Welcome to Hanford High Music. We are excited to welcome many new students and their families to the programs here at Hanford. Have a great 2010-2011 school year!

Below are just some of the jobs available for you to help in the Music Department. Please email directors Kevin Swisher or Chris Newbury if you are able to help!

Help Wanted:
Boost your Band Day Leader
Side of Beef Raffle Leader
Pasta Dinner Leader
Swing Dance Leader
Concessions Leader
Awards Banquet Leader
Dresses Rental Leader
GoodSearch/E-Scrip Leader
United Way Donation Leader

Hanford Music Association is a 501 3(c) and can be a designated United Way recepient if you want to make a donation to the organization. Our address is "Hanford Music Association" c/o Hanford High School, 450 Hanford St., Richland, WA 99354

 

Mike Bryan & Chris NewburyGood Luck Mike Bryan!

For the past 9 years, Mike Bryan has been a superstar teacher at Hanford Middle School, Enterprise Middle School, and Hanford High School. He has worked well with students and brought another level of achievement to the Richland School District. His accomplishments were too frequent to list, but some memorable ones are winning Jazz Festivals, most recently the Mr. Hood Community College Jazz Festival and the CBC Jazz Festival. He frequently brought in guests and provided experiences that students don't get to have at other schools and in other programs. More than just a successful teacher, Mr. Bryan has been a great friend and mentor. He is easy to talk to and made almost every activity seem tremendously fun! We are going to miss Mr. Bryan for his silly faces, blunt jokes, and great personality. Mr. Bryan is moving to the Vancouver School of the Arts where he will teach Jazz Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Band, and yes, Jazz Band! What a perfect fit for Mr. Bryan!

Welcome Chris Newbury!

The Hanford music program is going to take a step in a new direction with the addition of Chris Newbury as co-director. While the program will change, Mr. Newbury brings about a fresh desire for excellence and has extremely high standards. Mr. Newbury grew up in Montana and moved to the Tri-Cities where he started and estalished a championship percussion program at Pasco High School. After several years, Mr. Newbury enrolled at Eastern Washington University where he studied Percussion and Jazz Piano. During this time, he has written music for schools throughout the USA, coached high school drum lines, and even been on staff for a Drum Corps. It is going to be an exciting ride with Mr. Newbury as a teacher at Hanford. In the fall of 2005, Pasco High School and Hanford High School joined to march in the Hollywood Christmas Parade and play in the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Newbury became the percussion teacher for both schools! In fact, since that trip, Mr. Newbury's picture of riding Space Mountain at DisneyLand with Mr. Swisher and Mr. Bryan has been hanging at Hanford. We are extremely glad to welcome Mr. Newbury to Hanford High School.

Past 2010-2011 web articles

Hanford Music Association

All music parents are members of the HMA music boosters. The next HMA meeting is Tuesday September 7, 7 pm at the HHS band room... you belong, please come and give your input and your help!

Charms

Charms is a management system to help our music teachers and booster club organize student contact information, manage inventory, update events, work with trips, fees, fundraisers, and lots more. Charms is updated regularly by the Music Directors so if you have any questions check Charms for the answers! Log into Charms from the menubar link using your student ID. Freshman: give us a few weeks after school starts to get you set up in the system.

SmartMusic is learning software which allows students to play or sing with professional accompaniments, making practice both rewarding and fun. A $36 annual subscription to SmartMusic gives students the opportunity to explore a wide variety of music from a library of thousands of titles for band and orchestra, solo contest repertoire, popular method books, jazz, and skill-building exercises.

The Hanford music program uses SmartMusic software for music assignments and practice. Learn more and start your subscription at SmartMusic.com

GoodSearch GoodSearch: You Search...We Give!

Use GoodSearch to Search the web and support Hanford Music! Each time you search with GoodSearch's Yahoo-powered search engine, about a penny will go to Hanford High School. Also, every time you shop online at 1,000 participating stores including Amazon, eBay, Target, Apple, Staples, Expedia, etc., a percentage of your purchase will be donated for free! The site also has thousands of money-saving coupons!