Since it’s founding in 1949, the band program at Milton High School has been an integral part of the school and community and has a decades-long history of excellence. All students are auditioned into three concert band classes or a ninth-grade percussion ensemble that meet daily as part of the academic schedule. Nearly 130 students participate in the extracurricular marching band that has received consistent superior ratings, in addition to multiple class and grand championship awards at competitive marching band events, and in 2014 performed in the New York City Veterans Day Parade. The Milton Indoor Drumline has been a WGI regional or world championship finalist for the past six years, and Milton also has a thriving jazz program. In 2014 the MHS Jazz Ensemble received an invitation to perform in the prestigious Atlanta Jazz Festival in Piedmont Park after placing third in last years Atlanta Youth Jazz Band Competition. Since being founded in the fall of 2000, the Milton Wind Ensemble quickly gained a reputation of excellence. Previous invitational performances include the University of Southern Mississippi (2002, 2005), the Southeastern United States Band Clinic (2003), University of South Carolina (2003, 2007), the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival (2004), the MENC national confer- ence (2006), Columbus State University (2010), the University of Georgia (2003, 2007, 2011), the University of Alabama (2012), the Georgia State University “Bands of Distinction” Clinic (2014), and the Georgia Music Educators Association State Conference (2004, 2015).