About our band program

The Hackettstown High School bands have a successfully storied history. The Tiger Marching Band is a 4-time medalist at USBands State Championships and were recently crowned the 2025 USBands Group 2a Champions. We are also bronze (2022), silver (2023), and gold (2024) medal winners at USBands National Championships. The Wind Ensemble holds 3 gold ratings and multiple silver ratings in the NJSMA Region 1 Concert Band Festival. Our ensembles have worked with prominent musicians such as Dr. Jason Noble of Columbia University, Dr. Payton McDonald of WPU (NJ), Dr. Westgate of UMass, Dr. Tom McCauley of MSU (NJ), professional tubist Jarrod Briley, and composers Peter Sciaino and Chris Bernotas. The bands at Hackettstown have performed in Boston, Norfolk, Cleveland and Annapolis. In 2014, the Hackettstown Band was in the Super Bowl Halftime show featuring Bruno Mars. In 2024, the band commissioned a new work by composer Grace Baugher Dunlap titled Vicious Cycles which is available through Murphy Music Press.