Band & Strings

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Our Mission

The HCS Band Program seeks to develop student musicians who grow in personal discipline and skill, perform quality music with the ensemble, develop meaningful relationships, and use their musical abilities to bring glory to our Father in Heaven.

HCS Band

Upcoming Events

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VETERAN'S DAY CONCERT

November 11, 2024
6:00 pm

Bonita Valley Community Church
4744 Bonita Road | Bonita, CA 91902

Join us as we honor our veterans with performances from our Beginning Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, String Ensemble, and Choirs.

Suggested donation $5

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Rehearsals

Fridays, September - May
The Chapel at Grossmont

9:00 am Beginning Band/String Ensemble
10:05 am Jazz Band/Treble Choir
11:10 am Concert Band
12:10 pm Lunch Break
12:40 pm Concert Choir
2:00 pm Chamber Singers

Performances

Every school year there is a fall concert and a spring concert. Our bands may also play at HCS sports games, field trips, fundraisers, graduation ceremony, and other events.

Join A Band

Beginning Band is for is for beginning musicians 4th grade and up who are learning their instrument for the first time, or who need some additional practice on the music fundamentals.

Concert Band is open, by audition, to students 7th grade and up who have studied their instrument for at least two years.

Jazz Band is open, by audition, to Concert Band members in 8th grade and up. Students must be in Concert Band to participate in Jazz Band.

Band instruments include flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, trumpet, French horn, trombone, baritone, tuba, and percussion (bell kit and snare drum). Students who play violin, viola, cello, or string bass may also audition for Concert Band.

Join Strings

String Ensemble is open to students 7th grade and up with at least one semester of private lessons. Younger students can request special permission to participate. String instruments include violin, viola, cello, and string bass.

Fees & Registration

$50/Year - Music Club Fee (billed once per student)
$50/Semester - Ensemble Fee (for each ensemble) 

Additional Information 
Email music@hcssd.org

Meet Our Music Directors

band director

Christa Beyenhof

Read Director Bio
Mrs. Beyenhof earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas, and her Master’s of Music in Conducting from Southern Oregon University. She has led the Heritage Bands since 2018, and has taught for more than 20 years in Christian school music programs.

Christa and her husband, Brad, have five children, and they have been homeschooling with Heritage since 2016. They are a very musical family and they also enjoy HCS Volleyball and Drama, road trips, church activities, and family movie and game nights.
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Emma James

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Miss Emma James has been surrounded by music her whole life. After watching her sister pick up the violin, she started learning the cello at age 3. Years later, she added piano and oboe. She enjoys serving in her church’s music ministry, teaching piano and cello, as well making music in any other way that glorifies the Lord. Emma is currently working toward getting her degree in Music Education.
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Shannon Stephenson

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Mrs. Shannon Stephenson has been playing the piano for 36 years and strings for about four. She took violin lessons as a teenager, but recently revisited strings by picking up the cello. She gets to play piano or cello for church multiple times throughout the week. Shannon has also been a private music teacher for 18 years. She loves music theory, history and sharing her love of music with others. Making music with other Christians is her happy place!

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