Let the Bands Play On
Huntingdon offers exciting instrumental performance groups. Pick up your instrument and play on!
The Marching Scarlet and Grey
Organized in 2006, the Marching Scarlet and Grey includes instrumentation, Color Guard, majorettes (the Hawkettes), and a full collegiate marching squad. The Marching Scarlet & Grey performs for:
- Football games
- Marching festivals
- Parades
- Civic and community events
- Band exhibitions and competitions
Your Band Experience
Energize the crowd, add some atmosphere, and boost the student-athletes’ resolve—there’s so much power in an instrument! Go ahead. Toot your own horn! As part of the band, you’ll experience:
- The Scarlet & Grey Scholarship: $14,000 for Band participation, all members are eligible.
- Instruments, uniforms, and equipment provided at no cost to students (new instruments in winds and percussion for each freshman).
- No band fees.
- Opportunities for students of all majors and at a variety of skill levels.
- Full band travel and performance across the Southeast.
- The band program includes the Huntingdon Winds Concert Band, the Huntingdon Jazz Ensemble, BallHawks Pep Band, and the Huntingdon Percussion Studio among other ensembles.
The Huntingdon Band Staff
Current Students
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Band Events
There are no upcoming events at this time.
Brass Symposium
The Huntingdon College Band Brass Symposium is a one-day workshop for middle school and high school students who play trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, or tuba. No audition required. Spend the day with us! Participation fee includes all instruction, and lunch. All events take place on the Huntingdon College campus in the Band Room, and Smith Hall. Invite your family and friends to your end-of-day ensemble recital!
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High School Honor Band
We are looking forward to our annual Huntingdon College honor band on March 7-8th, 2024! It’s going to be a great time and a great learning experience for everyone involved! This year our very own director of bands Mr. Anthony Vittore will be the conductor of the honor band. He has 20 years experience in the high school classroom and has be a guest conductor all over the state of Alabama. The honor band is open to students in grade 9-12. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Drum Major Academy
We are excited to announce our partnership with Mr. Calvin Scott as our Drum Major instructor for our first ever Drum Major Academy! This is for anyone who is interested in trying out for drum major at their high school! They will learn from one of the best drum major instructors in the state on proper techniques, tips, and cues that will help them be confident when they go to their own tryouts. The cost is $15, which includes lunch. This is a great way to learn techniques for beginners all the way to experienced candidates. Huntingdon College Band believes in hard work and dedication, and that there is no short cut to success, we look to instill these values into our students, and now the future leaders of the high school bands throughout the state.
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Day of Drumline
The past few years Dr. Throwdown has played paradiddles with stick tosses and hertas with “Hi Moms” as well as flam 5s and diminished scales on his steel pans, in places like Vancouver, Tenerife, The Forbidden City, Novi Sad, Ludz, Madrid, Bucaramanga, Biella, San Juan, Missoula, Rome, Pescara, General Roca, Xinxiang, Buenos Aires, Lima, Houston, Gdansk, Vienna, Cali, Ferrara, Tegucigalpa, Port of Spain, Dallas, London, Mayagüez, Dusseldorf, McAllen, and many others. He is an international artist and clinician for several percussion companies, whole heartedly endorsing each one of them, not only for their wonderful products but for the support they all give to percussion education around the world.
