is a three-legged stool with a balance of marching, symphonic, and pep band performances (including our fine color guard program). In addition, there are three feeder bands in the middle school: the Concert (8th grade), Intermediate (7th grade), and Beginning Bands (6th grade). There is also a guitar program at JHS, JMS, and Summit Elementary School. The Jerome HS "AMBUSH of TIGERS" marching unit membership has grown by double digits for four consecutive years, the only band in the Northwest which can make that claim.

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The director of bands in the Jerome School District is Gordon P. Smith. He is in his fifth year in Jerome and his twenty-seventh of teaching band, having taught in California for eight years before beginning his Idaho career in 1992. He is President of the Idaho District IV Music Educators Association, director of the Magic Valley Regional Marching Band, and co-chairman of the District IV Middle School Large Ensemble Festival. He has been president of the Idaho District III Music Educators Association, festival chairman of the Idaho District III – Oregon District IX Large Ensemble Music Festival, the District III Middle School Music Festival, and the Snake River Band Festival, a state board member of the Idaho Music Educators Association, and a member of the Music Educators National Conference since 1984. His compositions, arrangements, and marching drills have been performed by school bands (and the Dallas Brass) throughout the western United States over the past twenty-eight years. "School Band And Orchestra" magazine recognized him in its December 2008 issue as one of the "50 Directors Who Make A Difference" representing the state of Idaho.

We welcome your feedback! Please contact the director and webmaster at smithg@d261.k12.id.us with comments, questions, or suggestions.

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