8th Grade Band and Guard Families:
Click HERE to visit our High School Band Information page and HERE to see our upcoming performance information along with our online calendar!!!
Click HERE to visit our High School Band Information page and HERE to see our upcoming performance information along with our online calendar!!!
Welcome to the Home of the St. Helens Band Program
The St. Helens Band Program has a rich tradition of excellence in music making. We are a 6-12th grade program that features Middle School Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Bands, and a high school program with a Jazz Band, Concert Band. Wind Ensemble, Marching Band and Color Guard, Pep Bands, and Winter Guard and Winter Percussion Programs.
Senior Band and Guard Night 2022!! 21 seniors this year!
Former SHHS Drum Major, Tatum Stewart, running visual warm-up at the 2022 Liberty Show.
Walking to warm-up. Liberty Show 2022
Drum Majors, Nate Johnston and Vanessa Wallace warming up the band before the Liberty Show 2022
The St. Helens High School Wind Ensemble!! 2022 OSAA 5A State Band Champions!!!!! Read about it HERE
Wind Ensemble 2021-2022 at the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival
The SHHS Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the
2022 Oregon Music Educators (OMEA) State Conference! 
Congratulations to the SHHS Wind Ensemble for their Superior rating from the OSAA 2021 Culminating Band Event.
A picture of the audience at our June 9th, 2021 outdoor concert. This is the first concert our students have given in-person since winter 2020!
Concert Band Cohort A during 1st semester of 2020-2021 rehearsing on Zoom.
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Drum Instructor and Arranger, Justin Hawkins, tuning the quads with Caleb. 2022 Liberty Show
Joseph Escobar (tenor sax) during prelims at the Liberty Show 2022
Final rehearsal of the 2022 marching band season!
SHHS Jazz Band 2021-2022 NWOC League Jazz Champions!!
The SHHS Jazz Band performed at the 2021 Skyview Jazz Festival. The band won 2nd place in their division and 1st place in Sightreading!
2020-2021 Jazz Band with guest alumni bassist, Abby Marx
2020-2021 Wind Ensemble at our end of the year outdoor concert.
Members of the 2020-2021 Concert Band
Wind Ensemble Cohort A during 1st Semester 2020-2021 distance learning.
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2020-2021 Jazz Band rehearsing behind A building for the first in-person concert of the year (Spring 2021).
Congratulations to Grace Stearns for winning her 4th District Solo Contest! Good luck at State!! -April 2021
Winter Guard 2020 in rehearsal at Columbia City School.
Jazz Band at the 2019 Skyview Jazz Festival
Jazz Band in clinic during the Skyview Jazz Festival 2019.
Performing "Gale Force" in Finals at the Pride of the Northwest in Grants Pass, OR. The band finished 2nd in AA and won High Visual in prelims and 2nd place overall in finals.
Low Brass and Low Woodwinds getting ready to head to warm-up. Fall 2019 PNW.
Performing our 2019 Show "Gale Force" at PCI (Sprague HS)
Performing our 2019 Show "Gale Force" at PCI (Sprague HS)
Featured: Alana Saul 
The 2019 Winter Percussion Ensemble performing their 2019 show "Beethoven's Nightmare".
Taylor Jacobs performing at halftime at our last football game of the 2018 season. "Shadow Effect".
2018 Fall Marching Band and Guard Members in the stands at PCI
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Congratulations to Kaven Freshner for winning his 1st District Solo Contest! Good luck at State!! -April 2021
Basketball Band 2020
Pictured from close to far: Lucia Martin, Taylor McKay, Monica Aguirre, and Cecily McDole 
Jazz Band at the West Salem Jazz Festival 2020. The band placed 4th in the High School Intermediate Division.
A gallery of photos from the 2019 Pride of the Northwest at Grants Pass High School.
Our marching band and guard Class of 2020!
