McNeese Summer High School Band Academies

Students will need the following for their respective academy focus track (please read the entire document!):

Everyone: Attire for the finale performances will be academy shirt (distributed during the week) & shorts or pants

Instrumental Music Academy

• Your marching instrument (McNeese CANNOT provide any instruments, mouthpieces, or reeds)
• Music lyre
• Pencil
• Umbrella or rain jacket
• Water bottle
• Comfortable closed toe athletic shoes for marching
• PERCUSSIONISTS: Please bring as much of the following as you have or can get from your director:
  Concert snare sticks and marching sticks
  Medium yarn mallets / Xylophone mallets / Timpani mallets
  **If you do not have access to all of these, that's ok. Bring as much as you can.

Drum Major Academy

• Your marching band instrument (if you are a woodwind or brass player)
• A metronome if you have one, music lyre
• Comfortable athletic shoes
• Sunscreen and hat
• Umbrella or rain jacket
• Water bottle

Color Guard Academy (MSU will not be able to provide any equipment) - More information about equipment, show theme, etc. will be sent to you in mid to late May. Plan to bring a flag. Rifle is optional

All Resident (Overnight) Students
* Note: Residents must remain on campus at all times, unless arrangements are made prior to the academy week. Car keys will be collected from students driving themselves. Any resident leaving campus during the week will be dismissed from the academy without a refund.

• Bed Linens
• Pillow
• Towel and Toiletries
• Alarm clock of some kind

**Residents: If you will be taking any medication during the week, please bring only the amount you will need for the week, in the prescription container. Place the prescription bottle in a Ziplock bag, labeled with your name. An academy staff member will hold and distribute medication on a daily basis. **

Family, directors, and friends are invited to the Academy Finale Performances on June 12th. This will be held in Cowboy Stadium (In the event of rain the final performance will be moved indoors).

Attendance will be taken at the beginning of each session. Dorms, meals, and sessions will be supervised at all times.
Please direct any questions to the MSU band office at 337-475-5004.

SEE YOU ON JUNE 8^th

HS Fees

Commuters

• Standard Commuter: $325

Residents (Over-night)

• Standard Resident: $450

2025 McNeese Bands Summer Music Academy

Schedule

*This schedule is tentative, and may be modified.

Sunday, June 8, 2025

• 2:00 p.m. Resident Check-In (Please do not arrive before 2:00) Band Hall (240 E. Sale Rd.)
• 3:00 p.m. Commuter Check-In Band Hall
• 3:30 Welcome Meeting (Parents may also attend) Tritico Theatre
• 4:30      Guard - Session 1
•             Drum Major & Music - Warm up & Part Auditions
•             Drumline - Warm up & Part Auditions
• 5:45 Dinner
• 7:30 Calcasieu British Brass Band Concert in Tritico         
• 9:00 All - Academy Dismissal Various Locations

Monday-Wednesday, June 9-11, 2025

• 8:30      Session 1
• Guard - Session 1 (Rec Center - Monday Only)
•             Drum Major/Instrumental - Session 1 (Marching Band Practice Field)
•             Drumline - Session 1 (Band Hall)
• 9:30      Break
• 9:45      Session 2
• Guard - Session 2 (Rec Center - Monday Only)
•             Drum Major/Instrumental - Session 2 (Marching Band Practice Field)
•             Drumline - Session 2 (Band Hall)
• 10:45    Break and move to Session 3 Locations
• 11:00    Drum Majors - Session 3
• Instrumental - Session 3
• Drumline - Session 3
• Guard - Session 3
• 12:00    Travel to dining hall for Lunch
• 12:15    Lunch
• 1:15      Travel to Session 4 Locations
• 1:30      Drum Major - Session 4
• Instrumental - Elective Class 1
• Drumline - Session 4
• Guard - (Rec Center)
• 2:30      Leadership Session - Full Academy (Tritico)
• 3:30      Travel to next session/break
• 3:45      Drum Majors - Full Music (Tritico)
• Instrumental - Full Music (Tritico)
• Drumline - Full Music (Tritico)
• Guard (Rec Center)
• 5:45      Commuter Dismissal/Travel to dining hall for dinner
• 6:00      Dinner
• 7:00      Travel to evening activity
• 9:00      Daily awards presentation and dismissal

Thursday, June 12, 2025

• 8:30      Meet to travel to warm up area
• 9:00      Warm up
• 9:45      McNeese Bands Practice Field (weather permitting) or McNeese Rec Center
• 10:00    Take the field (or Arena) for performance
• 11:00 (or sooner) Camp dismissal/check out of resident halls