Band

Community High School District 128 is committed to supporting our students' academic and fine art success. We understand that there are times when families seek additional instructional support beyond the classroom.
To assist you in this process, we maintain a list of private tutors who have expressed interest in working with our students. We provide this list strictly as a voluntary resource and convenience for our families. The list should not be taken as an endorsement of private tutors in general, or of any specific tutor who has requested to be added to our list.
Please be advised of the following regarding these private tutoring services:

• Employment Status: The individuals on this list are not employees or agents of District 128. They function entirely as independent contractors, are not supervised by District 128, and are not subject to the same policies and conduct expectations that apply to District 128 employees.
• Oversight: The District makes no representations regarding their credentials, character, or the quality of their instruction. Each family is responsible for exercising their own judgment as to whether to engage any particular private tutor.
• Risks: The parent/guardian assumes all risks associated with hiring a private tutor, including but not limited to physical safety during tutoring sessions (whether held in person or online).
• Contractual Agreement: Any tutoring arrangement, including scheduling, location of services, and payment, is a private agreement between the parent/guardian and the tutor. The District is not a party to these transactions.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the parent/guardian agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Community High School District 128, its Board of Education, employees, and agents from any and all claims, demands, losses, liability, or causes of action arising out of or in any way connected with the use of a private tutor from this list.

Below is a listing of required supplies for students in the LHS Bands.  If you are in need of brand/model recommendations, please contact us.  Most of these items are available from a variety of local and internet vendors in a variety of reputable brands.  If you have any questions about where to obtain these items, or if you have financial concerns about these needs, please contact the band office.

All Students:

• Tuner (Metronome for percussion); please be sure that if you using an app, that it is designed for wind instruments - Tonal Energy is the best one we’ve found
• Pencil

Woodwind Students:

• Cork grease, key oil, and other lubricants
• Swab
• Good quality reeds (min. 3 each for oboe/bassoon, min. 4 each for clarinet/sax)
• Reed case
• Humidifier for wooden instruments

Brass Students:

• Valve (or rotor) oil, slide grease
• Snake & mouthpiece brush
• Polishing cloth
• Mutes (trumpets—straight & cup, horns & trombones—straight)

Percussion Students:

• Stick bag
• Snare sticks
• Tympani mallets (general)
• Plastic or rubber mallets
• Cord or yarn mallets
• +2 pair per level of band (PE - 6 total, SW - 8 total, WE - 10 total)

The band program at Libertyville High School is one that is recognized not only around the State of Illinois but also throughout the United States. In 2019 the LHS band program was one of only 4 bands across the country recognized as a Blue Ribbon Program of Excellence by the National Band Association; and in 2016 the Wind Ensemble was selected as a Nationally Commended Ensemble in the AAAAA Division of the Mark of Excellence Wind Band Recording contest.  The Wind Ensemble won the Superstate Concert Band Festival in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2018. They were also the Honor Band at that same contest in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2019. The Wind Ensemble performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1998 and 2004 and was selected to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Convention in 1992, 1998, 2010, and 2019, and was one of only two high school bands selected to perform at the College Band Directors National Association North Central Conference in February of 2020. The Wind Ensemble was one of sixteen bands from across the country to participate in the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival held in Indianapolis in 2001, 2007, 2009 and 2013.  Also in 2007, the Wind Ensemble was awarded the National Wind Band Honors and was the only band from Illinois to receive this award.  The LHS Jazz Ensemble also performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic in 1982 and 1993 and the Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Convention in 2020. The Jazz Ensemble has won festivals at Rolling Meadows, University of Wisconsin (Whitewater), Mundelein, Oak Lawn, and has won the North Shore Jazz Festival six times, being named Grand Champion twice (2003 and 2005). The Libertyville Bands have also performed in London, Florida, Hawaii, California and the Bahamas.