Seniors Shanelle Mercer-Huson, Isaac VanHook and Madison Collin at PCI 2019
2019 Drumline with our instructor, Justin Hawkins
Our 2019 Winter Guard performing "Into the Rose Garden".
Performing out 2018 Field Show "Shadow Effect".
Alana Saul performing at halftime at our last football game of the 2018 season. "Shadow Effect".
The pit performing at halftime at our last football game of the 2018 season. "Shadow Effect".
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Your 2018 St. Helens High School Marching Band and Color Guard!
A slideshow of the Wind Ensemble at the 2018 OSAA 5A State Championships.
2018 Wind Ensemble Seniors accepting their 2nd place trophy at the OSAA 5A State Band Championships.
Wind Ensemble Seniors accepting the 2018 NWOC League Band Championship trophy!
The 2018 Winter Guard celebrating our one guard senior Jenny, at NWAPA Guard Championships!!
The 2018 Winter Percussion Ensemble at the McMinnville Show. This is the first year SHHS has had a competitive marching percussion ensemble unit.
The SHHS Winter Guard performing their 2018 show "Oracal" at the Columbia River Winter Arts Invitational, our home show at SHHS.
Halftime performance at the Think Pink game. 2017
Halftime performance at the Think Pink game. 2017
St. Helens Parade 2017
Congratulations to the SHHS Wind Ensemble on their 2nd Place finish at the 2017 OSAA 5A State Band Championships!!
Coach Kristen Heckers with Captains Amanda Click and Alycia Eidem at the WGI Portland Regional 2017. The Winter Guard took 3rd place in Scholastic Regional A!
Kylar Niles and Jake English performing at the Skyview Jazz Festival in December 2016
Class of 2017 Senior Marching Band and Guard members at Band Senior Night. Fall 2016
The 2016 Wind Ensemble at the OSAA 5A State Band Contest.
The SHHS Wind Ensemble onstage at the 2015 OSAA 5A State Band Championship.
The 2015 SHHS Marching Band and Color Guard
Basketball Band 2014-2015 at a home game.
The SHHS Jazz Band performing at the 2016 West Salem Jazz Festival.
Our seniors during the awards ceremony. 5th Place at the 2016 OSAA 5A State Band Championships.
The SHHS Marching Band and Color Guard 2015 rehearsing under the lights and a beautiful fall sunset.
Taken during our 2012 Civil War 'O' Gram deliveries. The SHHS band deliverers UO and OSU fight songs all over the community each November, before the big Civil War Game.
2015 Marching Band Senior Class
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Halftime performance at the Think Pink game. 2017
Members of the class of 2017 after the Senior Assembly.
Fall Pep Band at the 7 Mile War game in September 2016
The Marching Band and Color Guard perform their 2016 field show "Dreamality".
The 2015 SHHS Marching Band and Color Guard after prelim awards at the Pride of the Northwest Marching Band Competition in Grants Pass, OR
Wind Ensemble at State 2015
The 2015 SHHS Marching Band and Color Guard performing thier show "Trapped" at the Pride of the Northwest Marching Band Competition at Grants Pass High School.
The 2016 Wind Ensemble. NWOC League Champions!!
The 2016 Winter Guard competing at an NWAPA event.
The 2015 football pep band in the stands at an early season game.
Guard members Gabby Johanson and Lilly Zimmerlee performing "Drive" in the fall of 2014.
Intermediate Band members at Fort Stevens after their performance at the 2016 Developing Band Festival.
Wind Ensemble warming up at Sandy High School for the 2016 NWOC League Band Championship performance.
Our 2015 Senior Band students. On stage for Senior recognition during the final concert of the year.
2016 Basketball Band at a home game with members of the SHMS Advanced Band.
Wind Ensemble watching bands at State. 2016
The SHHS Marching Band and Guard performing "Desert Kingdom" at the 2013 PCI.
The SHHS Marching Band Flute Section during the first day of drill. Fall 2015.
Members of the Marching Band in the stands at a marching band competition. Fall 2015
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