Happy Friday from the Viking Jazz Ensemble!

Trombone players Jehan Cabuay and Owen Squires from Viking are participating in the ILMEA District 7 Jazz Festival today.#d56achieves

How to annoy a musician:

This wonderful group of kids have worked so hard to make the music in Matilda memorable and fun. Come see the show tonight or tomorrow! Great job, pit band!

The Great Lakes Navy Brass Quintet visited this morning for an inspiring performance!

Eat dinner at the Gurnee Portillo's on January 29! 20% of the proceeds will benefit our band program.

5th grade band members playing the national anthem beautifully! Hard to believe they’ve only been playing for 5 months! #d56achieves

The River Trail Jazz Combo performs this morning at the Black History Month Assembly

e-Learning will begin tomorrow. #d56achieves #elearning

Our band directors spent the morning driving to some of our students’ homes and making music with them on the first day of school. They’ll be back out there this afternoon to see more students! #d56achieves

What an amazing Festival of Bands community event this evening. Thanks to D56VikingBand, WoodlandMiddleSchool Band, and our Warren Bands for a great night of music...we missed this!! 🎶🎵 🎵🎶#WeAreWarren #TheWarrenWay #BetterTogether

Save the Date for our first fundraiser of the year!

The kids looked and sounded amazing at the Homecoming Parade yesterday! GurneeD56 #d56achieves #homecoming2021

Meet our amazing BAND DIRECTORS!! Stay tuned for a quick introduction to Mr. Eikenberry, Mrs. Farster and Mr. Boswell. 👏🏼👏🏼

Mr. Eikenberry is married to Sara who he met as music education students at U of I. They have 3 children, Abigail (5), Luke (3), and Lydia (1). He's been a band director for 12 years, and his hobbies are cooking, board games, and writing/arranging music for church/school groups.

Mrs. Farster is married to Ben and they have two children, Owen and Samuel. She has been a band director for 13 years. Prior to teaching she was a Peace Corps Volunteer. She loves all things band, traveling and running. This is her 12th year playing oboe with the NS Concert Band.

Watch our amazing Beginning Band streaming LIVE NOW! youtube.com/watch?v=D1RAMW…

Come see the Middle School Band Concert tonight!