Band & Guard Awards

Marching Band

• 1st Place (Score: 68.775) Class 4A 2023 Cupertino Tournament of Bands

• 1st Place (Score: 74.825) Class 4A 2023 Gilroy Garlic City Classic

• 1st Place (Score: 82.025) Class 4A 2023 Independence Band Tournament

• 2nd Place (Score: 82.950) Class 4A 2023 WBA Regional Championships - James Logan Invitational Band Tournament

Winter Guard

• 1st Place 2024 CCGC Championship

Marching Band

• Tournament of Bands, Cupertino

  • Overall 1st place in WoodWinds and 1st place Guard, Perc, Brass, Music, GE and overall performance in section 5A

• Bands of America (BOA NorCal), Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

  • Second place in BOA Prelims in Class 3A, and 4th place in BOA Finals.

• Bands of America (BOA SoCal), L.A Valley College, CA

  • Third place in Class 3A and 11th place overall in BOA Prelims

• Golden Valley HS, Merced, CA - NCBA 2018 Results 

  • Second Place overall, Guard 1st, Battery 3rd.

Marching Band

• Bands Of America (BOA), SJSU: Quick Recap | Prelims | Final  | Article

Winter Percussion

• 1st place in PSCA Class - NCPA Championships April 7th 2018 (Union City, CA)

Winter Guard

• Brought a trophy home from every competition during the season:

• Competing in the Scholastic National A Class

• 1/27/18 Logan:  2nd Place

• 2/10/18 Independence 3rd Place

• 3/3/18 Oak Grove Tied for 1st Place

• 3/10/18 Lynbrook Mona Schlier Invitational  2nd Place

• 3/24/18 Fremont 3rd Place

• 2018 Final WG Championships at Independence HS was canceled and LHS WG cannot attend on the rescheduled date.

Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra

• Unanimous Superior rating at CMEA

Marching Band

• Tournament of Bands (TOB), Cupertino

• Bands Of America (BOA), SJSU

Marching Band

• Foothill Band Review

  • 1st place in 5A (out of 8 bands).

  • Overall (out of 26 bands) we ranked:

    • 3rd place

    • 2nd place: Woodwinds

    • 3rd place: Guard

    • 5th place: Percussion

• Cupertino Tournament of Bands

  • 1st place in 5A and ranked 1st in all captions in the 5A division.

  • Overall (out of 11 bands) we ranked:

  • 2nd place: Visual 

  • 3rd place: Music

  • 3rd place: Percussion

  • 3rd place: Drum major

  • 3rd place: Woodwinds

  • 4th place: GE (General Effect)

  • 5th place: Guard

  • 5th place: Brass

• Bands Of America (BOA), American Canyon, CA

Marching Band

• NCBA Finals - Fairfield, CA

  • Sweepstakes-Field Show (This is the Grand Prize).

  • High Visual: Top Honors

  • Auxiliary: Top Honors

  • 2nd place: Percussion

  • 3rd place: Woodwinds

  • 3rd place: Drum Major

  • 5th place: Brass

• Independence High School Field Show

  • 1st place: Class 5A

  • 1st place: Music

  • 1st place: Visual

  • 1st place: Auxiliary

  • 1st place: Percussion

• Valley Christian Quest Classic WBA Show

  • Score: 78.35

  • 3rd place: Class 5A

  • 2nd place: Auxiliary

  • 2nd place: Music

  • 1st place: Individual Music

• Cupertino Tournament of Bands

  • 2nd place: Field Show 5A 

  • 3rd place: Field Show Overall (13 bands)

  • 2nd place: Visuals

  • 2nd place: Percussion

  • 3rd place: Woodwinds

  • 3rd place: Color guard

Winter Guard

• 3rd place at CCGC Championships Scholastic A class

Jazz Combo A

• Unanimous Superior rating at CMEA Jazz Festival

Wind Ensemble

• Unanimous Superior rating at CMEA Festival

• Performed in the Green Music Center at the Sonoma State Wind Band Invitational 

• “Pink Bow Ties” Horn Quartet performed at CASMEC 2014 Conference in Fresno 

Symphonic Band

• Superior rating at CMEA Festival

Concert Band

• Unanimous Superior rating at CMEA Festival

Orchestra

• Unanimous Superior rating at Homestead Orchestra Festival

• Unanimous Superior rating at CMEA Festival (Both Chamber and Symphony Orchestras) 

2014 Santa Clara County Honor Band

16 students selected into Santa Clara County Honor Band

• Lucy Kim - Flute 

• Cheryl Chang - Flute 

• Yeona Lee - Flute

• Marilyn Zhang - Clarinet

• Nadine Javier - Oboe

• Margaret Chien - Bassoon

• Alexa Burn - Alto Sax

• Steven Chao - Alto Sax

• Jeffrey Chang - Horn

• David Zhao - Horn

• Jeffery Yang - Trombone

• Henry Yi - Bass Trombone

• Srinath Ganesh - Euphonium

• Eric Su - Euphonium

• Brian Lin - Tuba

• Emily Su - Percussion

2014 California All-State Band/Orchestra

11 students selected into California All-State Band/Orchestra 

• Bryan Chen - Violin

• Aaron Chen - Cello (principal)

• Brian Jeong - Cello

• Cheryl Chang - Flute

• Isita Tripathi - Flute

• Kevin Chang - B♭ Clarinet

• Margaret Chien - Bassoon

• Jane Lee - Horn

• Jeffery Yang - Trombone

• Henry Yi - Bass Trombone

• Brian Lin - Tuba

CMEA Solo/Ensemble Festival

17 students received the “Command Performance” rating at CMEA Solo/Ensemble Festival and recommended for the state level for individual or chamber group performance:

• CP: Yeona Lee - Flute

• CP: Jeffrey Chang - Horn

• CP: “Pink Bow Ties” Horn Quartet: Jesse Chou, Jeffrey Chang, Jane Lee, Anshuman Dikhit

• CP: Jessica Shu, Daisy Ni, Marilyn Zhang - Woodwind Tro

• CP: Spencer Peterson, Arshdeep Vittal, Alison Kou, Katie Lam - Sax Quartet

• CP: Alexa Burn, Katie Lam, Steven Chao, Alex Chen - Sax Quartet

• CP: Lucy Kim - Flute

• CP: Alyssa Chen - Violin