The Menlo-Atherton Music Boosters Organization (MAMBO) support Menlo-Atherton High School’s award-winning music ensembles including the Concert, Jazz I and II, Pep Bands, and Orchestra.
Please consider supporting our musicians with a tax-deductible donation. Your contributions fund needed equipment and sheet music, cover travel costs, festival fees, and scholarships so that all students can participate in their ensembles’ performances and trips.
You can also contribute by signing up to volunteer during the events and trips.
The Big Band Dance was a huge success! Thank you to everyone who came out and danced the night away. It was truly a great night within our music community.
A special thanks to our talented student musicians: M-A Jazz II, M-A Jazz Ensemble, M-A Jazz Combo, with special appearances by the La Entrada and Hillview Jazz Bands for their incredible performances.
Thanks also to Chef Barbee from the M-A Culinary Arts Department, who prepared all the food for the evening, and to Stanford Swingtime for leading swing dancing and salsa lessons. A huge thank you as well to all the volunteers who helped make the night run smoothly.
Thank you to everyone who made the night possible – performers, chefs, dancers, and volunteers alike. We can’t wait for the next Big Band Dance!
Menlo-Atherton’s music program features several talented student ensembles spanning
Orchestra, Concert Band, Jazz, and Pep Band.
Advanced Band studies and performs current band literature. The band participates in school and community music activities, in addition to performing several concerts per year at M-A’s Performing Arts Center.
M-A’s Orchestra is a group performance ensemble over fifty students strong that studies and performs music spanning Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Contemporary, and Jazz genres. The Orchestra started in 2011, and it has flourished ever since.
Jazz Ensemble studies advanced structure and arrangement of jazz music, and works on honing improvisational techniques. Jazz I performs frequently at M-A’s Performing Arts Center, in the community, and in festivals. The ensemble also features a Jazz Combo, which is a select group of Jazz Ensemble students.
Jazz Band II studies the structure and arrangement of jazz music, as well as improvisation. Jazz II performs frequently in the M-A Performing Arts Center and in community and school events.
Pep Band is a combination of all students from Concert Band, Jazz I, and Jazz II who perform at M-A’s home football games.