Jim Cornelison of the Chicago Blackhawks sang the Anthem as part of pregame with the Red Devil Marching Band, Color Guard, Pom Pom’s, and Cheerleaders on a very special Salute To Service night on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. It was simply amazing!
The Marching Red Devils kicked off today’s staff institute day with the poms, cheerleaders, and color guard welcoming everyone back to the new school year! – at Hinsdale, IL
Thanks to Saint Xavier University for hosting ILMEA large group for the HCHS Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble. The student performances and guest clinics were amazing. To add some excitement, a few of us pushed a stalled car out of the way to kick things off.
The HCHS Wind Symphony and Wind Ensemble had amazing performances and clinics at the Plainfield Invitational Concert Band Festival. Way to go Red Devil musicians!
Congratulations ILMEA All-State Musicians Chase Barrett, Katherine Chai, Richard Chen, Isabella Fang, Sara Held, Brandon Kim, James Koziel, Annabelle Lan, Vincent Lan, & Aaron Zapol!
All HCHS band alumni are invited to play with the Red Devil Pep Band or just hang out at the Boys Basketball Game against OPRF this Friday, January 9. We'll meet in the band room at 5:30 pm to practice before the 7:00 pm game. We can loan you an instrument too!
Band & Jazz Holiday Concert tomorrow, Thursday, December 11, at 7 pm in the Hinsdale Central auditorium!
We packed a lot into 4 days: a clinic at Rutgers, a performance at The Intrepid, seeing The Outsiders, a meet and greet with Broadway stars, and of course, the Veteran’s Day Parade right up 5th Avenue! The kids did great thanks to some amazing chaperones!
See the Red Devil Marching Band today in the NYC Veteran’s Day Parade: uwvc.org/parade-watch
ILMEA Band Elizabeth Zhu - Flute, Kalila Chen - Flute, Jordan Meyers - Bassoon, Sara Held - Trombone, Amanda Gronlund - Clarinet, Richard Chen - Clarinet, Chase Barrett - Baritone, Kyle Lin - Alto Sax, Nikhil Rao - Tenor Sax, Drew Langer - Baritone, and Atharva Naik - Percussion.
Another Bandamonium in the books! Thanks to Nick Krejci at Butler, Eric Morong and Maddy Soldan at Clarendon Hills Middle, George Andrikokus and Meghan Fulton at Hinsdale Middle, and Karen McCulley Moffett and George Huff at Westview Hills! You prepared your students so well!
After a few practices this week The Marching Red Devils had an awesome performance in Hinsdale’s 4th of July Parade and sounded great.
Everyone in our crew was in town and off work for our 24th wedding anniversary, Janet Kurinsky! Love you!
Wind Ensemble had a great performance of Godzilla Eats Las Vegas and Symphonic Overture at ILMEA Large Group and an amazing clinic with Dr. Lia Snead! She really pushed us out of our comfot zone. See it May 6 at Central. Thanks Karen Moffet and Todd Howell for joining us today!
It was a beautiful day to be on the Elmhurst University campus and the Hinsdale Central Concert Band had a great performance and clinic with Bryan Miller, Jim Stombres, and Brayer Teague! Thanks to Adam Kehl for organizing an amazing event.
Hey band, don’t forget! If you’re around tomorrow for the Middle School & Alumni Pep Band, come to the practice at 5:00 pm to play along or to the game at 7:00 pm to say hi and hang out for a while!
