Join the Northshore Concert Band for our 2023/24 Season and immerse yourself in a captivating symphonic journey exploring transformation and transfiguration in music!

Our 68th season begins with Treats & Tricks, a mesmerizing survey of Halloween’s magic and mystique, featuring pillars of the wind band repertoire, alluring melodies from the silver screen, and selections from Gustav Holst’s The Planets. Join us in February as we celebrate our 20th annual Lifetime of Music concert with compositions that have transformed over time into fascinating music for winds, including Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber. Witness the brilliance of middle school musicians as they join us on stage for our annual side-by-side performance, showcasing music by Omar Thomas and Kevin Day.

Renowned saxophonist Taimur Sullivan joins us in April for a performance of William Bolcom’s Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Band on Making Waves, alongside exciting and thought-provoking works including Jay Kennedy’s Catapult, two disparate settings of “Shenandoah,” and Frank Ticheli’s big band-inspired Blue Shades. Our season ends on a high note with Life Cycles, delving into pieces influenced by one’s passage through life with music by David Biedenbender, Jennifer Jolley, and Leonard Bernstein.

Our 2023/24 Season features a remarkable number of inaugural performances by the Band. In total, fifteen works will receive their Northshore Concert Band premiere this season, including Joe Hisaishi’s Howl’s Moving Castle (2004/2010), Florence Price’s Adoration (1951/2022), Carter Pann’s Hold This Boy and Listen (2008), and James Beckel’s Symphony for Band (2008). We hope you can join us! View the 2023/24 Season Brochure here.

Treats & Tricks* — October 29, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m. | McGrath Family Performing Arts Center, Wilmette, IL
A Lifetime of Music — February 18, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL
Making Waves — April 14, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. | Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Evanston, IL
Life Cycles — June 8, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. | McGrath Family Performing Arts Center, Wilmette, IL
*Please note that our Fall Series Concert will be an evening performance!

Learn more about our venues here.

SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS: Subscribe to all four concerts in our series and save! Subscribe here. 4-Concert Subscriptions are $65 for Adults | $50 for Seniors | $30 for Students & Children. Note, that subscription sales end on October 25, 2023.

INDIVIDUAL CONCERT TICKETS: Not able to join us for the entire season? Purchase individual concert tickets here. Individual concert tickets are $25 for Adults | $20 for Seniors | $10 for Students & Children.

Please note that all concerts are general admission seating.

Our 2023/24 Season!