The Midwest Clinic

CONGRATULATIONS to the Lockport Township High School Band Program which has been invited to perform at the 2008 Midwest Clinic, in Chicago, Illinois, December 16-20, 2008. The Midwest Clinic is the premiere performance opportunity in the band world. This year only four high school bands from across the world were selected to perform!  Great job and congratulations to all of the Program and Wind Symphony members.

University of Illinois Superstate Festival

Congratulations to the Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony on their acceptance to the 2008 Superstate Concert Band Festival. The Ensemble was chosen as one of ten Class AAA Schools in the state to perform at this prestigious festival. The Wind Symphony's performance will be held at the Krannert Center of Performing Arts at the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana on Saturday, May 3rd. More specific information will be provided as it becomes available.

Music for All National Festival

brings together nation’s finest school music ensembles

INDIANAPOLIS – The LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WIND SYMPHONY from LOCKPORT, IL will perform later this month as part of the Music for All National Festival, presented by Yamaha, recognized as the epitome of music festivals in America. The LOCKPORT WIND SYMPHONY is under the direction of BRIAN COVEY.

Only twelve schools from across the nation make the Music for All National Festival each year, and this will be Lockport’s second appearance in three years.

The nation’s top student musicians and ensembles will present a series of performances to Indianapolis audiences Feb. 28 to March 1 as part of the Music for All National Festival.

Approximately 3,000 musicians, audience members and music educators from across the U.S. will gather for the four-day event that will also include a performance by Grammy Award-winning vocalist Patti Austin.

Now in its 17 h year, the Music for All National Festival features day-long concert band, orchestra and percussion ensemble performances, as well as concerts by three national honor ensembles. The invited ensembles and honor-ensemble members were selected through a recorded audition process judged by many of the most respected music educators in the country.

Illinois Music Educators Association