Prospect, IL

Title: Passages
— “In My Life” by The Beatles
— “The Four Seasons” by Vivaldi
— “The Four Seasons Recomposed” by Max Richter
— “St. Paul’s Suite” by Holst

Director: Chris Barnum

Drum Majors: Bethany Chung, Maggie Schram, and Liv Tokimoto

Summary

The Prospect Band is a past Grand National finalist and a frequent regional and super regional finalist.

2023

The band traveled to the historic stadium in Whitewater, Wisconsin, home of the very first BOA Grand Nationals. Inclement weather caused the cancelation of finals, but Prospect earned the top spot in prelims and was named regional champion in addition to class champion.

2022

Prospect competed at the St. Louis Super Regional, earning 18th place in prelims.

2021

Prospect traveled to the Cedar Falls Regional in Iowa and won the class champion for Class AAA. In finals, the group earned 5th place overall.

2019

Prospect competed at the Indianapolis Super Regional, finishing in 17th place just outside of finals. As has become a pattern, the group did continue their streak of winning third place in Class AAA.

2018

This year Prospect made a trek down south to the Atlanta suburb Powder Springs. The band earned 3rd place in Class AAA during prelims and secured a finals spot. The group finished 5th place in finals.

2017

The Prospect band attended the St. Louis Super Regional. The group placed third in Class AAA in prelims and advanced to finals where they took ninth place overall.

2016

Prospect competed at the Dayton Regional.

The group performed well, placing second behind Carmel in both prelims and finals. There was quite a large score gap, but that should be expected when competing against the eventual national champion.

2015

Prospect competed at the Indianapolis Super Regional.

This group has long been known as one of the best Illinois bands, behind Marian Catholic and O'Fallon Township, but recently, they've been trying to push up beyond a mid-tier band. The Indy Super Regional was their opportunity to make finals and show that they could challenge O'Fallon, but they fell short, placing 16th overall in prelims only 1 point out of finals.

2014

Prospect competed at the Indianapolis Super Regional.

The band made its first appearance on the Top 30 following a top-half finish in finals at Indy Super. The group held its own against some of the best bands in Indiana and remained on the list for three weeks.