Canistota Friends of Music

05/01/2026

Solo contest today for our 5th-8th grade students. They did an exceptional job today. Excellent ratings- 10
Superior ratings- 35
Of the 35 superior ratings 7 of them were Superior plus ratings. Well done Canistota band students! Thank you to Heidi Buseman for accompanying most of the students today.

04/23/2026

The High School Band and Choir performed at Large Group Contest at Harrisburg High School today. Both groups performed for 3 judges and received feedback and a rating.
The Choir received an Above Average
The Band received a Superior
Well done High Schoolers!

03/29/2026

Phenomenal All-State Band concert Saturday afternoon! Hadassah was in the Clark Band this year. She was recognized as a 4 year All-State Band member, which is an amazing accomplishment.

03/28/2026

Live in Rapid City at 4:00 today or watch on-line.

Don't miss SDPB's live stream of the 2026 SDHSAA All-State Band Concert on March 28th.

Stream the concert on our website or YouTube.

📺https://www.SDPB.org/Band
📺https://www.SDPB.org/YouTube-Live

03/27/2026

High School All-State Band is already on day 2 of rehearsals and are sounding wonderful.

03/27/2026

Our 7th and 8th grade students performed in small groups at the nursing home this week.

03/09/2026

11 Choir Students participated at Contest at Augustana today

The Girls Ensemble received an Above Average
2 Solos- received Superiors
2 Duets- one Superior and one Above Average

Congratulations to all who participated!

03/08/2026

Great concert this afternoon! Well done Clara, Milly and Harper at Middle School All-State Band.

03/07/2026

Middle School All-State Band weekend:
Rehearsals started yesterday and continued this morning. Clara, Harper, and Milly have been working extremely hard and they are ready for an amazing concert this afternoon at 2:30 this afternoon. The link for the livestream will be in the comments.

03/05/2026

03/01/2026

Great concert at SDSU Honor Band on Saturday afternoon!