McCracken Middle School Band Programs

ALL BANDS CONCERT

Niles North High School
May 23, 2005

• Beginner Band
  • Jim Along Josie - Traditional
  • Skip it Lou - Traditional
  • You're a Grand Old Flag - George M. Cohan, arranged by Michael Story
  • A Touch of Baroque - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
• 5th Grade Band
  • Old Man River - Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern, arranged by Eric Osterling
  • Legend of the Yankee Clippers - James Swearingen
• Concert Band
  • Command March - John Edmondson
  • 25 or 6 to 4 - Robert Lamm, arranged by John Edmondson
  • Russian Sailor's Dance - Reinhold Glier, arranged by Andrew Balent
• Symphonic Band
  • The American Dream - James A. Beckel, Jr.
  • British Isles Suite - Larry Daehn
    I. Marching Song
    II. Barbara Allen
    III. Farewell, Dundee
  • Highlights from Les Miserables - Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg, arranged by Johnnie Vinson

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
May 6, 2005

• Symphonic Band
  • The American Dream - James A. Beckel, Jr.
  • Cajun Folk Songs - Frank Ticheli
  • Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper" - Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

IGSMA STATE CONTEST

April 23, 2005

• Symphonic Band
  • Circus Days - Karl King
  • Cajun Folk Songs - Frank Ticheli
  • Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper" - Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

MARCH CONCERT

March 10, 2005

• 5th Grade Band
  • Train Heading West - Timothy Broege
    I. Prairie Ritual
    II. Rain on the Mountain
    III. Train Heading West
  • Outback - Andrew Will
• Concert Band
  • Atlantis - Anne McGinty
  • California Girls - Brian Wilson, arranged by Mike Story
  • Gates of Orion - Michael Sweeney
  • Hound Dog - Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, arranged by Michael Sweeney

IGSMA DISTRICT CONTEST

March 12, 2005

• Symphonic Band
  • Circus Days - Karl King
  • Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major - J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
  • Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper" - Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

BEGINNER BAND CONCERT

March 2, 2005

• Beginner Band
  • Cardiff by the Sea - Traditional
  • 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
  • Circus Days - Karl King
  • Peace Song - Timothy Broege
  • Polka from "Schwanda the Bagpiper" - Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
• Combined Bands
  • The Micky Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd, arranged by Michael Sweeney

IMEA ALL STATE CONFERENCE

Peoria, Illinois
January 28, 2005

Beyond Their Years: Musical and Technical Excellence in Young Bands

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• Members of the Symphonic Band and Urbana Middle School Band
  • Kentucky 1800 - Clare Grundman
  • Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
  • Rough Riders - Karl King

MENC NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE

Michigan Music Education In-Service Conference
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 21, 2005

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• Symphonic Band
  • March: Seventeen Come Sunday - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Variation Overture - Clifton Williams
  • Kentucky 1800 - Clare Grundman
  • Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
  • Onafade Noslo for Tenor Saxophone and Concert Band - Don Owens (World Premier)
  • Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major - J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
  • Pride of the Wolverines - John Philip Sousa, edited by Frederick Fennell

WINTER CONCERT

December 7, 2004

• Symphonic Band
  • March: Seventeen Come Sunday - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Kentucky 1800 - Clare Grundman
  • Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
  • Pride of the Wolverines - John Philip Sousa, edited by Frederick Fennell

FALL/WINTER CONCERT

November 17, 2004

• 5th Grade Band
  • Dragon Slayer - Rob Grice
  • Coldwater Creek - Robert Sheldon
• Concert Band
  • Fire Dance - Douglas Akey
  • In the Midnight Hour - Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett, arranged by Johnnie Vinson
• Combined Bands
  • God Bless the USA - Lee Greenwood, arranged by Michael Sweeney

FALL CONCERT

October 13, 2004

• Symphonic Band
  • The Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Olympic Fanfare and Theme - John Williams, arranged by James Curnow
  • Cathedral - Lloyd Conley
  • Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major - J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
  • Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh Stuart
    I. The Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley
  • Variation Overture - Clifton Williams