Before Spring Break, your Chantilly Symphonic Winds traveled to Indianapolis for the National Concert Band Festival.  Performing as 1 of 29 high school bands selected nationwide, your Chargers delivered a STUNNING performance to open the festival at Butler University!  Their concert was described as a performance whose “clarity and timbre were absolutely fantastic,” and lauded by attendees and evaluators as “Incredible,” “WONDERFUL,” and “Straight up FIRE!”  Their performance can be viewed here.

Beyond the music, the students of Symphonic Winds represented CHS with an exemplary spirit, pride, and class throughout the course of the festival.  They enjoyed opportunities to interact with 3,000+ student musicians through concert attendance and social activities.  They enthusiastically engaged in clinics and workshops with professional musicians and music educators from across the nation.  They worked together and supported each other in terrific fashion throughout the course of the festival and our travels.

Congratulations to the students of Symphonic Winds on their impressive performance and representation of the Chantilly community on this national stage!  Members of this ensemble include:

Nathan Best, William Breslin, Gabriel Cha, Alexander Chang, Ryan Chang, Peter Chen, Jocelyn Cheung, Jesse Chon, Heng Hao Chong, Kyle Cobb, Kai Custode, Anu Daga, Katie Dantinne, Braeden Dunham, Tyler Ellison, Shiri Feil, Sarah Garza, Skandan Govindan, Addison Harmon, Victoria (Tori) Jackson, Abigail Kim, Jinseo (Daniel) Kim, Jonas Kupchella, Jayne Lee, Fiona Liao, Matthew Lin, Joshua Lugo Zambrano, Alexander Marcalaya, Brady Markin, John (Jack) Matyas, Frank Miserentino, Milo Molloy, Arnav Nanduri, Shreya Narayanan, Justin Park, Keeyeon (Sally) Park, Jaeden Persaud, Javier Ralat, Vivek Ramakrishna, Evan Ramee, Lucas Renfrew, Christopher Rodriguez, Pratham Santapur, Josie Satterfield, Maddie Schaefer, Keith Scroggs, Andrew Shear, Natalie Shinego, Ethan Skidmore, Sasha Smith, Laird Sutherland, Alicia Tapia, Srija Upadhyay, Nitya Varigala, Jayanth Viswanathan, Ashley Wu, Joshua Wu, Wilson Xin, Karissa Yang, Michael Yang, Tyler Zarybnisky, Andy Zhang, Arallyn Zrenda

Thank you all for the immense support you provide our band (and performing arts) students to grow through experiences like these.  We are incredibly grateful!

Doug and Chris