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Long Beach Public Schools

About Music

About Music

The Long Beach Public Schools Arts logo features a swirling design with the word 'ARTS' in the center.A circular badge reads '2026 BEST Communities for MUSIC EDUCATION' with a graduation cap.

The Long Beach Schools Music Department offers students a variety of courses and musical experiences throughout Elementary, Middle and High School. Our programs and ensembles have been recognized for their excellence both locally and nationally.

The Long Beach Public Schools are committed to excellence in music education. Performing ensembles begin in the upper elementary grades and continue through the middle and high schools. The music program is designed so that students experience a broad range of musical styles and includes performance opportunities featuring band, choir, orchestra and jazz programs. Many of our students are recognized at the local, state and national levels. In recognition of outstanding achievement, Long Beach Public Schools have been recognized as one of the Best 100 Communities for Music Education in the nation for the past 5 years.

The music department adheres to national and state curricular standards and is committed to introducing its students to technology and a broad range of musical experiences. To this end, the high school has a state-of-the-art music computer lab and offer technology-based music production and recording classes.

National & State Music Learning Standards:

  1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
  3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
  4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
  5. Reading and notating music.
  6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.
  7. Evaluating music and music performances.
  8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.
  9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture.

The Tri-M Honor Society recognizes musical students who achieve high marks for their solo performance at the NYSSMA festival and overall participation in the school music ensemble, theory and good academic standing. To determine if you qualify for membership, please contact Mr. Capobianco.

2025-26 TRI-M OFFICERS

  • Luke Morita - President
  • Reilly Sanfilippo - VP of Community Service
  • Lisette Amey - VP of Treasury
  • Ronin Morita - Secretary
  • Aaron Turbek - Historian

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Clubs/Groups

  • Studio Sound Recording Club - operates sound for Long Beach High School Band, Orchestra, Chorus and Guitar performances through the year, as well as the recording and audio editing of these performances upon request.
  • Musical Production Pit Orchestra provides a professional quality orchestra ensemble to play as part of the High School Music Department’s Broadway Musical each year.
  • Chamber Orchestra provides a select group performing experience. Pre-requisite: Audition and teacher recommendation. Soundwaves is a vocal ensemble group focusing on jazz, pop and show tunes. Audition only
  • Jazz Ensemble provides students of the music program with a jazz education experience.
  • Jazz Ensemble II will teach students to play various styles of jazz including Swing, Be-Bop, Latin, Funk, Rock, R&B. Students will be introduced to beginning improvisational concepts.
  • Soundwaves Vocal Ensemble is an extracurricular vocal ensemble for talented and committed singers. Students must audition at the beginning of the year to be considered for the group. The group performs vocal jazz music and challenging a cappella arrangements.

Students must be enrolled in one of the in-school performance ensembles to participate in the following groups: Chamber Orchestra, Soundwaves, Lab Jazz (Jazz Ensemble I)  and Jazz Band (Jazz Ensemble II).

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