Students at Franklin participate in concert band year round, from August through May. Students study instrumental fundamentals, ensemble skills, interpretation, music listening, all while preparing high quality, ability appropriate literature. Students are encouraged to study privately. There are three concert bands at Franklin High. Click for a list of INDIVIDUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
- Freshman Band (9th Grade): This ensemble focuses on transitioning students from the middle schools into high school Symphonic Band or Wind Ensemble. Students in Freshman Band audition for and are selected to MTSBOA All Mid-State Bands. Freshman Band performs music of a Grade III or IV level.
- Symphonic Band (10th, 11th, and 12th Grades): Three classes at Franklin make up the Symphonic Band: 3rd Period Brass Class, 5th Period Percussion Class and 7th Period Woodwind Class. This ensemble focuses on transitioning students from Freshman Band to Wind Ensemble or university band. Students in Symphonic Band audition for and are selected to MTSBOA All Mid-State Bands. Symphonic Band performs music of a Grade IV or V level.
- Wind Ensemble (10th, 11th, and 12 Grades): The Franklin Wind Ensemble rehearses during 4th Period and is comprised of the most advanced wind and percussion students at Franklin High. The Wind Ensemble has performed at the Tennessee Music Education Association State Concert Festival, the TMEA Conference (2012 and 2017), and the Music for All National Festival (2013). Students in Wind Ensemble audition for and are selected to MTSBOA All Mid-State Bands, Tennessee All-State Bands, and MFA National Honor Ensembles. Wind Ensemble admission is by audition only and performs music of a Grade V or VI level.
WIND ENSEMBLE REPERTOIRE SINCE 2007
Alford
- Army of the Nile
Arnold
- Four Scottish Dances, Arranged Paynter
Barber
- Sure on This Shining Night, Arranged Saucedo
Bennett
- Suite of Old American Dances (selected movements)
Bernstein
- Overture to Candide, Transcribed Grundman
Biebl
- Ave Maria, Arranged Cameron
Bryant
- Radiant Joy
Cassado
- Frescobaldi Tocatta, Arranged Slocum
Cichy
- Fanfare for a Festive Day
Copland
- Down a Country Lane, Transcribed Patterson
Dello Joio
- From Every Horizon
- Scenes from “The Louvre”
- Satiric Dances
Daughtrey
- Limerick Daydreams
Fučik
- Florentiner, Grande Marcia Italiana
Grainger
- Children’s March
- Country Gardens
- The Gum-suckers March
Gillingham
- Concertino for Four Percussion
- With Heart and Voice
Grantham
- Baron Piquant on Point (commissioning consortium member)
Hanssen
- Valdres
Holst
- First Suite in E-flat
- Second Suite in F
Ives
- Variations on “America”, Arranged Schuman/Rhoads
Jager
- Esprit de Corps
Lauridson
- Contre Qui, Rose, Arranged Reynolds
- O Magnum Mysterium, Transcribed Reynolds
Mackey
- Night on Fire
Mailman
- Liturgical Music for Band
Marquez
- Danzon No. 2, Transcribed Nickel
Maslanka
- Give Us This Day (Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble)
Oquin
- A Solemn Place
Persichetti
- Pageant
- Symphony for Band
Reed
- Armenian Dances, Part 1
Rossini
- Overture to The Barber of Seville, Transcribed Singleton
Schuman
- Chester, Overture for Band
Shostakovich
- Symphony No. 5, Finale, Transcribed Righter
- Festive Overture, Transcribed Hunsberger
Sousa
- The Thunderer
- Bullets and Bayonets
- The Free Lance March
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
- Who’s Who In Navy Blue
Susato
- The Dansyere (selected movements), Arranged Dunnigan
Stamp
- Gavorkna Fanfare
Ticheli
- Shenandoah
Vaughn Williams
- English Folk Song Suite
- Sea Songs
Whitacre
- The Seal Lullaby (commissioning consortium member)
Zdechlik
- Celebrations