Northshore Concert Band

Northshore Concert Band (NCB) is a 100-member symphonic band active in the Chicago metropolitan area. The Band performs 6–10 concerts annually, including a subscription series hosted at Northwestern University’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall and educational outreach events at local schools and community venues. NCB has appeared at the Midwest Clinic — the largest instrumental music education conference in the world — 31 times, most recently in 2025 under the leadership of Mallory Thompson, Daniel Farris, and Michael Haithcock. Northshore Concert Band has shared the stage with numerous internationally renowned guest artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Christopher Martin, Michael Martin, Doc Severinsen, Taimur Sullivan, William Warfield, Gail Williams, and musicians from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra such as Dale Clevenger, Adolph “Bud” Herseth, Gene Pokorny, and John Bruce Yeh.