Music Department
Welcome to Griffin School music department webpage. Griffin has a long history of excellence in many areas including instrumental and general music. We believe that music is an important and integral part of a young person's academic success as well as their social and emotional health. The music department strives to create a safe, accepting and enriching environment that students excel and flourish in. Thanks for visiting and we hope to see you at one of our upcoming performances.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Palmer, Director of Bands & Music Specialist
jpalmer@griffinschool.us
360-866-5837
"The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart. "
Gioacchino Rossini Â
  Zanolini, Biografia di Gioacchino Rossini, 1875, A Dictionary of Musical Quotations. Ian Crofton, Donald Fraser, 1985
RECENT NEWS
7/8 Bands- Veterans Day Program- November 8, 2024
Congratulations to our 7/8 grade band members who were accepted to perform at Disneyland in April 2025.
THANK YOU GRIFFIN PTO for sponsoring this event!
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
Henry David Thoreau Â
  AZ Quotes
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
8th Grade Band receives a SUPERIOR rating for their performance at the CMEA Regional Band Contest on April 26!
Band Concert at CHS- March 18
Congratulations to our 8th grade band. A beautiful performance at The Westside Band Festival at Capital High School, March 18, 2024.
Congratulations, 2024 Junior ALL STATE BAND members: (left to right) Tigi Huckaby (Trumpet), Serenia Thibodeaux (Flute), Quinn Sebring (Bari Sax), Cypress Kardes-Grover (Percussion), Jacob Aubry (Horn).