Belleville Bands

Welcome from the nationally recognized Belleville High School Bands! Under Mr. Nicholas Taylor, Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Music, and Mr. Michael Campbell, Associate Director, our students learn music theory and music appreciation, and are exposed to innovative computer technology. Through our staff’s belief in the value of learning, deep love for music, and commitment to academic and performance excellence, we enjoy a model program recognized throughout the state. Dedication and commitment are foundational pillars displayed at all levels of Belleville’s music program. Students may participate in one of three concert bands, the marching band, the jazz band, or any number of small chamber ensembles. They obtain valuable life skills through disciplined practice and study, sharply focused group rehearsals, and teamwork. The rewards gained from this relentless pursuit of excellence will serve our students for a lifetime.

      Our nationally recognized bands have received dozens of invitations to national band events, plus countless prestigious local, state, and national awards. The 230-member BHS Marching Band is the largest in the state and marched in the 2009 Thanksgiving Day Parade in Detroit. Our Symphony Band has been privileged to perform twice at New York’s Carnegie Hall in the National Concert Band Invitational (in 1997 and 2000). They returned to Carnegie Hall in April 2003 as one of five high school ensembles in the First Annual New York Wind Band Festival, returned to Washington, DC, in April 2005 for the Heritage Music Festival, and performed at the Boston Festival in March 2007. They performed in their third Bands of America National Concert Band Invitational in Indianapolis and also returned to the Michigan Music Conference in 2009.

      Nearly 1,000 students, from a district population of approximately 6,000, participate in the grades 5–12 band program, including some 350 at the high school alone. Four full-time staff conduct more than 20 ensembles. The high school program includes Freshmen Band; Concert Bands A and B; Symphony Band; Jazz Band; and the Marching Tigers.