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Wenatchee High School

Band

Band

Welcome to Band at WHS

Golden Apple Band
The classic marching band experience right here at Wenatchee High School. Develop musical skills, teamwork, and discipline while performing in parades, field shows, and other events.

Jazz Ensemble
Students explore the world of jazz music through performance, improvisation, and the study of jazz styles and history.

Percussion Ensemble 
Performance-based music class for percussionists (drummers). The students will learn to perform standard Western percussion ensemble literature as well as appropriate music from other cultures (South America, Africa, Indonesia, etc.). The emphasis will be on the development and expansion of the current percussion technique as well as the techniques necessary to perform at a high level within the ensemble.

Wind Ensemble
Students will prepare and perform advanced concert band literature in various styles. The emphasis will be on advanced pedagogical techniques and music theory. The ensemble will perform at various local concerts, competitions, and festivals outside the district. Students are expected to participate in all designated activities.

Golden Apple Indoor Percussion
THIS GROUP IS AN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY. 
Golden Apple Indoor Percussion is a competitive percussion group that practices and attends competitions during the winter months. Indoor percussion brings the intensity of marching band indoors with synchronized choreography, intricate musical arrangements, and physically demanding performances. Students carry or play instruments ranging from snare drums to marimbas while executing complex visual formations.

 

2026/2027 Events

 

August 10-21

Band Camp

October 3

Cavalcade of Bands – Kennewick, WA

October 15

Fall Concert

October 17

Harvest Marching Band Competition – Yakima,WA

 

November 7

Veterans Day Parade & Competition – Auburn, WA

December 5

Band Booster Craft Fair

December 16

Winter Concert

February 6
 

Winds & Percussion - Regional Solo Ensemble Contest

February 22-26

Wenatchee Jazz Workshop

April 30

NCWMEA State Solo Ensemble – CWU

May 1

NCWMEA State Solo Ensemble – CWU

May 27

Spring Concert

June 2

Band Awards Banquet

 

 

A musician plays a saxophone on a stage, viewed from the audience.

Wenatchee Jazz Workshop

Since 2001, the WJW has brought collaborative jazz band education to students from schools in the Wenatchee and East Wenatchee school districts. The guest musicians don't just lecture or showcase their own talents. Rather, each pro works with a jazz band section from each school. All week long they sit among the students and play, teaching the language and emotion of jazz and preparing the bands for their performance at the end of the week.

View the Wenatchee Jazz Workshop Website

Staff

Jim Kovach

 

Jim Kovach 
WHS Band Director
kovach.j@wenatcheeschools.org