2025 MSBOA Festival Information

2/28 Update

Our 2025 MSBOA District Band Festival will be on March 6th 2025 at Stevenson HS.

You can find the itinerary for both the Symphonic Concert Band and the Wind Ensemble here:

Permission slips are due by Tuesday, 3/4, copies were passed out in class and are available here:

We need your help!! If you are able to join us as a chaperone for either group, please let me know by signing up here:https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050949A4AB29A5FF2-55261900-2025#/

Please come out and hear your kids in this exciting and important performance! IKE Symphonic Concert Band plays at 4:50p and IKE Wind Ensemble plays at 7:45p, all at Stevenson HS (audience enters through the entrance of the school nearest the "Auditorium" marker towards the north end of the school.

1/28 Update

Pre-Festival Clinic/Concert is right around the corner!

On Tuesday, February 4th, 2025 we will host Mr. Michael Sekich (ret., Stevenson HS) and Dr. Anthony Messina (Former Assistant Director of Bands, University of Illinois) to Eisenhower High School to clinic our IKE Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Concert Band, and the Malow and Shelby JH Bands.

The schedule will be as follows:

Shelby 8/9 Band: 5:30pm Warm-up, 6:00pm Performance 

Eisenhower Symphonic Concert Band: 6:00pm Call time in ECC, 6:30pm Warm-up in Band Room, 7:00pm Performance in PAC

Malow 8/9 Band: 7:00pm Warm-up, 7:30pm Performance 

Eisenhower Wind Ensemble: 7:00pm Call time in ECC, 7:30pm Warm-up in Band Room, 8:00pm Performance 

Parents and families are welcome to attend this free clinic and concert. Student attire is our normal concert dress with Tuxedos/dresses, etc.