Band
Join our band program
Find all you need to know about picking an instrument and preparing for fall 2022 on the district website Band page.
We look forward to having your student in our music programs for the 2022-23 school year.
Music. It's a subject that prepares students for life.
Eagle Band notes and information
The Austin Academy Band program has over 230 students participating in daily band classes ranging in ability from beginning to advanced. Students begin their instrumental instruction in the sixth grade. Seventh and eighth grade students are either placed in Honors or Symphonic bands through an audition process. In addition to Symphonic and Honors Band, seventh and eighth graders may also participate in Pep Band and Jazz Band. A number of Austin band students are selected to participate in the Garland All-District Band.
Over the years, the Austin Academy Honors Band has won numerous awards including sweepstakes ratings at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest and various festivals throughout the Dallas area. In 1998, the Honors Band was 4th runner-up in the CC Middle School State Honor Band Competition. In 2012, Honors Band was a finalist in the CC Middle School State Honor Band Competition. Our band finished 9th place overall in the state.
Austin's two Jazz bands were created to introduce students to jazz fundamentals and provide an outlet for creative expression. Jazz I and Jazz II meet outside the normal school day for two hours a week. Jazz II serves as a training group for potential Jazz I students. Both Bands consistently earn superior ratings at the TCU Jazz Festival. Jazz I has Performed in New York, St. Louis, Chicago, Atlanta, and San Diego. Jazz I traveled to Reno, NV in Jan. 2019 as an honor group for the 10th Annual Jazz Education Network Conference.
Meet your band directors
Twitter: @aae_band
Please enjoy these photos of the 2019-2020 Beginning Band. We are so proud of these phenomenal musicians.
Harvard University
“The arts are clearly an integral part of life at Harvard and Radcliffe, important for their value to the college environment and also for the potential they provide for lifelong enrichment. In addition to academic criteria, therefore, we always consider extracurricular talents and personal strengths when we evaluate a candidate’s credentials. We look for the students whose previous participation in the arts shows that they can make a substantial contribution to our community.”
William R. Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions