Students may participate in one of our jazz bands under the direction of Mr. Wadkins or Mr. Karkosky.  Our jazz bands rehearse in a separate class during the school day and perform in many area activities and contests.  The jazz bands also host a special event in late winter with our middle school jazz band programs and perform a spring concert at HHS .

​HOMESTEAD JAZZ BAND 1
2020 COMPETITION SCHEDULE
  • 1/18/2020 (Saturday) Purdue Jazz Festival (performance is at 11:30am in Fowler Hall inside Stewart Center at West Lafayette)
            5th place in the Fowler Hall Group
  • 2/7/2020 (Friday eve) DeKalb Jazz Festival & BBQ
  • 2/11 or 2/12/2020 (Tues/Wed) PFW Fort Wayne Jazz Festival
  • 2/15/2020 (Saturday) Snider Jazz Festival
            1st Place Big Bands Room
  • 2/20/2020 (Thurs) Jazz & Java 6:30pm HHS cafeteria
  • 2/22/20 (Saturday) North Side Jazz Festival
         Homestead Combo II
                William Schweikert - Outstanding Soloist
                Jeremiah Zehr - Outstanding Soloist
         Homestead Combo I   
                Colin Christenson- Outstanding Soloist    
                 Josh Bennett - Outstanding Soloist
         Homestead Jazz Band II
                Matthew Norrod - Outstanding Soloist
                Cameron Witzigreuter - Outstanding Soloist
         Homestead Jazz Band I
                Madeline Pawlak - Outstanding Soloist
​               Michael Todd - Outstanding Soloist
  • 2/29/2020 (Saturday) Ball State University Jazz Festival
          Homestead - 2nd Place
          Bloomington North - 1st Place Honor Band
          Spartan Colin Christenson - Outstanding Drum Award
          Spartan AJ Haupert - Lead Trumpet Award
  • 3/6 or 3/7/2020 (Fri/Sat) ISSMA Jazz Festival at Carroll High School
  • ​Season concluded early due to the Covid-19 school closure.
2019 HIGHLIGHTS Homestead Jazz Band I
February 8, 2019       PFW Jazz Fest                      Purdue University Fort Wayne
                                    Performance and clinic session with judges
February 8, 2019       Jazz and BBQ                       DeKalb Middle School
                                    Performance and clinic session with judge
February 9, 2019       Nicholas Jazz Festival         Snider High School
                                    Josh Bennett – Outstanding Bass Soloist
                                    Madeline Pawlak – Outstanding Piano Soloist
                                    Colin Christenson – Outstanding Drum Soloist
                                    Mason Nichols – Outstanding Sax Soloist
                                    Homestead Jazz Band I – 2nd Place Honor Band
February 16, 2019     North Side Jazz Festival     North Side High School
                                    William Schweikert – Outstanding Trumpet Award
                                    Colin Christenson – Outstanding Drum Award
                                    Homestead Jazz Band I – 1st Place Honor Band
                                    Homestead Jazz Band I – Got to play encore number for evening concert
March 1, 2019            ISSMA Jazz Festival                       Carroll High School
                                    Madeline Pawlak – Outstanding Piano Soloist
                                    Colin Christenson – Outstanding Drum Soloist
                                    Mason Nichols – Outstanding Sax Soloist
                                    Mason Nichols – Outstanding Sax Soloist
                                    William Schweikert – Outstanding Trumpet Soloist
                                    William Schweikert – Outstanding Trumpet Soloist
                                    Josh Bennett – Outstanding Bass Soloist
                                    Justin Offutt – Outstanding Guitar Soloist
                                    Homestead Jazz Band I – Gold Rating with Distiction
March 2, 2019            Larry McWilliams Dimensions in Jazz Festival  Ball State University
                                    Josh Bennett – Outstanding Bass Award
March 7, 2019            Jazz & Java                                      Homestead High School
                                    Performances by Homestead, Summit & Woodside Jazz Bands
March 9, 2019            Barry Ashton Jazz Festival             Northrop High School
                                    Homestead Jazz Band I – 3rd Place Honor Band
2019 HIGHLIGHTS Homestead Jazz Band II
 
February 9, 2019       Nicholas Jazz Festival         Snider High School
February 16, 2019     North Side Jazz Festival     North Side High School
                                    Viktor Paiz – Outstanding Sax Soloist
                                    Aidan Todash – Outstanding Trumpet Award
March 1, 2019            ISSMA Jazz Festival                       Carroll High School
                                    Viktor Paiz – Outstanding Sax Soloist
                                    Aidan Todash – Outstanding Trumpet Soloist
                                    Dominic Venturini – Outstanding Drum Soloist
                                    Homestead Jazz Band II – Gold Rating                               
March 7, 2019            Jazz & Java                Homestead High School
                                    Performances by Homestead, Summit &
​                                    Woodside Jazz Bands
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