Montevideo Band

09/29/2026

Come on down to Topper's to support the Montevideo Choir and Band programs on October 31st! Spooky!

06/17/2026

Come check us out in Wilmar this evening!

Back at home!

Tonight is Montevideo Marching Band night presented by Bernicks!

🆚 The Badlands Big Sticks
🏟️ Bill Taunton Stadium
⏰ 6:35 CST
📺 Flosports.tv
📻 News Talk 1340 & 96.3 FM KWLM Willmar

06/02/2026

⚡🦅🎶⚡We're small but mighty this year. The Montevideo Marching Band has officially started their June Season. We're starting things off with our week long band camp this week and our first parade is on June 12th in Benson! We're so excited to represent the Montevideo Community and MHS in a positive way! Here are some highlights from the first day of band camp!

05/13/2026

Calling all prospective 5th grade band students and families! If your student is planning on joining band next year, stop in to the Middle School Band Room on Thursday May 12th from 5-6:30PM for our annual Instrument Open House. At the Open House you can get all the materials you need to be in band next year all in one place! We hope to see lots of families there!

05/05/2026

We're a day late, but we guess that means it's the Revenge of the Fifth! Happy May the Fourth to everyone from the Montevideo Middle School Bands!

04/30/2026

Way to go Montevideo Musicians!

We are excited and proud to announce that two of our students have been accepted into the All-State Choir! They had to go through a rigorous and competitive audition process to be accepted. Both Anya Burmeister and Patrick Baukol will be singing in the SATB Mixed Choir during the August All-State Camp this summer and then in Orchestra Hall next February.

Congratulations to these two! 🎉

04/28/2026

This post is a bit of a 2 in 1! We have had students represent Montevideo Middle School at two seperate honor bands in the month of April. One was at Windom on April 11th, and the other was in Ortonville on April 25th. Both honor bands were for 1st and 2nd year band musicians so it gave them the opportunity to work with other musicians that are their age level. Students woke up early, traveled to the location and learned four different pieces of music in one morning and performed in the afternoon! Here are some pictures from both honor bands! Way to go Montevideo band musicians!

04/12/2026

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to the Hollywood On Main!

The Montevideo Middle School Theater Department is proud to present OZ!, a musical adventure for the whole family. Join Dorothy, Toto, and all their friends as they journey through the Land of Oz.

04/09/2026

Students had a pretty cool opportunity presented to them today at the Middle School! The performing group Conjunto Bantú performed some candombe drumming music for our students and even gave them an opportunity to try it themselves! Then, after school, students got to walk out to the sound of the drums.
Candombe is recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It is an Afro-Uruguayan music and dance tradition developed by Bantu African slaves. It features an intense and vibrant array of drum rhythms, dancers, performers, and more. It is commonly seen in street parades.
Tomás Olivera Chirimini created his group in 1971, and has won a series of awards for his outstanding work as a musician, researcher, lecturer, writer, teacher, sculptor, and disseminator of Afro-Uruguayan traditions. His group was even featured on Got Talent Uruguay! They will performing tonight, Thursday April, 9th, at Java River in downtown Montevideo from 6-8PM!

04/08/2026

We are thrilled to welcome guest artist Mike Gill for our 2026 Flood of Jazz festival! Mike Gill is a southwest Minnesota based saxophonist, guitarist, educator, and graduate of University of Minnesota- Morris. He is recognized for his soulful saxophone solos, and blues influenced guitar and vocal stylings.

Spending 10 years in the Twin Cities as a freelance musician, he performed with 8-piece funk band, PHO, releasing an album, Cash It! (2015), and collaborations with Psymun, Neon Brown, K. Raydio, RoBat, Maimo, Walking Phoenixes, STUBBORN, Malena Handeen & the Associates & Flute Loops. Playing notable venues such as First Ave, The Dakota, Turf Club, Detroit’s Cliff Bells, Reggie’s Chicago, Folsom, CA - Three Stages, L.A.’s Borderline to name a few.

Gills teaching experience includes 1 on 1 saxophone lessons, guitar lessons, piano lessons, as well as guest clinician at Holdingford High School, & Tracy/Milroy Elementary/Middle School.

Currently, Gill is working an office job and in his free time, focusing on his craft as a musician and performing locally at Java River and the Bluenose Gopher. Gill is excited to work with Ms. Landmark and the Montevideo High School Jazz Band.