Spring Concert & 2023-2024 Year of Achievements for Oak Ridge High School Band

Brad Jones May 1, 2024 Featured, News Leave a comment 225 Views

You are invited to our Spring Concert on Tuesday, May 7th, at 7 pm for the season’s final performance by the Oak Ridge High School Band.  Percussion Ensemble, JazzKats and Concert Band will be performing a variety of pieces for your enjoyment. The concert will be in the ORHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $3 for adults, $1 for students/seniors and included with season passes.

This concert is the culmination of hours of work during and after school since July 12th of last summer – Band Camp! – for over a hundred students who participate throughout the school year.  Concert Band follows our busy fall season of Marching Band for football games and competitions.  Here are a few highlights of the ORHS WildBand and Concert Band achievements:

  • All East & All State participation by several Band individuals
  • Instrumental Ensembles perform in concert & are members of local groups
  • Indoor Percussion earns 3rd in East Tennessee Performing Arts Association Championships
  • Winter Guard participation in East Tennessee Performing Arts Association Championships and Winter Guard International Competition
  • 44 Band and 33 Orchestra students combine to form a Symphonic Orchestra to perform and compete in Orlando, earning the highest Gold/Superior rating
  • Foothills Marching Classic – Class 4A champions
  • Several members join inaugural Tri-M Honor Society

The ORHS Band performs under the direction of Michael Spirko and Sean Rutherford.

Keep up with this group all year through our WildBand website –  www.wildband.org. Season Concert Passes for 2024/25  are available with any tax-deductible donation payable to the ORHS Band Boosters or donate specifically to our Band truck/trailer maintenance here.

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About Brad Jones

BBB Communications Owner/Operator Brad Jones has been part of the company since August 1996. A graduate of Coalfield High School in 1987, Brad later earned his degree from the University of Tennessee College of Communications in 1995, where he was honored with the 1995 Broadcast Production Student of the Year Award. Brad began his broadcasting career while still attending college, working at Shop at Home, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. He later worked at Via TV (RSTV, Inc.) from 1995 to 1996 before doing freelance production work in Nashville. In August 1996, he joined the staff at BBB Communications, where he has remained ever since. In 2001, Brad also spent a short time working as a news photographer for WVLT-TV while continuing his role at BBB TV. In addition to his work in local broadcasting, Brad also works part-time at Jewelry Television and works with Packman Productions on “Rivalry Thursday” during football season. Brad is married to Nicole Jenkins Jones, a 1990 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. Nicole works at Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates. Together they have three children: Trevor Bogard, Chandler Jones, and Naomi Jones, along with three grandchildren: Carter Bogard, Lucas Hayward, and Adalynn Reece Bogard.

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