Holmes Community College

Band Staff

The Holmes Community College “Bulldog” Marching Band is a progressive college marching band with entertainment and pageantry as a goal.  The “Bulldog” Band has won first place in the Argus Mardi Gras Parade in Metairie, Louisiana, for two years in a row.  The “Bulldog” Band performs at all home and most away football games and in various parades throughout the nine county districts.  The Band rehearses four days a week for 2 hours after classes on the Goodman Campus.  The marching band consists of horn line, percussion, color guard, feature twirlers, and drum majors.

Each band student receives band scholarship and one-hour college credit.

The Holmes Community College Band scholarship for instrumentalists (percussion & winds) is a full scholarship that covers room, board, and tuition each semester of good standing with the band department and the college.   Non-instrumental Color Guard scholarships are also $800.00 for the Fall Semester.  Twirler-Majorette scholarships are available in the same amount as non-instrumentalists at $800.00 per fall semester. Band manager positions are available each semester with a scholarship of $800.

Auditions for Drum Major and Guard are held each spring semester in the Frank B. Branch Coliseum on the Goodman Campus of Holmes Community College for the Fall Marching Season. An instrumentalist in these two groups also receives a full band scholarship for the year, as long as they play in the concert band in the spring semester.  

Marching Band photo gallery     

Holmes Jazz Band

The Holmes Community College Jazz band is a select group of musicians who enjoy playing jazz, swing, and progressive styles of music.  The “big band” group consists of brass, woodwinds, keyboard, a singer, and a rhythm section performing many on and off campus concerts throughout the school year.  A highly energized group, the jazz band offers the student a chance to play pop and standard jazz music not offered in other bands.  This band rehearses two times per week and receives one credit hour at the college.

The Holmes Jazz Band is taken from the Holmes Marching Band except for an occasional pianist, guitarist, or singer. 

Jazz Band photos

Holmes Community College Steel Band

The Holmes Community College Steel Band began in 1995. It is a full steel drum ensemble with a rhythm section. The Holmes Steel Band has performed all over the state of Mississippi, the south and even in the Caribbean Islands of the Bahamas.

There are two Steel Band groups; the first consists of first year Steel Band members who have never played a steel pan before. All these students are in the marching band and must be able to read music to be trained to play the steel drums by the director. Auditions are held the first week of the fall semester. The other group is made up of students who have played a steel pan for at least one school year.

Each group meets once or twice a week. Each student receives one hour of credit for steel band participation. Please contact Jeffrey Brown (jbrown@holmescc.edu) for more details.

Steel Band photo gallery

Holmes Community College Percussion Ensemble

The Holmes Community College Percussion Ensemble performs a wide variety of music performed on percussion instruments. Literature that the group has performed has included classical music, heavy metal, jazz, and even music written for non traditional instruments such as trashcans. The group has performed at various indoor drumline competitions and PAS sponsored events.

The group meets once or twice a week. Each student receives one hour of credit for steel band participation. For more information, please contact Jeffrey Brown (jbrown@holmescc.edu).