Horizon West Middle School Music

Congrats to HS Jazz 1 HWMS alumni Justin, Tristan and Darien!

Jazz 1 featuring Grace, Marquise and Candice!

All-County Jazz 2 takes the stage featuring Tomas and Chandler!

Here are some photos from Jazz Bands performance at the Orange Blossom Jazz Festival this past weekend.

Jazz performed for rising 5th grade night tonight!!

**Updated Poster!!**
We always want to showcase our students for their efforts - we had two more students we wanted to acknowledge for their contributions!! Please share this poster instead!!

Tickets go on sale Monday at 5pm!! VIP will sell out!

We are only two days into registration and nearing 50 students on our list to kickoff the summer with music at Horizon High School - OCPS! Visit www.horizonhsband.net and click Summer Music Camp 2026 (or scan the QR code on the flyer) for more information. See you there!

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The 2026 Horizon High School Summer Music Camp by the Horizon High School Band "The Sound of Horizon" runs for two weeks, June 1-4 and 8-11, from 9:00am-1:00pm each day. All students perform in the Camp Concert on June 11 at 6:00pm!

Camp options include:
- Elementary Music Camp (grades 1-3)
- Beginning Band Camp (grades 4-6, or no prior experience)
- Intermediate/Advanced Band Camp (grades 7-8, or prior experience)

Elementary Music Camp students run on their own schedule and are separated from the rest of the students including at lunchtime.

Students attending Band Camp (Beginning or Intermediate/Advanced) will attend four different "class periods" and have a lunch between their third and fourth class. Instructional time includes small and large group sectionals, full band rehearsals, jazz band (intermediate/advanced only), and woodwind/brass choir electives.
- Instruments are provided for Beginning Band students! Beginning Band students will receive an instrument to borrow for the duration of Summer Music Camp with the option to complete a rental through our local music store partner, Music and Arts, after the Camp Concert.
- Students who have prior experience on a band instrument are required to provide their own instrument, please contact your Band Director for help arranging this during the summer!

Camp instructors are:
- Current OCPS Music Teachers
- Local Professional Musicians/OCPS Independent Contractors employed by Horizon High School Band
Everyone is also assisted by Horizon High School band student volunteers.

Summer Music Camp costs $250 per child.
- Are you sending siblings to Summer Music Camp?
- Or, are you an OCPS Employee sending students to Summer Music Camp?
Please email Ms. Cannon [email protected] for more information about our OCPS/Sibling Discount.

After-Care is available for an additional cost.
- After-Care is available from 1:00-4:00pm each day and costs $100 per week.
- After-Care includes movies, games, coloring, and rest in a safe environment with camp instructors for students needing to stay a little longer than the Summer Music Camp normal end time.
- All students enrolled in After-Care must be picked up by a parent in person no later than 4:00pm daily.

Questions?
Please contact Ms. Charlene Cannon, Band Director at Horizon High School, for more information.
[email protected]
We look forward to starting your child's summer with music at Horizon High School!

Visit https://www.horizonhsband.net/ and click Summer Music Camp 2026 to register!

Congratulations to Grace, Tomas and Daniel for their outstanding performance this past weekend as members of the All County Middle School Band!!

Thank you to my students who help me out because if I went trick or treating it would just be “creepy”