Grandville High School Bands

GHS Marching Band
The Grandville Bulldog Marching Band is an award-winning band that performs at numerous competitions on a local, state, and national level each fall. The marching band also plays during half-time at home football games. The Grandville Marching Band consistently earns high ratings and annually places in the top ten bands in Michigan at the MCBA State Finals. 

GHS Concert Bands
Grandville High School has four concert bands and two jazz bands.
  • Symphonic Winds - The Symphonic Winds band is comprised of advanced musicians performing at the college level. Students are selected by the director based on playing proficiency.
  • Symphonic Band - Students are selected for the advanced-level Symphonic Band by the directors, based on playing proficiency.
  • Concert Bands - There are two concert bands, each of equivalent musical ability. Students chosen for the Concert Bands continue to develop skills associated with tone quality and technique. Concert Band is a performance oriented class. Students are selected by the directors based on playing proficiency.
  • Jazz Band - Membership in the high school Jazz Band 1 is by audition only. Any band student can be in Jazz Band 2. No audition is necessary. Students must also be enrolled in one of the concert bands. The Jazz Bands rehearse and perform pieces in various styles and from various periods in jazz and big-band developments.

GHS Marching Band Shows

2017  /  Elements of Creation
2016  / Alice, There and Back Again
2015  |  The Ministry of Freedom
2014  |  Powerful Beyond Measure
2013  |  One Small Step:
             The Story of Neil Armstrong
2012  |  Incomplete
2011  |  The Other Side
2010  |  Pastime
2009  |  Where There's Smoke...
2008  |  Holst's First Suite:
             Expressions in E Flat
2007  |  Shostakovich:
             Modern Movements
2006  |  Ellis Island:
             The Dream of America
2005  |  The Mask of Zorro
2004  |  Aerodynamics
2003  |  With Heart and Voice
2002  |  City of Angels
2001  |  Gloriosa
2000  |  Russian Masters
1999  |  Jack Stamp
1998  |  New World Symphony
1997  |  Scottish Dances
1996  |  The Planets
1995  |  Music from the movie "Dave"
1994  |  de Meij's "Lord of the Rings"
1993  |  A Night at the Opera