Our History
Since its inception, Bixby Bands has been a cornerstone of its community for creating excellence and hardworking citizens. In its recent time, Bixby Bands has won numerous state championships in both 5A and 6A-II Divisions in the marching arts. Bixby continues to develop its musicians and ensembles around the best literature, professional-grade master classes and performances, and an ever-increasing level of the highest musicianship and excellence. That is the Bixby Standard.
Bands of America
Super Regional Finalist
2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2021
Oklahoma Bandmasters Association
State Finalist
2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2012 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021
Class 5A State Champion
2002 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
Class 4A/5A State Grand Champion
2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
Class 6A-II State Champion
2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021
Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activity Association
Superior Rating
1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2012 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016
Regional Appearances
Bixby Christmas Parade • Bixby Tournament of Bands • Branson Marching Invitational • Broken Arrow Invitational • Catoosa Tournament of Bands • Moore Outdoor Music Festival • Music on the Move • Northwest Arkansas Invitational • OKMEA Honor Ensemble • Owasso Invitational • Pryor Band Day • Tulsa Christmas and Veterans Day Parades • Union Renegade Review
Bowl Game Parades & Halftime Performances
Citrus Bowl – Orlando, Florida
Cotton Bowl – Dallas, Texas
Peach Bowl – Atlanta, Georgia
International Appearances
London New Year’s Day Parade and Concert Festival – London, England
St. Patrick’s Festival Parade – Dublin, Ireland
51st Limerick International Band Championship – Limerick, Ireland
Show History
2021 - Beyond
Brain Damage by Pink Floyd • Familiarity by Punch Brothers • Sueño Vivo by Renaud Garcia-Fons • Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce
2020 - We Will Carry On
Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance • Come Sail Away by Styx
2019 - Hadesland
Live and Let Die by Paul McCartney • Hotel California by The Eagles • Panic! At the Disco
2018 - Heresy
Imagine by John Lennon • Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky • Right Place Wrong Time by Dr. John • No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age • Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson • Villain by Wonderheim • Come Together by The Beatles • My Shot by Lin Manuel Miranda
2017 - A Stranger in a Strange Land
Poor Wayfaring Stranger • Nature Boy by Nat King Cole • Overture to Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Lloyd Webber • Music inspired by the Theme from Pelham 123 by Davis Shire • Life on Mars by David Bowie
2016 - Echoes of the Infinite
Give Us This Day by David Maslanka • And the Earth Shall Bear Again by John Cage • LaZarus by David Bowie • Dust in the Wind by Kansas
2015 - PropAganda
Overture from Danger in the Dark by Bjork • Supremacy by Muse • Bizarre by Michael Daugherty • Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake & Palmer • Knights of Cydonia by Muse
2014 - Phantasmagoria
Caravan by Juan Tizol • The Beauty Underneath from Love Never Dies by Andrew Lloyd Webber • Sueño Vivo by Renaud Garcia-Fons • People are Strange by The Doors • Glory Box by Portishead
2013 - Dreams of Wonderland
Sleep by Eric Whitacre • Hunting Wabbits by Gordin Goodwin • Twisted Nerve by Bernard Herrmann • Smile by Charlie Chaplin • When You’re Smiling by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher, and Joe Goodwin • Mind Heist by Hans Zimmer • Selections from Inception
2012 - Singularity
The Resistance by Muse • All I Ask of You by Skrillex • Scary Monsters by Skrillex • Equinox by Skrillex • Hurt by Johnny Cash
2011 - Expanding Horizons
Selections from Starburst by Ilan Eshkeri
2010 - Daydreams
Symphony No. 1 by Gustav Mahler • Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros • Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson
2009 - Mystique
Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony by Michael Daugherty • NaGara Falls by Michael Daugherty • The Aquarium from The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saens
2008 - Bravo!
Overture from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Nessun Dorma from Turandot by Giacomo Puccini • Finale from Les Pecheurs de Perles by Georges Bizet
2007 - We Will Carry On
Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance • Overture from Dancer in the Dark by Bjork
2006 - Out of This World
Jupiter and Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst • Space Oddity by David Bowie • Major Tom by Peter Schilling • Brain Damage by Pink Floyd • Music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind by John Williams
2005 - A Soldier's Story
Movements from Lieutenant Kije by Sergei Prokofiev: Birth of Kije • Romance • Kije’s Wedding • Troika
2004 - Dances of Spain
Fiesta • Requiem and Dance • Adagio for Winds
2003 - War and Peace
O Fortuna from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff • MVT 4, Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven
2002 - The Glory of Rome
Selections from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard
2001 - Curse of the Flying Dutchman
Selections from the Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner • Dies Irae from Requiem by Verdi
2000 - Heroes of the Medieval
El Cid by Miklos Rozsa • Conan the Barbarian by Basil Poledouris • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves by Michael Kamen • Henry V by Patrick Doyle
1999 - Zorro
Selections from The Mask of Zorro by James Horner
1998
Ya Gotta Try It by Sammy Nestico • It Don’t Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington • Georgia on My Mind by Ray Charles
1997
Main Title Theme from Star Wars by John Williams • Princess Leia’s Theme from Star Wars by John Williams • Selections from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by John Williams
1996
Selections from the Pink Panther by Henry Mancini
1995
Evil Ways by Clarence ‘Sonny’ Henry, made famous by Santana • St. Thomas, based on the Lincolnshire Poacher by Sonny Rollins • Main Theme from Appaloosa by Frank Skinner
1994
Selections from Aladdin by Alan Menken • The Sweetest Thing (I’ve Ever Known) by Otha Young & Juice Newton • Theme from TV Series Coach by John Morris