Music Department
The music department is renowned in town because of its many accomplishments. The choral program has won many trophies at MICCA and FiestaVal competitions. The string program has also won a few trophies over the years.
The Barnstable High School Red Raider Marching Band is known for its achievements on and off the field. The band Division 2 winner in MICCA from 2006 to 2009 (four years in a row). In 2010 the band will be competing in Division 1 of MICCA due to changes in the number of members in the band.
Throughout the fall and leading into the spring, the Marching Band frequently performs at various venues, including football games, holidays, and community events. Various trips are performed throughout the year, including a bi-yearly appearance at Fiestaval.
The Red Raiders primarily march in the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association circuit, often referred to as MICCA. Other appearances occur at the NESBA and USSBA marching shows around the state. The Winter Percussion unit, an offshoot of the marching band season, compete in Winter Guard International championships on a bi-yearly basis. In April 2009 (their most recent appearance at WGI) the Winter Percussion Ensemble almost made it into the semifinal round achieving their best performance ever at WGI. The winter percussion was the 2004 Class A NESBA Champions. The Winter Guard has won Class Championships in 2000, 2001 & 2004.
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“Have you ever been up in your plane at night, alone, somewhere, 20,000 feet above the ocean?... Did you ever hear music up there?... It’s the music a man’s spirit sings to his heart, when the earth’s far away and there isn’t any more fear. It’s the high, fine, beautiful sound of an earth-bound creature who grew wings and flew up high and looked straight into the face of the future. And caught, just for an instant, the unbelievable vision of a free man in a free world.”
—Dalton Trumbo (1905–1976)
““Which is more important to you, your field or your children?” the department head asked. She replied, “That’s like asking me if I could walk better if you amputated my right leg or my left leg.””
—Anonymous Parent. As quoted in Women and the Work Family Dilemma, by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker, ch. 2 (1993)