HOME OF THE WHS BANDS
Welcome to the Home of the Wheeling HS Bands!
Congratulations!
Wildcat Marching Band!
Congratulations, Wildcats, on a great Marching Season! Here is a recap of the 2018-2019 Season
Lake Park Lancer Joust 9/8/18
Made Finals and Took 9th overall
Chicagoland Marching Band Festival 9/15/18
Top Class AA and 4th overall
Wheaton North Falcon Fest - 9/22/18
Class AA Champs, Best Music, Visual, Percussion, Color Guard, and Drum Majors!
Downers Grove Musical Bowl - 10/13/18
Participation Award
Outstanding Performances from Wheeling's Wind Symphony (Division 1 Superior Rating) and Symphony Band (Division 2 Excellent Rating) at the Chicagoland Invitational Band Festival on April 9th, 2018!
Wheeling's Wind Symphony was one of four bands to receive a Superior Rating at this Nationally Renown Festival.
Both groups received great feedback from judges and clinicians.
Congratulations!!
To the Wheeling High School Jazz Combo
and Jazz Bands on wonderful performances at Jazz In The Meadows the weekend of February 24th!
Jazz Band 2: 3rd Place
Andrea Moreno won outstanding soloist!
Jazz Band 1: 2nd Place Class 3A
Adam Wagner, Jackson Kaprak, and Jon Musto all won outstanding soloist awards!
Jazz Combo: 1st Place
Jackson Kaprak, Jon Musto, Nikko Gonzalez, and Nicki Kouton all won solo awards!
Congratulations, Wheeling Band Students on your acceptance to ILMEA District 7 Senior Band and Senior Jazz Bands! With students from Senior Band and Jazz Band combined, we had more students make ILMEA than any other school in our district!
Senior Band
Wheeling High School was one of the top schools in the district in number of students accepted! Most of any District 214 school!
IMEA District 7 Senior Band
Amber Akhter - Bass ClarinetJocelyn Avalos - Bass ClarinetDavid Martinez - TubaKyle Mesa - TrumpetFernando Moreno - TrumpetGabi Rankenburg - ClarinetKyle Splett - TubaMorgan Tadish - TromboneSenior Jazz Band
We had the most students of any school in the district make ILMEA District 7 Jazz Bands!
IMEA District 7 Jazz Bands
Anthony Cruz – Alto Sax, Jazz Band 4Erick Garduno – Bari Sax, Jazz Band 2Nicki Koutun – Piano , Jazz Band 2Angel Lopez – Tenor Sax, Jazz Band 3David Martinez – Trombone, Jazz Band 2Kyle Mesa - Trumpet, Jazz Band 1Kyle Splett – Bass Trombone,Jazz Band 1Anabel Perez Brennan - Jazz Honors ComboMorgan Tadish – Trombone, Jazz Band 1
Congratulations Wind symphony!
2016 SUPERSTATE Class "AAA" WINNERS & 2017 HONOR BAND
Wind Symphony also performed at the 2016 Music for All National Concert Band Festival • Indianapolis, IN, March 10, 2016