Marching Band
Riordan is the only high school in San Francisco to have its very own marching band. The band is under the direction of Scott Souza and assistant director, James Dumlao . The band program consists of marching, concert, jazz, and pep bands. At Riordan, the majority of musicians pick up their instruments in their freshman year while enrolled in the Instrumental Music Ensemble (Beginning Band). Students then move up into the Intermediate Band as sophomores and join the marching band in their junior and senior years. The band program is one of the few high school music programs that starts students with no musical experience. The band competes in the Northern California Band Association (NCBA) along with many other bands from all over the Bay Area and Nevada. The band competes in the small schools division (Class D or E) and is one of the biggest bands in its division with 90 members in 2009/2010. The band appears in every San Francisco city parade (Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Chinese New Year, St. Patrick's Day) and is a consistent winner in these parades. In 2010, the band was invited to perform as part of the San Francisco Giants Victory Parade down Market Street following their first ever World Series Championship. In addition to the Marching band the school also has a lively Pep Band that is well known at WCAL sporting events, A Jazz Combo that regularly participates in California Musical Educators competitions, a drumline that has grown in size and stature under the direction of Mr. James Dumlao and a Color Guard team, featuring girls from Mercy High School San Francisco and ICA, under the direction of Mr. Mark Lieuw that performs with the band during parades. The band travels each year and visited Disneyland in 2009, Hawaii for the Hawaiiaan invitational in 2010 and the Independence Day Parade in the nations Capital in 2011 The band website is http://riordanhsband.com
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