NORMAL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
IRONMEN BANDS
About NCHS Ironmen Bands
The Normal Community High School Band program challenges students in the areas of musicianship and personal growth. Student musicianship is encouraged and challenged through continued development of technical skills and aesthetic values that will lead to a lifetime of music performance and appreciation. Personal growth is encouraged and challenged through the development of the personal and interpersonal skills necessary to produce a successful cooperative group effort. Personal growth is further enhanced by the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends as the bands perform at various venues around the Midwest. Students have fun making music and learning to rely on each other.
2024-2025 Concert Dates:
Friday, April 25th: NCHS Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony at ISU Concert Band Festival
Tuesday, May 6th: NCHS Bands Spring Concert: All Bands/Evans
Saturday, May 10th: NCHS Bands at Trills and Thrills (optional)
Saturday, May 24th: NCHS Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony at NCHS Graduation
​Concert Ensembles
Wind Ensemble
Students who are placed in the Wind Ensemble display an advanced level of musical maturity. Their rhythmic and technical skills are at an advanced level and their musicianship is very impressive. These skills will continue to be developed daily through the use of worksheets and written quizzes covering concepts discussed in class, and performance quizzes directly related to the music rehearsed in class. The Wind Ensemble travels on a semi-regular basis to perform in fantastic venues across the country.
Wind Symphony​
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Students who are placed in Wind Symphony display an intermediate level of musical maturity. Their rhythmic and technical skills and musicianship are well developed and are more homogenized from student to student. These skills will be developed further through daily rehearsal, the use of worksheets and written quizzes covering concepts discussed in class, and performance quizzes directly related to the music rehearsed in class. The Wind Symphony travels occasionally to performance festivals across Illinois.
​Symphonic Winds
Students placed in Symphonic Winds display a moderate level of musical maturity. Their rhythmic and technical skills need continued development along with their skills in musicianship. These skills are further developed through daily rehearsal, the use of worksheets and quizzes covering concepts discussed in class, and performance quizzes directly related to the music rehearsed in class.
Symphonic Band
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Students placed in Symphonic Band display an average level of musical maturity. Their rhythmic and technical skills need continued development along with their skills in musicianship. These skills are further developed through daily rehearsal, the use of worksheets and quizzes covering concepts discussed in class, and performance quizzes directly related to the music rehearsed in class.
​Concert Winds (Percussion Class)
Students placed in Concert Winds display an average-moderate level of musical maturity. Their rhythmic and technical skills need continued development along with their skills in musicianship. These skills are further developed through daily rehearsal, the use of worksheets and quizzes covering concepts discussed in class, and performance quizzes directly related to the music rehearsed in class. This ensemble will perform in conjunction with Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band at concerts.