IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Congratulations to the high school band students who performed at the IHSA Solo and Ensemble competition last Saturday at PORTA. An extra special congratulations goes to Monique Brown, Kaylee Casson, Emily Curry, Bailie Dill, Averie Innes, Jessica Markley, Ashley Stephens, Emily Tipsword, Tabitha Redick, and Alex Wilkinson for earning Division 1 ratings!

Tri-County Honor Band

Congratulations to the high school band students who participated in the Tri-County Honor Band last Thursday! New Berlin hosted students from Auburn, North Mac, Northwestern, Pawnee, Riverton, and Waverly and rehearsed all day with guest conductor Steven Schwaegler. The culminating performance in the pretzel dome that night was a real treat to hear!

An extra special congrats goes to Jessica Markley for receiving the conductor's choice award for Outstanding Percussionist and to Denee' Wyatt for Outstanding Woodwind Player!

SEMA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Congratulations to the junior high band students who competed at the SEMA Solo and Ensemble contest at Tri-City yesterday. We earned a total of 21 division 1 ratings! Congrats!!

Community/Alumni Pep Band Night

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Community/Alumni Pep Band night last Saturday! It was great to see so many alumni back and playing with us! Make sure to join us again next year! Thanks to Daniel Winningham from the New Berlin Bee for the awesome photos!

5th Grade Band Concert

Congratulations to all 46 members of the 5th grade band on an outstanding first performance! Thanks to Daniel from the New Berlin Bee for his great close-up pictures, as always!

                                 

Recent Performances

Congratulations to all the members of the junior high and high school bands on wonderful recent performances at our Winter Concert, first pep band performance, and jazz band concert! Here are some pictures from the events! Thank you to Daniel Winningham from the New Berlin Bee for the Pep band pictures!

District 4 ILMEA Honors Festival

Congratulations to junior high student Malena Bixby and high school students Bailie Dill, Luke Emmert and Alex Wilkinson for being selected to the District 4 ILMEA Honor Festival that took place yesterday at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. These students auditioned back in October along with hundreds of other students from across central Illinois and were talented enough to be selected! Malena, Bailie and Luke were selected for the honor band ensembles and Alex was selected for the honor choir. Congratulations!