2024 Marching Band Results: Season in Review

Dec 15, 2024 | News

2024 Marching Band Results: Season in Review

Cedar Park’s double headlines the 2024 marching band results

The biggest of the 2024 marching band results came last, in Indianapolis: Cedar Park won the Class AAA title at the Bands of America Grand National Championships and finished 5th overall. Earlier that month, the same band won 5A gold at the UIL State Marching Band Contest.

It wasn’t only Cedar Park. Mineola won 3A State gold. Rouse, Panther Creek and Davenport brought home UIL State medals. Outside Texas, bands playing my shows won state titles in Arizona, Nebraska, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Arkansas.

Here are the full 2024 marching band results for bands playing my music, circuit by circuit. Every result here comes from a published recap or score list.

2024 Bands of America results

Bands playing my music made 22 BOA finals in 2024 and won 10 class championships. Two of those wins came at the biggest stages BOA runs.

Grand National Championships, Indianapolis

  • Cedar Park HS (Cedar Park, TX)
    • Class AAA champion, 5th overall in finals (93.300)
    • Semifinals: 5th overall, 1st in Class AAA (94.000)
    • Show: The Cutting Edge
  • Argyle HS (Argyle, TX)

Floyd Central (IN, Sense of Direction), Milford (OH), Finneytown (OH, Hypnotic) and Summit (TN) also marched Grand National prelims.

Super Regionals

Regional finalists and class champions

Three more bands won their class without making finals. Argyle won Class AA at Dallas/Mid-Cities. Gatesville (Austin) and Freeman (North Houston) each won Class A and swept all three class captions.

2024 UIL Area and State results

Sixteen bands playing my music marched at the UIL State Marching Band Contest. Ten made finals and five came home with medals, two of them gold. It started at Area, where 31 bands playing my music made finals and five won their Area outright.

State medalists

Other State finalists

Also advanced to State

Area finalists

Fifteen more bands made their Area finals in 2024.

All Area placements come from UIL’s official Area results. UIL takes each season’s Area files down after State, so the links go to archived copies where one exists.

2024 state championships outside Texas

Five bands playing shows from my library won their state’s top class in 2024. Rio Rancho’s title came in the first year New Mexico held a state marching championship.

State champions

State finalists

In Ohio, Finneytown (Hypnotic) and Hoover (Dark Waters) earned Superior ratings at the OMEA State Marching Band Finals. Conway earned a First Division rating at the Arkansas State Marching Contest.

2024 USBands results

Two bands playing my music won USBands regionals outright in 2024, and North Forney finished 2nd at Dallas.

The people behind these results

These placements belong to the students, directors and staff who earned them over a long season of rehearsals. I’m proud my music got to be part of their year. And to the directors: thank you for trusting me with your shows and for making me part of your teams.

If you want a season like these, start by listening to the shows. More than half of these bands began with a show from my library, adapted to their instrumentation and players. You can see every result since 2022 on my contest results page, read the 2023 season in review and the 2025 season in review, or tell me about your band and we’ll talk about your next show.

FAQ

Who won Class AAA at the 2024 BOA Grand National Championships? Cedar Park High School from Cedar Park, Texas. They won Class AAA and placed 5th overall in finals with a 93.300, performing The Cutting Edge, a custom show I wrote for them.

Who won the 2024 UIL 5A and 3A State Marching Band Contests? Cedar Park won the 5A gold medal and Mineola won 3A gold. Rouse took 5A silver, and in 4A Panther Creek won silver and Davenport won bronze.

Can an adapted library show win at UIL State or Bands of America? Yes. In 2024, Mineola won 3A State gold and Panther Creek and Davenport medaled in 4A with shows from my library. Mountain Ridge (Arizona), Rio Rancho (New Mexico) and Greene County Tech (Arkansas) won state titles with them. See how adapted shows work.

About the author

I’m Evan VanDoren, a composer and arranger based in Austin. I spent nine years as band director at Cedar Park High School, where we won three UIL State Championships, and I now write for Santa Clara Vanguard. My work is published through RWS Music and Alfred Music, and I write adaptable and custom marching band shows for programs across the country.

Results compiled from official BOA, USBands, UIL and state association recaps, plus published score lists for SCBDA, Cavalcade and NYSFBC. Compiled in 2026.