R.W. Johnson High Band:
R.W. Johnson High School Bands and Ensembles serve over 200 students in the Gainesville and Oakwood communities. Performance opportunities include basketball pep band, brass choir, jazz band, marching band,
percussion ensemble, wind bands, winter guard, and woodwind choir.
R.W. Johnson High School Bands and Ensembles are active in the Georgia Music Educators Association District XIV and regularly have students participate in District and State events. Additionally, JHS Bands provides private lesson opportunities for students looking to develop their musical craft on an individual level.
Philosophy:
Music Education is vital to the 21st century student. Discipline, healthy work ethic, sportsmanship, respect, and team-building skills are some examples of character development through the rigorous demands of musical training. Music is not only an important form of self-expression, it teaches communication as one of very few worldwide languages. Proper music education builds future leaders and cultivates a lifelong support of the arts.
Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and learn to play it, they develop sensitivity, discipline, and endurance.
They get a beautiful heart. — Shinichi Suzuki
Band Director
Bret Ward
Band Director
