About the Colorado Honor Band

Colorado Honor Band serves students ages 10-18 throughout the greater Denver metropolitan area including Arapahoe, Adams, Douglas, and Elbert County.  We have approximately 350 students, six Beginning Bands, three Intermediate Bands, and an Advanced Band, Symphonic Band, Symphony Winds, Jazz Band II, and Jazz Ensemble I. We always welcome new students!

The Colorado Honor Band is a year-round program. Students who have never played an instrument before begin in September. Other students may audition and join us at any time.

As a result of the educational experience we offer, a graduate of the Colorado Honor Band Association can maximize his or her own potential and will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be a complex thinker, an effective communicator, a responsible citizen, a self-directed learner, an ethical person, and a quality worker - essential elements for success in the 21^st century.

Click here for the history of the organization.

Mission and Vision

Colorado Honor Band Association opens a world of opportunities for instrumentalists who learn to communicate with others using the vehicle of musical performance.  

VISION

As a result of the musical and educational experience we offer, a graduate of the Colorado Honor Band Association will maximize her or his own potential and will have the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be a complex thinker, an effective communicator, a responsible citizen, a self-directed learner, an ethical person, and a quality worker - essential elements for success.

NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT

This Corporation, with respect to any educational activities, shall admit students of any race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability, to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students. This Corporation, does not, and shall not, discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, or disability in the administration of its education policies, admissions policies, scholarship and all other such administered programs.

Contact

216 S. Grant, Denver, CO 80209

PHONE: (303)778-6693

FAX: (303)722-3560

EMAIL ADDRESS: Susan Smith: SSmithCHBA@aol.com

Julie Larson: JulieLarsonCHBA@aol.com

Administration

Susan L. Smith...................Executive Director

Heather Davis...................Asst. Adm. Director

Julie Larson............................Office Manager

Jim Donaldson..................Secretary/Treasurer

Keith Ewer..................Jazz Band Administrator

Please click here for a full list of teaching faculty and staff

Joining the Organization

• All students are welcome.

• All students audition for band placement.

• Audition materials are mailed upon request.

• An audition time is arranged.

• All new members receive a special offer. This low cost offer allows the student to "Try us out," and decide if it is a good choice.

• To Participate in a concert:

  Students who have never played an instrument before may only begin in September.

  All other students may audition any time.

• The Colorado Honor Band is a year-round program. Students change band at the end of each concert season based on the completion of skills.

Band Directors

Sarah Starbuck..................Beginning Band

Sarah Starbuck.............Intermediate Band

Keith Ewer & Jeff Young............Jazz Bands

Steve Martin ...................Advanced Band

Keith Farmer...................Symphonic Band

Orlando Otis...................Symphony Winds

For more information about each of these

directors and the rest of CHBA faculty please click HERE.

Travel

Approximately every three years we travel either in the United States or Europe. In 2007, we traveled to Hawaii.

Costs

Monthly Dues

$40.00 for one student

$65.00 for family with 2 (band member) students

$90.00 for family with 3 (band member) students

$115.00 for family with 4 (band member) students

Dues are payable on or before the 10^th of every month.

Cost for Beginning Band Program: $95.00 (For first-time students only.  Actual value $240.)  Includes 5 months of instruction, individual help, Mastery Learning Method Book, sheet music, fall workshop, performance golf shirt, concert in January (If student completes Lesson 7).  No Refunds.

Uniforms

Yearly Calendar

Winter Concert - February - Englewood H. S.

Spring Concert - May - King Center on Auraria Campus

Summer Concert Series- Various Parks around Metro Area

Extra Music Workshops- November, April, & June

Maps to Concert & Rehearsal Locations

Fund Raising

Fund Raising is optional. 

CHBA provides several options for members to earn tuition or pay for camp.