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Band

A marching band in uniform plays instruments in a gymnasium with a clock on the wall.

Band is open to all students at Aquinas who have had previous band experience. We would love for you to be a member of the Saints Brigade!  

Saints Brigade Band & Drumline

The Saints Brigade Band and Drumline plays pep band tunes for all home football games in the fall and home basketball games during the winter.  In addition to pep band, this group also prepares concert band literature for the fall, Christmas, and spring concerts, as well as for the KSHSAA Large Group festival held in April.  Students enrolled in this group are eligible to participate in the KMEA district honor group auditions held in the fall and/or the KSHSAA solo/small ensemble festival held in April.  

Fortitude! Show Choir Band

The band, Fortitude! is a high-energy ensemble that accompanies STA’s two award-winning competition show choirs, Swingin’ Saints and Saintsations.  Each choir performs a 15-minute set. This group rehearses during selected STA periods during the Fall semester. Show choir competitions take place on Saturdays during the winter months.  There are typically one or two competitions that require an overnight stay in a hotel due to their location (i.e. the Omaha or Lincoln, Nebraska competitions). Show choir competitions are A LOT of fun, so please consider being a member of Fortitude!

 

Band Photo Gallery

A young man plays a trumpet in the foreground, while a young woman with glasses and a blurred background of golden vertical lines are visible behind him.
In the foreground, three young musicians play brass instruments, while the background features a banner with %22Saints%22 and %22Thomas Aquinas%22 branding.
Four young musicians in black attire stand with their instruments in front of a blue curtain, with a gong and drum set visible.
A marching band performs in front of a crowd in a gymnasium with championship banners hanging in the background.
In the foreground, hands play shiny trumpets, while in the blurred background, other musicians in black attire are visible.
A group of young musicians in black attire are seated and standing on a wooden stage in front of a blue curtain, with various instruments scattered around them.
A group of people stand on a football field at night, with the %2250%22 yard line visible in the foreground and stadium lights illuminating the background.
Four people in matching shirts stand on a football field, while another person lies on the ground in front of them holding a large cutout of a fifth person's face.
A group of young musicians in uniform play clarinets and other instruments in a sunlit hall with a clock on the wall.
In the foreground, a young girl with red hair plays a bass drum with yellow and blue striped drumsticks, while in the background, other band members in uniform stand ready.
Three smiling people, two in blue and yellow school uniforms, stand in the foreground with a blurred background of a school event.
A marching band in uniform plays instruments on a green field with a stadium and trees in the background.
A marching band of young musicians in uniform stands on bleachers in front of a chain-link fence and a bright sky.
A young male drummer in a blue and yellow uniform plays his drums in the foreground, while other band members in similar attire play their instruments on bleachers in the background.

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Contact Information

John Burgess, Band Director

John Burgess
Band Director
jburgess@stasaints.net