Wind Ensemble
The Alpharetta High School Wind Ensemble is the most advanced of three concert bands at Alpharetta High School. Numerous
students in this ensemble consistently earn seats in District Honor Band, All State Band, and various collegiate honor band clinics.
The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2010 National Concert Band Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In January 2011 and
2018 the Wind Ensemble was a featured performer at the University of Georgia’s January Band Festival and in February 2012 was
one of only two bands selected as a Georgia Band of Distinction by Georgia State University. The ensemble also performed at the
Disney Concert Band Festival in Orlando (2012) and Anaheim (2018). One of the most distinguished performances for the Wind
Ensemble was in December 2012 in their appearance with the Alpharetta High School Symphony at the 66th annual Midwest Clinic
in Chicago. Other performances include University of Alabama’s Honor Band Festival, the Georgia Music Educators Association
State Convention, the Heritage Band Festival in San Francisco, and in 2016 the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble along with
the AHS Symphony Orchestra made a return to the stage at New York City’s Carnegie Hall for the National Concert Band Festival.
students in this ensemble consistently earn seats in District Honor Band, All State Band, and various collegiate honor band clinics.
The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2010 National Concert Band Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In January 2011 and
2018 the Wind Ensemble was a featured performer at the University of Georgia’s January Band Festival and in February 2012 was
one of only two bands selected as a Georgia Band of Distinction by Georgia State University. The ensemble also performed at the
Disney Concert Band Festival in Orlando (2012) and Anaheim (2018). One of the most distinguished performances for the Wind
Ensemble was in December 2012 in their appearance with the Alpharetta High School Symphony at the 66th annual Midwest Clinic
in Chicago. Other performances include University of Alabama’s Honor Band Festival, the Georgia Music Educators Association
State Convention, the Heritage Band Festival in San Francisco, and in 2016 the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble along with
the AHS Symphony Orchestra made a return to the stage at New York City’s Carnegie Hall for the National Concert Band Festival.
