McCracken Middle School Band Programs

ALL BANDS CONCERT

Niles North High School
May 25, 2001

• Beginner Band
  • Sahara Crossing - James Ployhar
  • A Touch of Baroque - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
• 5th Grade Band
  • Alleluia - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
  • Bavarian Folk Dance - John Kinyon
  • Thunder Bay Legend - David Shaffer
• Concert Band
  • Song for the Winter Moon - Walter Cummings
  • Anthem - John Edmondson
  • Mountain Mystery - James MacBeth
  • Mission: Impossible Theme - Lalo Schifrin, arranged by Paul Lavender
• Symphonic Band
  • A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
    I. A Longford Legend
    II. Mollyburn Bawn
    III. Killyburn Brae
  • Praeludium - Dietrich Buxtehude, arranged by Chip De Stefano
  • The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
May 4, 2001

• Symphonic Band
  • March Heroic - Jeffrey Taylor
  • An American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 - Clare Grundman
  • A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
    I. A Longford Legend
    II. Mollyburn Bawn
    III. Killyburn Brae

IGSMA STATE CONTEST

April 27, 2001

• Symphonic Band
  • March Heroic - Jeffrey Taylor
  • An American Folk Rhapsody No. 3 - Clare Grundman
  • A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
    I. A Longford Legend
    II. Mollyburn Bawn
    III. Killyburn Brae

IGSMA DISTRICT CONTEST

March 17, 2001

• Symphonic Band
  • March Heroic - Jeffrey Taylor
  • Slavonic Folk Suite - Alfred Reed
    I. Children's Carol
    II. Cathedral Chorus
  • A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
    I. A Longford Legend
    II. Mollyburn Bawn
    III. Killyburn Brae

MARCH CONCERT

March 7, 2001

• 5th Grade Band
  • Haydn's Surprise - F. J. Haydn, arranged by Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
  • The Victors - arranged by Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
  • Deux Chansons Francaises - Laurie Lafferty
  • Baywood Overture - James Swearington
• Concert Band
  • God Bless the U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Nottingham Castle - Larry Daehn
  • Mountain Mystery - James MacBeth
  • Prelude to a Festival - Anne McGinty

BEGINNER BAND CONCERT

March 1, 2001

• Beginner Band
  • Hot Cross Buns - English Folk Song
  • Au Clair de la Lune - French Folk Song
  • Down by the Station - Traditional
  • Merrily We Roll Along - Traditional
  • Lightly Row - Traditional
  • Song of the Fjords - Norwegian Folk Song
  • Farm Out - Traditional
  • Sweetly Sings the Donkey - Traditional
  • Mary Ann - West Indies Folk Song
• Symphonic Band
  • March Heroic - Jeffrey Taylor
  • Slavonic Folk Suite - Alfred Reed
    II. Cathedral Chorus
  • A Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
    III. Killyburn Brae
• Combined Bands
  • The Micky Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd

ILLINOIS MUSIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE

Peoria, Illinois
January 15, 2001

Download Conference Program (PDF)

• Symphonic Band
  • A Farnaby Prelude - Douglas Akey
  • Peace Song - Timothy Broege
  • British Isle Suite - Larry Daehn
    I. Marching Song
    II. Barbara Allen
    III. Farewell, Dundee
  • Chorale and Shaker Dance - John Zdechlik

WINTER CONCERT

December 13, 2001

• Symphonic Band
  • Peace Song - Timothy Broege
  • British Isle Suite - Larry Daehn
    I. Marching Song
    II. Barbara Allen
    III. Farewell, Dundee
  • A Farnaby Prelude - Douglas Akey
  • Chorale and Shaker Dance - John Zdechlik

FALL CONCERT

October 16, 2001

• Symphonic Band
  • British Isles Suite - Larry Daehn
    I. Marching Song
  • Rhythm Machine - Timothy Broege
  • Fanfare, Ode, and Festival - Bob Margolis (after Claude Gervaise)
  • Air for Band - Frank Erickson
  • Royal Gorge - Walter Cummings