This one-year course is divided into two-semester parts: marching band and concert band. The marching season involves learning music for parades, halftime shows, pep rallies, and band reviews. The concert band, referenced as the Wind Ensemble, plays music literature from different eras written for concert, symphonic, and wind ensemble musical groups. Small ensemble groups (woodwind, brass, percussion) are initiated for community events and participation in solo and small ensemble county festivals. These students belong to a performing organization that provides opportunities and experiences permitting them to participate and progress to their fullest potential. Instruction includes general music education in the areas of major/minor scales, chord construction, and sight-reading difficult rhythm patterns. All members are required to practice outside the school day. Periodic individual auditions are scheduled to validate this procedure and rate results into a section seating order. Students have the opportunity to listen to audio band music recordings and watch videos of musical groups in marching and concert band performance. Required listening includes classical, contemporary, baroque, and other music styles. Records of student assignments and audition scores are kept by the teacher for semester grading purposes.

Stage Band is designed for the student who would like to broaden his/her knowledge in the field of jazz. Instruction includes improvisational reading and playing techniques, as well as general music education in the areas of major/minor scales, simple chord construction, sight-reading difficult jazz rhythms, articulation styles of jazz, seventh and ninth chord identifying, and performing ear training concepts. Music material consists of music charts from the Big-Band era to modern day jazz. Students perform at various school functions, community events, and attend jazz clinics and festivals. Jazz Band students belong to a performing organization that provides opportunities and experiences permitting them to participate and progress to their fullest potential. Students are taught to become as proficient on their instrument as time and ability allows. All students in this course are required to practice outside the school day. Periodic individual auditions are scheduled to validate this procedure and rate results for possible placement into county and state jazz honor groups. Students have the opportunity to listen to audio jazz band music recordings and watch videos of musical groups in stage/jazz band performance. Required listening includes ragtime, rhythm and blues, big-band, modern jazz, and other styles.

This course is designed for the beginner student, or any other student who is not proficient on his/her instrument to be placed in the intermediate or advanced band. Percussion involves both drum and mallet students. Instruction includes rhythm pattern exercises, major, minor and chromatic scales, teacher selected music, basic harmony, theory, ear-training, note/rest values and identification, time and key signatures, instrument history, transposition and general music education in the areas of major/minor scales, chord construction, sight reading rhythm patterns and all basic rudiments of drumming. Indefinite and definite pitched percussion instruments are discussed and demonstrated. Students are taught to become as proficient on their instrument as time and ability allows.

This one-year course is divided into two-semester parts: marching band and concert band. The marching band involves learning music for parades, halftime shows, pep rallies, and band reviews. The concert band, referenced as Symphonic Band, plays music literature from different eras written for concert, symphonic, and wind ensemble musical groups. Small ensemble groups (woodwind, brass, percussion) are initiated for community events and participation in solo and small ensemble county festivals. These students belong to a performing organization that provides opportunities and experiences permitting them to participate and progress to their fullest potential. Instruction includes general music education in the areas of major/minor scales, chord construction, and sight-reading difficult rhythm patterns. All members are required to practice outside the school day. Periodic individual auditions are scheduled to validate this procedure and rate results into a section seating order. Students have the opportunity to listen to audio band music recordings and watch videos of musical groups in marching and concert band performance. Required listening includes classical, contemporary, baroque, and other music styles. Records of student assignments and audition scores are kept by the teacher for semester grading purposes.

String Orchestra comprises students who are proficient or advanced in their instrument. String Orchestra is a year-long class open to all students who qualify. Prior experience at the middle school level is required (students with no previous experience on string instruments who show interest in joining must have prior knowledge of music from another performing ensemble). The group participates in school concerts and the CMEA Orchestra festival each year. During the school year the students work on basic fundamentals of the string instrument, daily rehearsal techniques, and play different genres of literature.

This year-long course in marching concepts, halftime show and in-door pageantry is offered to letter carriers, majorettes, rifle team members, and tall flag corps. Members participate in all home varsity football games and state-wide band reviews and competitions, parades and theme park concerts and winter color guard competitions.

The Tulare Union Percussion program has quickly turned into one of the top percussion ensembles in the Central Valley, placing top 3 consecutively in the SVWAA Scholastic A Gold Class Division.