D200 Jazz Festival 2024
November 14, 2024
The District 200 Jazz Festival was held November 14th at Woodstock North High School. The event featured
The District 200 Jazz Festival was held November 14th at Woodstock North High School. The event featured
The Woodstock High School band, orchestra, and choral groups each had a student named to the 2021 Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Student Programs. Three students are moving on to All-State participation – Ethan Lane, Ian Matthies and Haley Chellberg – after many students participated via virtual auditions through the process of district and regional […]
Woodstock North High School band, choir and orchestra members traveled by bus to Toronto during spring break for a performance tour as well as sightseeing. The 95 participating students were accompanied by band director Bill Kraemer-Simpson, choir director Megan Kim, and orchestra director Stacie Savittieri. The first stop was Bowling Green State University, where students […]
Students in the Woodstock High School band program performed three times in just four days last month during s spring break trip to Los Angeles. WHS offers students the opportunity to travel every other year. Two years ago they traveled to Hawaii with the choir, and this year, Director of Bands Rich Stiles Jr. arranged […]
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