Join SMHS Music!

All experience and skill levels are welcome—there's a place for everyone! 
  • Meet like-minded people and form meaningful friendships.
  • ​​Take advantage of travel opportunities (Disneyland! Hawaii!).
  • Enhance your instrumental or vocal skills.
  • Develop and refine your performance abilities.
  • Earn Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) course credit.
  • Gain discipline, teamwork, and creative experience that will support you in all areas of your education (and life!).
  • Learn from music directors who love what they do and create the right balance of challenge and fun.
  • Leadership opportunities abound—mentor newer students, become a section leader, join band council, try out for color guard captain, pep band director, drum major, and more!
  • Use your own instrument or borrow one of ours at no cost.

Thanks, Foster City Rotary Club!

Our heartfelt gratitude to the Foster City Rotary Club for their generation donation of $1,500 to the San Mateo High School Music Boosters. Their generous support benefits so many talented student musicians at San Mateo High and helps ensure continued success of our awesome program! Thank you FC Rotary!

For New Students

2024—2025 MUSIC AUDITION INFORMATION:
Auditions are required for ALL NEW Jazz Ensemble and Symphonic Band students. Complete details are available on the Jazz and Symphonic pages. 

Interested in SMHS Choir? Get more info here or contact Mr. Reifschneider, at ​[email protected].

Coming up In September:

  • Cookie Dough Fundraiser in Progress Now! Completed Order forms due September 9. 
  • Next Pep Band Performance Friday 9/13 at SMHS vs. Mountain View. 
  • Our first Booster Meeting of the year is coming up on September 18th at 6:30pm in M2. All music parents and guardians are encouraged to attend.

New!

Support SMHS Music with a personalized theater seat plaque in the SMHS  Performing Arts Center!

For a limited time, SMHS Drama is offering an opportunity to support SMHS performing arts programs through personalized engraved seat plaques in our beautiful theater. 
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There are several levels to choose from and it is a great way to honor student musicians or enthusiasts, past, present, or future.
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More info and sponsorship form is available at https://www.smhsdrama.org/theater-seat-plaques

Music Boosters

The SMHS Music Boosters is a parent volunteer organization which provides financial and logistical support and advocacy for students and programs in the SMHS Music Department.

For more information, including how to participate, monthly meeting schedule, and our current Booster Board roster, head to our Boosters Section.