Winter Concert

Congratulations to the 6th Grade, Junior High, and High School Bands for their fantastic performance in our Winter Concert last Wednesday! Great job!

ILMEA District IV Honors Music Festival

Congratulations to junior high students Kaylee Casson, Bailie Dill, Abbie Simpson, Ashley Surratt, and Alex Wilkinson, and high school students Logan Marr and Laura Simpson for participating in the Illinois Music Education Association's District IV Honors Music Festival this Saturday. These students participated in both the honors choir and honors band and put in a long day of rehearsing, learning, and creating music on the campus of Western Illinois University.

Junior High Students after their concert

SEMA Junior High Honor Band

Congratulations to Kaylee Casson, Bailie Dill, Deanna Hileman, Ashley Stephens, Ashley Surratt, Sarah Verdell, Alex Wilkinson, and Courtney Williams for being selected to participate in the SEMA Junior High Honor Band that took place last Thursday night. These students rehearsed all day with students from Auburn, Williamsville, Rochester, Glenwood, Pawnee, Pleasant Plains, Tri-City and Riverton and put on a fantastic concert at the end of the night. Congratulations!

Marching Band Takes 3rd Place at IC Parade Competition

A huge congratulations goes out the NBHS Marching Band for taking 3rd place at the Illinois College Parade Competition! The students competed against other area bands in the categories of musicality, marching, and showmanship over the course of a mile and a half parade. This is the band's first parade competition in many years, making a third place finish an even greater accomplishment!

Homecoming Parade

Congratulations to the NBHS Marching Band for a fantastic performance at the New Berlin Homecoming Parade this Sunday. We couldn't have asked for better weather! Great job!

Friday Night Lights

Congratulations to the Marching Band for an outstanding performance at Friday night's football game! The band also marched through the hallways playing the school song before the pep rally Friday morning to help fill the students and staff with school spirit!

Welcome Back Festival

Members of the New Berlin Band program helped welcome students and families back to school by performing at the football scrimmage this Saturday. We're looking forward to cheering our football team on to victory this season!

High School Marching Band Camp is Two Weeks Away!

As summer is coming to a close, we are gearing up for our high school marching band camp that will take place Monday, August 12th through Thursday, August 15th. The schedule for camp is posted below as a reminder for students and parents.

DATE                                 TIME                         WHO                           WHAT
Monday, August 12           8AM - 11AM              All Students                 Rehearsal
                                       11AM - 12PM              Percussion                   Sectional

Tuesday, August 13          8AM - 12 PM              All Students                Rehearsal
                                       1PM - 3PM                  All Students                Rehearsal
                                       3PM - 4PM                  Percussion                  Sectional

Wednesday, August 14      8AM - 12 PM             All Students                Rehearsal
                                       1PM - 3PM                  All Students                Rehearsal

Thursday, August 15         8AM - 12 PM             All Students                 Rehearsal

Additionally, a copy of our summer marching band mailer can be found here: New Berlin HS Marching Band Mailer. It contains information regarding the upcoming school year and the marching season.

Please make sure to bring water, sunscreen, gym shoes, and a sack lunch for Tuesday and Wednesday. We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you to the members of the High School Band for helping to honor our veterans by performing at this morning's Memorial Day Service at New Berlin Elementary. An extra special thanks to Hunter Mitchell (8th Grade) for performing taps.

    

Spring Band and Choir Concert

Congratulations to all the members of the 6th Grade, Junior High, and High School Band for giving a fantastic performance last Thursday night at our Spring Band and Choir Concert. A special congratulations goes out to our seniors Lynsey Frazer and Sarah Suits - thank you for your dedication to our band program!

Lynsey and Sarah

Spring Concerts

Here are some pictures from our fourth and fifth grade music concert! We hope to see everyone out for our Junior High and High School Spring Band and Choir concert tonight at 7:00 PM in the New Berlin Elementary Gym!

Junior High Honor Band at Northwestern High School

Congratulations to Mikayla Busby, Kaylee Casson, Colton Chandler, Bailie Dill, Hunter Mitchell, Ben Stowell, Alex Wilkinson, and Courtney Williams for participating in the Junior High Honor Band at Northwestern High School. They rehearsed with students from Franklin, Waverly, Greenfield, North Mac and Northwestern all morning and put on an afternoon concert.

Illinois College Visits New Berlin

On Friday we were very fortunate to have the Illinois College Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band come to our very own Pretzel Dome and give the junior high and high school band students a fantastic performance. Students were able to ask questions to the college students in the groups as well as the director and discovered the wonderful opportunities that being involved in music in college can provide!

Tri-County Honor Band

Congratulations to Sydney Wyatt, Jacob Turner, Laura Simpson, Emily Rhodes, Taylor Bergschneider, Trista Ishmael, and Jade Pflug for participating in the Tri-County Honor Band that was held at North Mac High School last Thursday. These students had the wonderful opportunity to work with the famous composer Robert Sheldon all day and then put on a wonderful concert that night!

IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Congratulations to Jade Pflug, Laura Simpson, Taylor Bergschneider, Sarah Suits, Emily Rhodes and Jacob Turner for earning Division 1 ratings at the IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest at PORTA High School this weekend!

Junior High SEMA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Congratulations to junior high band students Mikayla Busby, Kaylee Casson, Bailie Dill, Hunter Mitchell, Ashley Stephens, Emily Tipsword, Alex Wilkinson and Courtney Williams for participating in the SEMA Solo and Ensemble Contest this morning at Tri-City! Every single instrumental group or solo performance received a Division 1 rating - a HUGE accomplishment! Way to go!

5th Grade African Drumming

Our fifth grade general music classes are in the middle of an African Drumming unit. Today we worked in groups to create our own rhythmic compositions. Here is one of the groups playing their very creative composition  on djembes, a conga, and a talking drum.



Field Trip to the Jacksonville Symphony

The fourth and fifth grade classes took a field trip today to the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Concert. The theme was "Music Around the World," and students were able to hear music from Russia, China, the Czech Republic, and Arabia! The students also heard music from composers that we have studied in class, including Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, and Copland. It was a fun-filled musical day!

Pep Band Plays for Men's Club Pancake Breakfast

Some of the members of the high school Pep Band played for the New Berlin Men's Club Annual Pancake and Sausage Breakfast on Sunday morning. Thanks to those members who were able to come out and support their community!

Pep Band @ New Berlin vs. Seymour Home Basketball Game