Bands of America: Database of Champions  School Landscapes In Continuous Engagement

Notice: Some data is incomplete!

Bands of America has posted finals champions, class champions, and caption trophy winners after the 2004 season, and those data are loaded into our system. Prior to 2005, only class champions and finals champions are available or posted explicitly. And before 1985, Bands of America is not the primary source of our information.

  Bands of America Champions, 1985 to the Present (currently loaded from 2001–2015)
Count BOA School Name State Trophy Festival Date
3Carmel H.S., INIndiana1st (Grand Champion)Grand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndiana2nd PlaceGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
3William Mason H.S., OHOhio3rd PlaceGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
3Carmel H.S., INIndianaOutstanding General EffectGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndianaOutstanding MusicGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndianaOutstanding VisualsGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Adair County H.S., KYKentucky1st Place, Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
1Williamstown H.S., KYKentucky2nd Place, Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
1Archbishop Alter H.S., OHOhio3rd Place, Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Adair County H.S., KYKentuckyOutstanding G.E., Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Adair County H.S., KYKentuckyOutstanding Music, Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Adair County H.S., KYKentuckyOutstanding Visuals, Cl. 1AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Tarpon Springs H.S., FLFlorida1st Place, Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
1Marian Catholic H.S., ILIllinois2nd Place, Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
1North Hardin H.S., KYKentucky3rd Place, Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Tarpon Springs H.S., FLFloridaOutstanding G.E., Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Tarpon Springs H.S., FLFloridaOutstanding Music, Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Tarpon Springs H.S., FLFloridaOutstanding Visuals, Cl. 2AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Leander H.S., TXTexas1st Place, Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
2Cedar Park H.S., TXTexas2nd Place, Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
1Castle H.S., INIndiana3rd Place, Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
2Cedar Park H.S., TXTexasOutstanding G.E., Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Leander H.S., TXTexasOutstanding Music, Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Leander H.S., TXTexasOutstanding Visuals, Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndiana1st Place, Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
3Carmel H.S., INIndiana2nd Place, Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
3William Mason H.S., OHOhio3rd Place, Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndianaOutstanding G.E., Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
6Avon H.S., INIndianaOutstanding Music, Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
3William Mason H.S., OHOhioOutstanding Visuals, Cl. 4AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
4Leander H.S., TXTexasOutstanding G.E., Cl. 3AGrand Nationals - Indianapolis2016-11-12
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  Data Availability Notice

Bands of America celebrates 40 years of providing positive life-changing experiences through music in 2015. Data on their site are incomplete, though. We're adding it as quickly as our time allows. (This is not my real job.)

Note: This is single-source data, which we can't confirm from independent sources. Errors may exist, and some data is omitted as we do our research. Each line of data represents countless hours of student and educator effort.

Would you like to see the most frequent schools on the list? Sort the data on "BOA School Name" and then on "Count" in descending order.

 The Inspiration for This Project

The inspiration for this project, known as SLICE Project 40, was the grand championship at Clarksville, Tenn., on Sept. 19, 2015, for O'Fallon Township High School. The band's grand championship was the first for an Illinois band in 14 years. Director: Melissa Gustafson-Hinds. Drum majors: David Lewis, Natalee Barker, Lilly Schmidt, and Bianca Castillo.

Voxitatis requested a director's essay about the contest, which we received on October 2. The school joins a few others from Illinois as bands that have ever been named grand champion at a BOA event.

 Voxitatis and the SLICE Data Projects

Voxitatis is committed to facilitating constructive dialog among students, schools, and communities. See our equilateral triangle model here.

SLICE, or (in our acronym-rich world) School Landscapes In Continuous Engagement, is our way of presenting data that you can slice and dice any way you want. We hope seeing information for yourself, in a perspective you find informative, enlightens you about local schools, schools at large, and community engagement.

If you would like to help us add data (or if you see an error), send a quick note to paul@schoolsnapshots.org.