Congratulations to the Pomona Band for the 2011 Fall season in which the band Took 1st place at the 4A Jefferson County Marching Festival, 1st place at the CBA Metro Regional 4A State Qualifier, won it's third consecutive CBA 4A State Parade Championship and placed fourth in 4A at the CBA State Marching Band Competition! This marks the 23 year in a row that the Pomona Band has qualified for State Championships Finals!
- Colorado Bandmaster's Association State Champions 11 Times
- Three-time Colorado Music Educator's Association Honor Band
- Three time defending Colorado Bandmaster's Association 4A Parade Champions
The Pomona Band is under the direction of Mr. Ed Roush and
assitant director Mr. Joe Musick
The Pomona High School band program is recognized locally and nationally for its commitment to music excellence. From 1994 through 2005, the Pomona High School Marching Band was the Colorado Bandmaster's Association Class 5A State Champions 13 times. The students were also invited to march twice in both the world famous Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade and the London New Year's Day Parade. The band has been a multiple time Bands of America Grand Nationals Semi-finalist and in 1995 completed the season as a Grand Nationals Finalist Band finishing in 5th place. In 1997 the band was selected to perfrom at the prestigoius Summit of Eight World Economic Conference at which the played played for the leaders of Canada, Germany, Russia, Germany, Japan, the European Union, France, Italy, England and the United State of America.
In addition, the Pomona Symphonic Band was named a Colorado Music Educator's Association (CMEA) Honor Band three times since 2000. Lastly, the Pomona Winter Guard and Percussion Ensemble were 2004 WGI World Finalists. Pomona's Winterguard is a two time WGI World Champion taking home gold meadlist honors in 1994 and 1999 in the Scholastic Open class. The band program also includes a wind ensemble, concert band, two jazz ensembles, two music theory classes and two orchestra classes.
Pomona Arts and Humanities Program (PAH) 
Where the arts and academic achievement meet.
Pomona High School offers a unique program for students with creative talents and interests, who also want a demanding academic program. It is the Pomona Arts and Humanities (PAH) program, and many band students are members. Students select an artistic path - instrumental music, vocal music, visual arts, theater or a multi-path option – and then take core academic classes designed to promote a creative, hands-on, integrated approach to learning. Prior to graduation, students complete a capstone project demonstrating what they have learned in the PAH program.
The PAH program was developed based on research showing that on college entrance exams, students with an arts and humanities background out-performed students who did not take these types of classes. The research also showed the longer a student remained in an arts program, the better their results on college entrance exams.
For more information on the PAH program, click on the Music Programs menu, and look for PAH in the drop-down menu or click here.