Air Academy Bands

History & Achievements

Marching Band and Guard Awards

CBA State Marching Band Champions

Air Academy Kadet Marching Band and Color Guard on the field at the CBA State Championships

1994, 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

CBA State Finalists 1989 – 2025

Bands of America 2A Regional Champions

  • 2006 — Flagstaff, AZ
  • 2007 — El Paso, TX
  • 2011 — San Antonio, TX (Super Regional)
  • 2015 — St. Louis, MO (Super Regional)
  • 2016 — St. Louis, MO (Super Regional)

Bands of America 2A Regional Finalists

  • 2013 — St. Louis, MO (Super Regional)
  • 2015 — St. Louis, MO (Super Regional)
  • 2016 — St. Louis, MO (Super Regional)
  • 2023 — Flagstaff, AZ (Regional)

Winter Guard State Champions

2004, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2024

Marching Band Performance History

2024 — “Leonardo”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 2nd Place AAAA
  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 2nd Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — 3rd Place AAAA

2022 — “From the Other Side”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 2nd Place AAAA
  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — 3rd Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 2nd Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — 3rd Place AAAA

2021 — “Dreamers of Dreams”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 2nd Place AAAA
  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — 2nd Place AAAA

2019 — “The Rock”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 1st Place AAAA
  • Harrison Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional — 2nd Place AA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — Cancelled

2018 — “Afterburn”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 1st Place AAAA
  • Harrison Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2017 — “Love Me, Love Me Not”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Harrison Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA
  • 2018 Tournament of Roses Parade

2016 — “An Eye is Upon You”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — 1st Place AAAA
  • Harrison Marching Festival — 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional — 1st Place AA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — 2nd Place AAAA

2015 — “Beyond”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional — 1st Place AA; 9th Place Overall
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2014 — “Arabesque”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Colorado West Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Woodland Park Marching Festival — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2013 — “Under Your Spell”

  • Legacy Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Woodland Park Marching Festival — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America St. Louis Super Regional — 2nd Place AA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2012 — “The Groove”

  • Pomona Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — 1st Place AAAA
  • Zia Marching Fiesta — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2011 — “Zen Warrior”

  • Pomona Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America San Antonio Super Regional — 1st Place AA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2010 — “Ritual”

  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — 1st Place AAAA
  • Pomona Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Armed Forces Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2009 — “The Heist”

  • Pomona Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Armed Forces Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAA
  • Zia Marching Fiesta — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — 2nd Place AAAA

2008 — “Shades of Cool”

  • Douglas County Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • Pomona Marching Invitational — Grand Champion and 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2007 — “HypnotiX”

  • Arapahoe Invitational — 1st Place AAAA
  • Pomona Marching Invitational — 1st Place AAAA
  • Bands of America El Paso Regional — 1st Place AA
  • CBA Southern Regional — 1st Place AAAA
  • CBA State Marching Band Championships — State Champions AAAA

2006 — “Area 51”

2005 — “Virtues”

2004 — “Chronometry”

2003 — “In the Shadow of Dragons”

Concert and Jazz Band Awards

Colorado State (CBA) Concert Band

YearRating
2024Superior
2023Superior with Distinction
2018Superior
2017Superior with Distinction
2015Superior with Distinction
2011Superior with Distinction
2010Superior with Distinction
2009—