Director’s Update: Oct. 20-25, 2025

Thank you to everyone that attended our annual fall concert last week! We are very proud of all four ensembles that performed and are glad they got to share their talents with you all! Please join us again for the Annual Fine Arts Showcase on Tuesday, December 16th at 5:30 pm!

Spring Trip to Knott’s Berry Farm

For those of you that missed the initial interest meeting, the necessary information can be found in the google drive at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10YFNGERKnmJ1-rP8I1Sv0DPyCjuQIBgd?usp=sharing

Date: April 10-11, 2026

Who: Any student enrolled in Cienega’s Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, or Orchestra for the full 2025-26 academic year or the full time they are enrolled as a Cienega student.

Marching Band Updates

Congrats, Copper Thunder! This past weekend, the band broke the program record for highest score in a regular season show (79.125) and won the Division 4A, General Effect caption, Music caption, Visual caption, and Percussion caption. And now, we shift our focus to finishing the show and doing it again at Region Championships this week!

Monday- 0 hour; 5:30-9:00 pm rehearsal

  • Please come watch our the last run of the evening (around 8:30 pm).

Tuesday- 0 hour; open band room until 5:00 pm

  • Highly encouraged for students struggling with memorization of the end of the show

Wednesday- 0 hour (inside rehearsal)

Thursday- 0 hour; 4:00-6:00 pm rehearsal

Friday- SENIOR NIGHT vs. Desert View HS (come out and support our seniors’ last game!)

  • Call time: TBA (pending performance schedule; call time will be earlier if we are performing pre-game rather than post-game)

Saturday- AZMBA REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS @ Ironwood Ridge High School