Padua Celebrates 2025 Fall Music Festival

Current and Future Bruins musicians showcased their talents at the Fall Instrumental Concert on Sunday, October 26, 2025 in Padua's Gym.

Padua's Symphonic Band, Orchestra and Jazz Band played alongside 6th-8th grade musicians from our Elementary Music Program (including: St. Ambrose, St. Anthony, St. Charles, St. Columbkille, Incarnate Word, St. Albert the Great, St. Albert the Great at Assumption Academy, Sts. Joseph and John, and St. Mary of the Falls).

The students performed under the guidance of Mr. Mark Wozniak '97 (Padua Director of Instrumental Music), Miss Madeline Jurec (Padua Franciscan Academy Band Director) and Mrs. Carrie Woodie '94 (Padua Franciscan Academy Orchestra Director).

The evening featured performances of "Big Noise" from Winnetka, "Superman Suite", "March" from Scipio, "How to Train Your Dragon", and "Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9", among several other numbers.