Upcoming Performance Information


Pep Band Night

WHO: WMS 8th Grade 

WHEN: January 14th, 7PM

8th Grade Arrival: TBD

Game Start: 7:00PM
WHERE: Wauconda High School Competition Gym, 555 N. Main Street, Wauconda

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.


Pops Concert

WHO: WMS 8th Grade and HS Wind Ensemble 

WHEN: January 21st

8th Grade Arrival: TBD

Start Time: 7:00PM
WHERE: Wauconda High School Auditorium, 555 N. Main Street, Wauconda

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.


Chicagoland Jazz Workshop

WHO: WMS Jazz Band Members

WHEN: Saturday January 25th, 2025

Arrival: TBD

Performance Time: 1:50PM
WHERE: Buffalo Grove High School Band Room, 1100 W Dundee Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.


Solo & Ensemble Festival

WHO: Participating  6th- 8th Students

WHEN: Saturday, February 8th 2025

Arrival: 15min prior to assigned performance time. 

Performance Time: Assigned Time
WHERE: Wauconda Middle School, 215 Slocum Lake Rd, Wauconda, IL 60084

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.

D118 Jazz Concert 

WHO: All WMS Jazz Band Students

WHEN: Friday February 21st, 2025

Arrival: TBD

Start Time: 7:00PM
WHERE: Wauconda High School Competition Gym. 555 N. Main Street, Wauconda

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.


March Concert 

WHO: All WMS Band Students

WHEN: Tuesday,  March 4th,  2025

Arrival: TBD

Start Time: 7:00PM
WHERE: Wauconda High School Auditorium, 555 N. Main Street, Wauconda

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.


Illinois Grade School Music Association

Organization Festival

WHO: 7th and 8th grade Band Students

WHEN: TBD- Friday March 7th or Saturday March 8th 2025

Arrival: TBD

Start Time: TBD
WHERE: TBD

ATTIRE: All students should wear their black WMS Uniform Polo, solid black pants/skirt/leggings, and solid black dress shoes with black socks.

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Group performances are required for all band students. 

Every member of our ensemble plays an important part - if you are not there, our performance is diminished.


Conflicts must be communicated / resolved as stated in the 2024-2025 Band Handbook. 


*If families ordered poinsettias, they can be picked up after the concert.