Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association

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.

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]	1A	2A	3A	4A	5A	6A
2002	Arlington	Capistrano Valley	William S. Hart	Valencia	John W. North	Etiwanda
2003	West Hills	Santa Margarita Catholic	William S. Hart	Valencia	John W. North	Etiwanda
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. Hart	Fountain Valley	Chino
2007	Charter Oak	San Marcos	West Ranch	William S. Hart	Los Osos	Chino
2008	San Marcos	Eastlake	West Ranch	William S. Hart	Murrieta Valley	Chino
2009	Los Angeles	Azusa	Carlsbad	William S. Hart	Savanna	Chino
2010	San Marcos	Patriot	Carlsbad	William S. Hart	Nogales	Chino
2011	Charter Oak	Colony	Azusa	South Hills	Vista	Chino
2012	Los Angeles	San Marcos	Azusa	West Ranch	Los Osos	Etiwanda
2013	San Marcos	Patriot	Valencia	William S. Hart	Fountain Valley	Rancho Bernardo
2014	Saddleback	Moorpark	Palisades	William S. Hart	Fountain Valley	Arcadia
2015	San Pedro	Buena	Valencia	William S. Hart	Vista	Mt. Carmel
2016	San Pedro	Chaffey	Aliso Niguel	William S. Hart	Vista	Mt. Carmel
2017	Highland	San Pedro	Aliso Niguel	Warren	Chino Hills	Mt. Carmel
2018	Monrovia	San Pedro	Aliso Niguel	William S. Hart	Warren	Mt. Carmel
2019	Grover Cleveland	University City	San Pedro	Aliso Niguel	West Ranch	Mt. Carmel
2020	Field band championships cancelled.
2021	Grover Cleveland	Westlake	South Hills	West Ranch	Chino	Rancho Bernardo
2022	Castaic	Valencia	Vista	William S. Hart	Chino	Rancho Bernardo
2023	Damien	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks	West Ranch	Arroyo	Rancho Bernardo
2024	Damien	Valencia	Grover Cleveland	William S. Hart	Chino	Rancho Bernardo

External links

• Official website

References

1. Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association