Performing Arts

Northbrook School District 27: Music for Life music note.

We study music, so we will be human, so we will recognize beauty, so we will be sensitive, so we will have something to cling to, so we will have more love, more compassion, more gentleness, more good – in short, more life.

2025 - 2026 Calendar

Band Camp Grades 5-8
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Wood Oaks Junior High School, 1250 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
Orchestra Camp Grades 6-8
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Band Camp Grades 5-8
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Wood Oaks Junior High School, 1250 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
Orchestra Camp Grades 6-8
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Band Camp Grades 5-8
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Wood Oaks Junior High School, 1250 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
Orchestra Camp Grades 6-8
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Band Camp Grades 5-8
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Wood Oaks Junior High School, 1250 Sanders Rd, Northbrook, IL 60062, USA
Honor Choir Information Meeting
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WO Band Parent Meeting
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First Morning Wind Ensemble Rehearsal
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Jazz Band Rhythm Section Clinic
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Chamber Strings Rehearsal Begins
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Jazz Band Rhythm Auditions
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SB Lesson Begin
all day
Band "In-Process" Concert
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ILMEA Band, Orchestra, Jazz Band Auditions upload Deadline
all day
Strictly Strings Festival @ GBN
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Northfield Township Band Festival @ GBN
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Fall Instrumental Music Concert
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AIJB Audition Upload Deadline
all day
ILMEA Junior Festival @ TBD
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Wind Ensemble Recording Session
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ILMEA Jazz Festival @ TBD HS
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Band "In-Process" Concert
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Chamber Strings Holiday Tour
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Holiday Tour Combined Concert
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D27 Choral Festival Rehearsal
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WO Chorus Assembly for the School Only
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D27 Choral Festival Concert @ WO
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Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic
all day
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Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic
all day
Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic
all day
AIJB Festival @ University of Illinois
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AIJB Festival @ University of Illinois
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Band "In-Process" Concert
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Northfield Solo and Ensemble Festival @ Maple
all day
Wind Ensemble Recording Session
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D27 Orchestra Festival Rehearsal
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D27 Orchestra Concert
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D27 Band Festival Rehearsal
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D27 Band Festival Concert
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Township Jazz Concert @ GBN
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U of I Superstate Band Festival (if qualified)
all day
Spring Instrumental Concert
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WO Band Exams / WE Auditions
all day
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WO Band Exams / WE Auditions
all day
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WO Band Exams / WE Auditions
all day
WO Band Exams / WE Auditions
all day
Band in Memorial Day Parade
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Instrumental Awards Night
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Highlights

Band 
  • IGSMA State High Honors 2023
  • 21 IGSMA District Division 1 Superior
  • 11 IGSMA State Division 1 Superior
  • 12 Superstate Invitations
  • 2 Superstate Honor Band Designations (2016, 2022)
  • High number of district and all-state musicians
  • Twice selected to perform at IMEC
Chorus
  • IGSMA District 8 Organization Contest: Division 1 rating (2023, 2024, 2025)