Summit Parkway Middle School Bands
Directors: David Allison & Maria Lee
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Summit Parkway MS - 200 Summit Parkway - Columbia, SC 29229 - Phone: 803-699-3580x3310 - Fax: 803-699-3682


Welcome To the SPMS Bands!
 


Welcome to Summit Parkway Middle School, and to our band family!  We are in for a great year of music, fun, friendships, and growing opportunities.  Band is an opportunity for each student to understand that hard work, practice, and a grood attitude will lead to success.

The Summit Parkway Middle School Band Program offers sixth grade beginning band, seventh grade band, eighth grade band, and honor band. For the past eighteen years, with the help of parents, guidance and administration, our program has prvided many positive, fun and awarding experiences for our band students.


Contact Your Directors

We value your comments and concerns.  If you have any questions or need to contact one of our director's, please click on the directors' names to e-mail them.

David C. Allison, Director  -   Click here to learn more about Mr. Allison.
Maria E. Lee, Director - Click here to learn more about Mrs. Lee.



SPMS Band Accolades

Featured Performances

7th and 8th Grade Honor Bands
  • February 2001 -South Carolina Music Educators Association: Greenville, SC
  • April 2002 - 58th MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference: Nashville, TN
  • November 2002 - Performed for President Bush: Columbia, SC
  • December 2002 - 56th Annual Midwest Clinic, an International Band and Orchestra Conference: Chicago, IL
  • February 2007 - South Carolina Music Educators Association and Southern Division Music Educators National Conference: Charleston, SC
Jazz Band

  • 2001 - Performed with Hootie and the Blowfish
  • Showcased in VH-1's Save the Music

 Top Honors
  • Earned Superior Ratings at the South Carolina Band Directors' Association for 13 consecutive years
  • Earned Superior Ratings and Top Honors at the following music festivals:
          -Carowinds Music Festival
          -Orlando, FL Festival of Music 
          -All-American Music Festival in Orlando, FL
          -Grand National Adjudicators Invitational:                   
           Orlando, FL and Charlotte, NC
          -Dixie Classic Festival: Atlanta, GA

          -Music in the Parks: Williamsburg, VA