Congratulations on a Great Winter Concert!

Congratulations to the 6th grade, junior high and high school bands on a great winter concert! Here are some photos taken by the New Berlin Bee photographer Joe Michelich!

Outstanding First Performance by the 5th Grade Band

Congratulations to the 5th grade band on their first performance ever! The band did an outstanding job at their concert after only playing their instruments for a short 10 weeks. A record number of 38 students performed in the beginning band tonight! Keep up the great work!

ILMEA District 4 Festival

Congratulations to Calvin Brewer, Averie Innes, Bailie Dill, Laura Simpson and Alex Wilkinson for being selected to the ILMEA District 4 Music Festival. The students left bright and early Saturday morning for Western Illinois University where they spent the whole day making music with guest conductors and other students from schools across central Illinois. It is a huge honor to be selected to participate in these musical ensembles! Congrats!

Happy Halloween from New Berlin Band!

Last Home Game

Congratulations to the high school marching band on completing another wonderful marching season! A special thank you goes out to our seniors Taylor Bergschneider, Trista Ishmael, Jade Pflug, Emily Rhodes and Laura Simpson for their four years of dedication to our program!

Sangamon County Junior High Honor Band

Congratulations to Jacob Forbes, Kory Sanson, Will Beddingfield, Averie Innes, Malena Bixby, Lanee Sanson, Jessica Markley, Adrian Ishmael, Gabe Lowe, Monique Brown, Abbie Simpson and Emily Curry for participating in the Sangamon County Junior High Honor Band festival that took place yesterday at Glenwood High School. The students rehearsed all day under the direction of Dr. Ashley Jarrell from the University of Illinois and put on a wonderful evening performance. 

5th Grade Band

Our 5th Grade Beginning Band students started their first lessons this week! We have a record number of 36 students enrolled this year! Pictured below are our rocking new trombone students!

A Cold and Soggy First Home Game

The High School Band did a fantastic job at last Friday night's home opener! Despite the cold and rainy conditions, the band put on a wonderful halftime and pre-game show, and helped cheer the football team on to a victory over Pittsfield! Go Pretzels!

High School Marching Band Camp

Our summer marching band camp is less than a month away! Camp will take place the week of August 11th - 14th and is required of all those enrolled in high school band. Everyone should have received the summer mailer back in May and also received a copy during class, but it is attached here as a reminder. The mailer also includes a list of all performance dates for the 2014-2015 school year. Students: please remember to give our band camp schedule to your employers in advance! Enjoy the rest of your summer vacation and we look forward to seeing you in August!

Marching Band Summer Mailer

Last Performance of the Year

Congratulations to the combined 7th/8th grade and high school bands on wonderful performances at both 8th grade promotion and high school graduation! 



Six Flags St. Louis Music Festival

Congratulations to the High School Band for receiving an Excellent rating at the Six Flags St. Louis Music Festival last Friday! The students had a fun filled day exploring the park and followed it up with a wonderful afternoon performance. Great job!

Junior High Combined Band

Students from the junior high band met with other students from North Mac, Waverly, Franklin, Winchester and Northwestern last Friday to experience playing in a larger ensemble. The students rehearsed all day with directors from the other area schools, and put on a fantastic performance at the end of the day! Great job!

Chili Supper Fundraiser a Success!

 Thank you to everyone who came out to our annual Chili Supper Fundraiser Monday night! With your help, we were able to raise a substantial amount of money to support our band program!
 Thank you also to the jazz band for providing some wonderful background music for the evening!

IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Congratulations to Taylor Bergschneider, Trista Ishmael, Emily Rhodes, Laura Simpson, Claire Starling and Jacob Turner for performing at the IHSA Solo and Ensemble State contest this weekend!

Tri-County Honor Band Festival

Congratulations to the members of the high school band who participated in the Tri-County Honor Band yesterday at Waverly! Our students combined with over 70 other students from Auburn, Northwestern, North Mac, Pawnee, and Waverly for a day of fantastic music making. The honor band rehearsed with guest conductor Judy Grimes for over seven hours to put on a wonderful evening performance! An extra special congratulations goes to Emily Tipsword for being one of two bass clarinets awarded the "Oustanding Section" award!

 

Junior High Band Receives All Division 1 Ratings at SEMA Solo and Ensemble

Congratulations to junior high band students Monique Brown, Kaylee Casson, Emily Curry, Bailie Dill, Averie Innes, Adrian Ishmael, Gabe Lowe, Jessica Markley, Kory Sanson, Lanee Sanson, Ashley Stephens, Courtney Williams, and Alex Wilkinson for participating in this weekends' SEMA Solo and Ensemble Contest at Tri-City. All of these students received division 1 ratings in their instrumental events, an extremely high honor! Congratulations also to band students Abbie Simpson and Ashley Surratt for performing in their vocal events.

Tri-County Honor Jazz Band Rehearsal

Hunter Mitchell, Tyler Madden and Denee' Wyatt represented New Berlin today at the Tri-County Honor Jazz Band's first rehearsal. These students will perform next Thursday along with the rest of the high school band at the Tri-County Honor Concert Band at Waverly High School!

Community Pep Band Night

We had a great turn out for our community pep band night that took place last Tuesday! Several community members and 8th grade students performed with the high school pep band at the varsity basketball game vs. Mount Pulaski. Great job, and thanks to everyone who helped make it a success!