Published on August 19, 2025
The 2025-2026 High School Marching Band proudly presents this year’s show, ‘A Night in the Cathedral.’ This show features music composed by Frank Ticheli and was arranged by Andrew Yozviak and Tyler Wales. This year’s pieces are called ‘Angels in the Architecture’ and ‘Sanctuary.’ The show will also feature mellophone soloist, senior Sarah Trovinger.
Students spent the Summer rehearsing the music as a group twice a week in June and July, four days a week in August, as well as many individual hours practicing at home.
“Members put in countless hours of work both outside of band and at rehearsal to put the best possible show on the field that we can!” - Cian Smith, Percussion Captain
Each Year, August kicks off the start of band camp with rehearsals running from 1:00 to 9:00 pm daily. A favorite band camp tradition includes dressing in themed apparel each year. This year’s themes included: Tie Dye + Crazy Socks, Vacation Day, Wednesdays We Wear Pink, Grade Color Day, ‘Merica Day, White Lie Day, Sports Day, Section Spirit Day, Anything But Your Instrument Day, Rhyme Without Reason Day, and Generation Day.
“My favorite part of band is seeing people finding their own unique role in this group and becoming more and more passionate about the show we are putting together and the team that we are building.” - Lucy Taylor, Woodwind Captain
The band is made up of 16 woodwinds, 29 brass, 15 percussion, 12 color guard, and the drum major, with a total of 73 band members. The band is under the direction of Matt Tenaglia, backed by an incredible team of leaders including: Kyle Farkas - Assistant Director, Percussion Caption Head; Scott Goebel - Visual Design, Visual Caption Head; Katie Mumma - Guard Design, Instructor; Kayla Noll - Visual Staff, Choreographer; Eric Rothenberger - Music and Visual Assistant; Darren Scott - Visual and Music Assistant; Meghan Wolfe - Drum Major Instructor; Mary Turner - Volunteer Assistant, Visual and Woodwinds; Emily Huber - Drum Line Assistant; Hunter Roark - Front Ensemble Assistant; Nicole Stump - Color Guard Assistant; and Maggie Cascarella - Color Guard Assistant.
“Students are working really hard during these first few weeks of camp and all summer. We are excited to present our show this fall! We are super thankful for the support we receive from the Warwick staff, administration, board, our band parents, and the entire Warwick community!” - Matt Tenaglia, Band Director
This year’s student leaders are Grace Myers - Drum Major; Lucy Taylor - Woodwind Field Captain, Sarah Trovinger - Brass Field Captain; Cian Smith - Percussion Field Captain; and Liz Roberts - Color Guard Field Captain.
We encourage you to join us for one of the band’s many upcoming performances!