Preview: Willner’s coda: Past, present collide in final concerts Mayu Altekar-Okazaki and Karin Blumenfeld May 15, 2025
Band and orchestra students look forward to New York tour Kasmira Lada and Kristine Lin April 20, 2023
Preview: Paly Theatre to perform ‘Guys and Dolls’ musical Eric Bo-Han Yap and Xiaolei Yu March 7, 2019
Band and orchestra win first place in New York City Emilia Diaz-Magaloni and Morgan Keller March 24, 2016
![Orchestra and band director Jeffrey Willner conducts the band during practice at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday out on the track. Willner is stepping down from his post after 25 years at Palo Alto High School, where he's impacted generations of Paly students. According to Katie Gilchrist, one of the teachers taking over for Willner next year along with fellow teacher Greg Miller, she is excited for the future of Paly’s instrumental music program. “For the first time ever, there’s going to be two full-time instrumental music teachers at Paly,” Gilchrist said. “Me and him [Miller] are very excited just to put our own spin on this program and kind of modernize.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/willner-1200x920.jpeg)
