Otto J. Kraushaar Award
The Florida Bandmasters Association presents its Otto J. Kraushaar Award to high school band programs which receive straight Superior ratings at all marching and concert performance assessments at both the district and state levels throughout an entire year. The Buchholz High School Band Program has earned the Otto J. Kraushaar Award every year since 1999.
Sudler Flag of Honor
Gladys Stone Wright, representing the John Phillip Sousa Foundation, presented the Sudler Flag of Honor to the Buchholz Band Program at a concert in April 2003 in the University of Florida’s Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The Buchholz High School Bands joined 51 other elite band programs that have received this international award recognizing high school concert bands which “have achieved and maintained a high standard of excellence in the concert area over a period of several years.”
National Wind Band Honors
The Mark of Excellence recorded music contest offers bands the unprecedented opportunity to earn national recognition for their musical achievement. The Buchholz Wind Symphony has earned the National Wind Band Honors Award every year since the award’s inception in 2006.