The West Rowan Wind Ensemble is the top concert band at West Rowan High School made up primarily of juniors, seniors, and sophomores and freshman based on recommendation of their middle school band director or Mrs. Blevins.

Wind Ensemble meets every school day to prepare two concerts in the fall semester and three in the spring semester.

The West Rowan Wind Ensemble performs at several concerts throughout the year, including but not limited to:

• Fall Concert

  • The West Rowan Fall Concert is a collaborative concert between the West Rowan Chamber Choir, Falcon Singers, and the West Rowan Wind Ensemble that is held at West Rowan High School and is free for the public.

• Winter in the West

  • The winter concert is a large community event featuring the West Rowan High Wind Ensemble, West Rowan High Choirs, West Rowan Middle Bands, West Rowan Middle Choirs, and West Rowan Elementary music groups. This event also features many other features of the performing arts and clubs at West Rowan High.

• Catawba College Concert Band Invitational

  • Each year, in preparation for their performance at MPA, the West Rowan Wind Ensemble performs at the Catawba College Concert Band Invitational which is a concert and clinic that provides students to better improve their performance through exhibition judging.

• Music Performance Adjudication

  • The West Rowan Wind Ensemble performs at the South Central District Band Masters Association Music Performance Adjudication concert each year where they receive a rating and comments from judges.

• Spring Concert

  • The West Rowan Spring Concert is a collaborative concert between the West Rowan High Wind Ensemble and West Rowan Middle Bands that is held at West Rowan High School and is free for the public.

The West Rowan Concert Band is a concert band at West Rowan High School made up primarily of freshman and sophomore students at West Rowan High School. All incoming freshman should sign up for this class and then students will be adjusted into Wind Ensemble by recommendation from their middle school band director.

Concert Band meets every school day to prepare two concerts in the fall semester and one in the spring

The West Rowan Wind Ensemble performs at several concerts throughout the year, including but not limited to:

• Fall Concert

  • The West Rowan Fall Concert is a collaborative concert between the West Rowan Chamber Choir, Falcon Singers, and the West Rowan Wind Ensemble that is held at West Rowan High School and is free for the public.

• Winter in the West

  • The winter concert is a large community event featuring the West Rowan High Wind Ensemble, West Rowan High Choirs, West Rowan Middle Bands, West Rowan Middle Choirs, and West Rowan Elementary music groups. This event also features many other features of the performing arts and clubs at West Rowan High.

• Spring Concert

  • The West Rowan Spring Concert is a collaborative concert between the West Rowan High Wind Ensemble and West Rowan Middle Bands that is held at West Rowan High School and is free for the public.

The Marching Falcons is the name of the marching band that performs the halftime show at home football games, cheers on the football team by playing at football games, local parades, and marching band competitions around the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Students can join the woodwinds, brass, percussion or colorguard sections. Students work with specialized educators throughout the season to maximize productivity and create a refined performance. 

The Marching Falcons provides students of West Rowan High School an opportunity to become apart of something that is larger than just an individual while also teaching them personal responsibility, discipline, how to work as a part of a team, and delayed satisfaction to a long term goal. The Marching Falcons are guided by the principles of Service, Respect, Pride, Excellence, and Tradition and strive to uphold these ideals both in and out of their uniforms.

Jazz band is an auditioned group that meets afterschool during the spring semester to prepare for concerts and community performances around Rowan County. This ensemble is made up of a rhythm section, saxophones, trumpets, and trombones.

Anyone is welcome to audition for this group as it is expected for members of this group to take more initiative to practice at home as this group meets only once a week to rehearse. Rehearsal time is spent mastering style and studying improvisational jazz.