To make a Bands of America champion
When O'Fallon Township's marching band won grand champion at a BOA regional, they did what no IL band had done in 14 years.
competition
Illinois marching band season is officially open
Competitive Illinois marching band takes flight Saturday with several big festivals and a few small ones. Are you ready for some music?
Obituary: John & Alicia Nash
John Nash, who inspired <em>A Beautiful Mind</em> & shared a Nobel Prize for his economic theories on noncooperative games, dies at 86.
IL music state champions
We congratulate the winners of IL's state music sweepstakes, a computed score based on solo & ensemble and large group competitions.
US News issues national high school rankings
Maryland can claim to be No. 1 on a list that we feel has very little value in terms of school improvement. Yet it serves as a gold standard.
Directors' reasons for wanting a state of Illinois marching band championship
We analyze the reasons given by directors who said that Illinois should sponsor and sanction a state championship series in marching band.
Bias detected in Bands of America trait scoring
Introduction I’m almost reluctant to say anything about this, since what some of our best educators…