The 2025 Annual Dallas Wind Symphony Invitational Windband Festival was held April 3, 4, 17 &18, 2026 at the Meyerson Symphony Center. A big thank-you to all who participated, and congratulations to our award winners:

Awards

 

WEEK 1

Outstanding Large High School Windband Lake Ridge HS Wind Symphony
Outstanding Small High School Windband Sulphur Springs HS Wind Ensemble
Outstanding Large Middle School Windband Rakow MS Honors Band
Outstanding Small Middle School Windband Commerce MS Honors Band

WEEK 2

Outstanding Large High School Windband Lone Star HS Wind Symphony
Outstanding Small High School Windband Burnet HS Wind Ensemble
Outstanding Large Middle School Windband Hurst JH Honors Band
Outstanding Small Middle School Windband Stafford MS Honor Winds

Outstanding Soloists

Woodwinds
  • Joshua Parks (clarinet), James Martin HS Wind Symphony
  • Landon Garza (clarinet), The Colony HS Wind Symphony
Brass
  • Braxton Vess (piccolo trumpet), Deer Creek HS Wind Symphony
  • Caleb Horn (horn), Richardson HS Wind Symphony
Percussion
  • Elias Alvarez Navarro (marimba), Boswell HS
  • Penelope Bush (glockenspiel), L.D. Bell HS