Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association

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The Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) provides a number of services for elementary through college level instrumental music groups in Southern California, including providing clinics for educators and students and hosting festivals for soloists and ensembles, including marching band competitions.

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Honor ensembles

The SCSBOA honor groups for elementary through high school students are prestigious music groups which students audition for. They include the band, string orchestra, full orchestra, and jazz band. Students accepted into the groups often demonstrate their expertise in their instruments as well as their motivation to take music to a higher degree. Numerous new musical works have been commissioned for these honor groups over the years to include Double Helix which was published by CPP Belwin.

Festivals

The festivals run by the organization rate groups on how well they play. Each group plays three prepared pieces and then sightreads a piece that is one level below those they prepared. For many school's music groups, these festivals are long-awaited and practiced for.

Field band

The field band competitions are an extensive number of parade and field show competitions. SCSBOA Adjudicators are selected based on their prior experience in competition with their own groups and are peers to the directors of the competing groups.

Parade competitions are typically hosted by cities or communities but may be hosted by a school band. Specialized parades, called Band Reviews, consist of a parade of only bands and possibly led by a few dignitaries in automobiles. Parade Bands are judged in the categories of Band, Drill Team, Auxiliary, and Drum Major. Parades and Band Reviews may classify competing bands based on total school enrollment, size of the band, or by ranking of the band's scores from competitions in the previous season. The method of classification is determined by the event chairman.

The SCSBOA field show circuit is the most popular in Southern California. Field show competitions are typically hosted by a high school band, inviting other schools to attend. Although there is no rule, hosts at SCSBOA field show competitions typically do not compete in their own competition. Field show bands are judged in the categories of Band, Percussion, and Auxiliary, assigned a Classification based on the total number of musicians performing. Many bands strive to be selected for the SCSBOA Field Show Championships, held the mid-November of each year. Throughout the season, the bands are scored and the 12 top-scoring bands in each class, based on the total of their top three scores of the season, are eligible to compete in SCSBOA Field Championships.

Past field band champions

Below is an incomplete list of class champions:

Year [1] 1A2A3A4A5A6A
2002 Arlington Capistrano Valley William S. Hart Valencia John W. North Etiwanda
2003 West Hills Santa Margarita Catholic William S. HartValenciaJohn W. NorthEtiwanda
2004 Bellflower La Puente Santa Margarita William S. Hart Fountain Valley El Dorado
2005 Los Angeles La Puente San Marcos William S. Hart Carlsbad Chino
2006 Capistrano Valley Los Alamitos Chino Hills William S. HartFountain ValleyChino
2007 Charter Oak San Marcos West Ranch William S. Hart Los Osos Chino
2008 San Marcos Eastlake West RanchWilliam S. Hart Murrieta Valley Chino
2009Los Angeles Azusa Carlsbad William S. Hart Savanna Chino
2010San Marcos Patriot CarlsbadWilliam S. Hart Nogales Chino
2011Charter Oak Colony Azusa South Hills Vista Chino
2012Los AngelesSan MarcosAzusa West Ranch Los OsosEtiwanda
2013San MarcosPatriot Valencia William S. HartFountain Valley Rancho Bernardo
2014 Saddleback Moorpark Palisades William S. HartFountain ValleyArcadia
2015 San Pedro Buena ValenciaWilliam S. HartVista Mt. Carmel
2016San Pedro Chaffey Aliso Niguel William S. HartVistaMt. Carmel
2017 Highland San PedroAliso Niguel Warren Chino Hills Mt. Carmel
2018 Monrovia San PedroAliso NiguelWilliam S. Hart Warren Mt. Carmel
2019 Grover Cleveland University City San Pedro Aliso Niguel West Ranch Mt. Carmel
2020Field band championships cancelled.
2021Grover Cleveland Westlake South Hills West Ranch Chino Rancho Bernardo
2022 Castaic Valencia Vista William S. HartChinoRancho Bernardo
2023 Damien Moorpark Thousand Oaks West Ranch Arroyo Rancho Bernardo

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