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May 26, 2016

Reno Jazz Festival 2016!

Advanced Jazz Band and combo traveled to Reno for the annual Reno Jazz Festival. The opening night was spent attending an amazing concert...

Apr 24, 2016

Symphonic Band at CMEA 2016!

Symphonic Band performed an excellent set of music at the Castro Valley High School CMEA Festival including Bernstein’s “Danzon” and...

Apr 24, 2016

String Orchestra and Jazz Workshop Band Perform at Art Show 2016

This year’s Art Show was a spectacular success with works from many of O’Dowd’s talented visual art students exhibited. The String...

Apr 10, 2016

String Orchestra and Symphonic Band Impress at Music in the Parks Festival

This year’s Music in the Parks Festival was a big success. Held at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, bands from numerous schools...

Mar 26, 2016

Advanced Jazz Band Shines at Santa Cruz Jazz Festival

Advanced Jazz Band traveled to Santa Cruz for its first-ever performance at the Santa Cruz Jazz Festival. The First Combo played an...

Mar 26, 2016

Jazz Workshop Band Performs at Multicultural Assembly

This year’s Multicultural Assembly was a big success. After the opening ceremony sung by Tyler Paige, Jazz Workshop Band rocked out with...

Feb 29, 2016

Lillian Black Festival

This year’s Lillian Black Festival of the Arts brought together music, dance, choral, and visual arts students from the entire Oakland...

Feb 29, 2016

MUSE BAND Concert 2016!

Each year Symphonic Band joins with MUSE Band to present a concert designed to inspire young people to study music in the schools. MUSE...

Feb 7, 2016

Jazz Workshop wins unanimous "Excellent" Ratings at Campana Jazz Festival

Congratulations to the Jazz Workshop Band for winning unanimous “Excellent” ratings at the Campana Jazz Festival. Dan Molyneaux and...

Feb 1, 2016

Winter Concert!

O’Dowd’s music students put on a spectacular show for their annual Winter Concert with 5 different groups performing. Check out the great...