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Murphysboro is a Southern Illinois community located 90 miles south-east of St. Louis, Missouri, and 6 miles west of Carbondale, Illinois. Approximately 599 students attend Murphysboro High School. Murphysboro High School CE BANDS strives for excellence in all their instrumental ensembles offered, which includes Marching, Concert, Jazz, and Pep Bands, Solo & Ensemble opportunities, and many other musical experiences for students.

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The Murphysboro High School CE Band program is an extensive instrumental music program that includes the nationally known Crimson Express Marching Band, our Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band. Students are required to participate in three of the four performing ensembles as part of the Band class. Jazz Band is available for students to participate in as a separate class. CE Band students at Murphysboro High School must participate in regularly scheduled rehearsals outside of the school day, and performances on the weekends. All bands perform music of the highest quality stressing fundamentals of tone production, musicianship, theory, and interpretation of various styles. A strong emphasis is placed upon performance, and a wide variety of off-campus performances are available to students. For more information on each of the instrumental ensembles offered at Murphysboro High School, please view each ensemble page.