The Chantilly High School Band currently has 2 concert ensembles: The Symphonic Winds and the Concert Band. All bands prepare several concerts throughout the concert season, including the Virginia Band and Orchestra Director’s Association Concert Band Festival Assessment, and send students to audition for All-District Band. Several students each year advance to All-Virginia Band and Orchestra auditions, and eventually become part of one of the Virginia All-State Bands or Orchestras, which perform during the All-Virginia Band and Orchestra weekend in April.
2012 Concert Festival Assessment Selections
Symphonic Winds – Excellent Rating
Drew Ross, conductor
1. Invictus – Karl King
2. Candide – Leonard Bernstein, Walter Beeler, arr.
3. Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli
Concert Band – Excellent Rating
Christopher Singleton, conductor
1. Valley Forge March – Karl King, James Swearingen, arr.
2. A Tallis Prelude – Douglas Akey
3. Fantasy on a Fiddle Tune – Pierre LaPlante
Senior Regional Orchestra
Jessica Hiemstra
All-Virginia Jazz Ensemble
Ryan Doherty
U.S. Army All-American Marching Band
William Morgan-Palmer
All-District Band
Kaylie Arntson
Megan Boyd
Christopher Donatello
Tanul Gupta
Elizabeth Knippler
Gabriel Luebbe*
Victoria Palmer*
Ryan Doherty*
Michael Donatello*
Jessica Hiemstra*
Andrea Hsu*
James Pierce*
* Qualified for All-Virginia Band Auditions
All-Virginia Band and Orchestra
Michael Donatello
Gabriel Luebbe
Victoria Palmer
Jessica Hiemstra
Andrea Hsu
