Eisenhower Band

Last Friday (04/10/2026), the Eisenhower Band and Orchestra held their annual Spring Concert. This event honored and recognized some of the many talented musical performers within the band program. The performing band groups include: Percussion ensemble, Mariachi Strings, Preparatory Band, Concert Band, Cardinal Big Band, Symphonic Band. Our award winners are the following: The National Orchestra Recipient - Cynthia Rodriguez The Leonard Bernstein Musicianship Recipient - Andre Collin’s The Patrick S. Gilmore Recipient - Lilly Valdez The Louis Armstrong Jazz Recipient - Jacob Solis Director Award Recipient - Julio Castillo National School Marching Band Recipient - Isabella Martinez National School Color Guard Recipient - Morelia Medina John Phillip Sousa Band Recipient - Khriz Figueroa Congratulations to these awardees! We thank each and every member of band for their contributions this program. Photos captured by Jorge J Castillo Design and Edit by Jeyson Jebasingh @eisenhowercardinals @ddeband

The 3rd Annual Chicagoland Classic was hosted once again at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in beautiful Blue Island! The Chicagoland Classic features middle schools and beginner bands from the Chicagoland area who are looking to improve on young bands with excellent musical and educational experiences! Ensembles that had participated in this year’s event received exceptional critiques from clinicians and live adjudication to hone their skills. Special thanks to the students of Eisenhower’s band and the volunteer parents as this event wouldn’t be possible without their help and support. Their commitment and passion to make every year special is what truly makes the Chicagoland Classic an amazing musical experiences for all. Thank you to all the bands that participated this year🎷: St Rita High School Beginning Band Midlothian School D134 Concert & Symphonic Band Veterans Memorial Concert & Symphonic Band Kerr Middle Symphonic Band Rosa Parks Concert Band Hamlin Concert Band Thomas J. Keller Concert Band Guest: D. Rodriguez Big Band Also, thanks to Jorge J Castillo for assisting with capturing these photos! @ddeband @eisenhowercardinals

🎉 LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE! 🎉 Join me in celebrating FIGUEROA-RAMOS, KHRIZ, a standout Senior from Dwight D. Eisenhower High School, who has officially taken the long-awaited, hard-earned first step toward an incredible future in the United States Marine Corps! After pushing through every challenge to qualify, he’s now part of the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program — stepping into a path built on opportunity, discipline, and the drive to rise above. Khriz is not just joining… 🔥 He’s leveling up. 🔥 He’s chasing success. 🔥 He’s turning his talent — including his passion as a musician — into a future with purpose and pride. Let it be known: His transformation has begun. His momentum is real. His success story is already in motion. Welcome to the brotherhood, FIGUEROA-RAMOS. The Few. The Proud. The future Marine. 🎉 THE CORPS AWAITS YOU! 🎉

To kick off the concert, a saxophone quartet that includes alto, tenor and bari saxophone played their Chamber Ensemble at ATP! ❄️

Eisenhower Symphonic and Jazz band ended off their spread of festive joy at Adult Transition Program! They played all kinds of music to all those there while dancing along too the tunes! They even got to conduct and lead the band through their songs! ❤️❄️

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Band department experienced quite a shivering weekend yet they’ve spread the festive feelings for the holiday season. On Friday, the band conducted their yearly winter concert at the brand new theater. This concert included various band groups such as Chamber Ensemble, Cardinal Big Band and Symphonic. The bands performed repertoires to all family and friends who joined them at the concert. The following day, the Cardinal Regiment participated in the annual Blue Island Christmas Light Parade and spread the immense sounds of many Christmas tunes! At the parade, the band also had the privilege of Dr.Jacobson, the Executive Director of Student, Family & Community Engagement joining them in walking. We thank those who joined us and supported our annual Holiday journey here at our beautiful Blue Island! #CardinalRegiment #BandPhotography #blueisland #bandconcert #band #highschoolband @eisenhowercardinals

Join us on Friday, December 5th at 6:00 PM in our brand new Performing Arts Center here at Eisenhower as we spread the festive feeling with music from multiple ensembles from our very own Cardinals! We hope to see you there! ❄️❤️

On Friday, we hosted our Annual Winter Co-op Concert with middle schools around the area! They all performed their concert repertoires to all the bands and family attending. In addition, the Symphonic Band performed one of their winter pieces for their upcoming Winter Concert! Lastly, over 200 band members came on to play one song for all attendees called "Dreidel Adventure", by Scott Wilson.

The Cardinal Regiment experienced a very challenging weekend at their last two competitions at Rich Township HS and Sandwich HS! Overall, the Cardinal Regiment won multiple captions awards such as Best Auxiliary, Best Percussion, Best Visual Performance, etc. They concluded their season with a total of 31 Captions Awards! In addition, during this past weekend they won 1st and 2nd place and they were awarded grand championship on their last competition, which marks 60 class championships since 2014! Lastly, every member of the Band Family honored their seniors members as they had accomplished a great milestone on their last year. Later, the band concluded the marchers last day with a yearly tradition known as the “senior circle” which ultimately gives the seniors the perfect send off after a challenging last season. #MarchingBand #CardinalRegiment #MarchingBandSeason #BandPhotography #BandPortraits #PortraitPhotography #EventPhotography #LivePerformancePhotography #CanonUSA

Cardinal Regiment had their very last home football game of the season with a farewell to all the seniors in our marching band with the addition of all of them have very promising goals in the future after high school. Farewell seniors, and thank you very much! ❤️🖤

The Cardinal Regiment competed yesterday at Naperville Central High School Marching Classic and has earned 1st place in their class along with these following caption awards: Best Overall General Effect, Best Visuals, and Best Overall Music. Best of luck to them as they prepare to compete at Rich Township High School next Saturday. #MarchingBand #CardinalRegiment #MarchingBandSeason #BandPhotography #BandPortraits #PortraitPhotography #EventPhotography #LivePerformancePhotography #CanonUSA

Cardinal Regiment had their 6th competition of the season @ Naperville Central HS in class A! Overall, Cardinal Regiment won captions awards such as: Best Overall Music Performance, Best Overall Visual Performance, and Best Overall General Effect. Lastly, they won first in their class competition!! Way to go! ❤️ UP NEXT: Rich Township HS! 🔜🔥