The Secondary Music Education Program is a comprehensive, districtwide, nationally-recognized program consisting of over 275 professional music educators teaching over 47,000 students. Districtwide there are 3 each of Honor Orchestras, Choirs and Jazz Ensembles. There are also 6 Honor Bands and 36 full days of Music Festivals each year.

Also offered is the opportunity for students to participate in the Las Vegas Youth Orchestra Program, a year-long, 4-tiered Youth Symphony Program made available to String and Wind students after school.

The Secondary Fine Arts Department also

• Staffs the Secondary Orchestra, Guitar, and Mariachi Programs
• Serves as the contact department to all Secondary Music Educators, Principals, and Region Superintendents
• Develops and revises appropriate course syllabi
• Updates instrument bids
• Revises equipment standards lists
• Orders all high school band uniforms (new and replacement)
• Facilitates seven (7) Fine Arts Task Forces

• Fender
• International House of Blues
• Las Vegas Philharmonic
• VH1
• Yamaha
• Conn-Selmer