The West Ridge Band has a 39-year history of providing an exemplary instrumental music program to the students of the Eanes ISD community!​

Throughout its history, the West Ridge Band has been the recipient of consistent UIL Sweepstakes Awards, numerous individual Solo & Ensemble Awards, and Best in Class designations in spring music festivals throughout the state of Texas.  The band has also been named a finalist in the Texas State Honor Band Competition.  In addition, the West Ridge Band places many students in the District and Region Honor Bands and Orchestras each year.  

The West Ridge Wind Ensemble has earned national recognition through invitations to perform at some of the country's most prestigious band festivals. The ensemble was invited to perform at the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington, in both 2008 and 2014, followed by an invitation to the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois, in December 2012. In 2018 and again in 2026, the Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. The WRMS Jazz Band has also achieved this level of distinction, earning an invitation to perform at the 2025 Texas Music Educators Convention in San Antonio.

The West Ridge Band was also selected as the 2013 recipient of the John Phillip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Silver Cup.  The West Ridge Band is one of only fifty-six bands throughout the world to have been selected for this honor in the 30 year history of the award! The West Ridge Wind Ensemble was named a National Winner in the Mark of Excellence/ National Wind Band Honors Project in 2020 and 2024, and a Commended Winner in 2022, 2023, and 2025. 

Our goal each year is to provide each of our students with a band experience that is so positive and so rewarding that they can't imagine not participating in the band again next year!  Each one of our students is important to the success of the entire group.  Every one of us - students, directors, and parents - are involved in this quest for excellence!