McCracken Middle School Band Programs
2007 - 2008
Chip De Stefano, Conductor
David Morrison, Conductor
ALL BANDS CONCERT
Niles North High School
May 19, 2008
- Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip it Lou - Traditional
- On the March - Forrest Buchtel
- 5th Grade Band
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
- Safari - James Ployhar
- Cold Hearted - Elliot Wolff, arranged by Mike Story
- Concert Band
- Knights of the Round Table - Tom Rudolph and Drew Shanefield
- Majestica - Brian Balmages
- Play Elvis - arranged. by Spencer H. Klevenow and Ransford E. Pierce
- Symphonic Band
- Star Wars Medley - John Williams, arranged by John Tatgenhorst
- Dance Episodes - James Curnow
- Norwegian Wood - John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by Kenneth Whitcomb
- Ciacona in C minor - Dietrich Buxtehude, arranged by Chip De Stefano
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL
May 2, 2008
- Symphonic Band
- English folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
- Ciacona in C minor - Dietrich Buxtehude, arr. by Chip De Stefano
IGSMA STATE FESTIVAL
April 26, 2008
- Symphonic Band
- When the Stars Began to Fall - Fred Allen
- English folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
MARCH CONCERT
March 12, 2008
- 5th Grade Band
- The Winner's March - Forrest Buchtel
- The Crusaders - Frank Erickson
- Safari - James Ployhar
- Concert Band
- Trumpet Voluntary - Henry Purcess, arr. by Brad Schoener
- Midnight Suite - Brian Balmages
I. Midnight Mission
III. Midnight Madness
- Nottingham Castle - Larry Daehn
- Combined Bands
- Dragons in the Mist - Randy Navarre
IGSMA DISTRICT CONTEST
March 8, 2008
- Symphonic Band
- English folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
- When the Stars Began to Fall - Fred Allen
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors - Adam Gorb
BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
March 5, 2008
- Beginner Band
- Hot Cross Buns
- Au Clair de la Lune
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- The Cuckoo
- Lightly Row
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- London Bridge
- Symphonic Band
- English folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
- When the Stars Began to Fall - Fred Allen
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors - Adam Gorb
- Combined Bands
BandDirector.com Live Webcast
December 17, 2007<
Michael Pressler, guest conductor
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- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Tricycle - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- A Renaissance Revel - Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
I. La Morisque
II. Pavane: Si Par Souffrir
III. Ronde & Salterelle
IV. Ronde & Aliud
- Lydian Lullaby - Robert Sheldon
- Overture for Winds - Charles Carter
- Simple Gifts - Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
III. Here take this Lovely Flower
IV. Simple Gifts
- The King Across the Water - Bruce Fraser
I. Battle
II. Lament
III. Dancing
Winter Concert
December 6, 2007
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Overture for Winds - Charles Carter
- Simple Gifts - Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
III. Here take this Lovely Flower
IV. Simple Gifts
- The King Across the Water - Bruce Fraser
I. Battle
II. Lament
III. Dancing
- Richard Rogers in Concert - arr. Paul Murtha
Annual Fall Concert
Joint Concert with Lincoln Middle School
Park Ridge, Illinois (Brian Jacobi, director)
October 15, 2007
- Lincoln Middle School Symphonic Band
- Music for Queen Mary (1695) - Henry Purcell, arranged by Robert Garofalo
I. March (Sounded before her chariot.)
II. Canzona (Sounded in Westminster Abbey.)
- Ammerland - Jacob deHaan
- Circus Bee - Henry Fillmore, arranged by Calvin Custer
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Tricycle - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- A Renaissance Revel - Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
I. La Morisque
II. Pavane: Si Par Souffrir
III. Ronde & Salterelle
IV. Ronde & Aliud
- The Rainbow Connection - Kenneth Ascher & Paul Williams, arranged by John Moss
- Simple Gifts - Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
- Combined McCracken Middle Symphonic Band and Lincoln Middle School Symphonic Band
- Ancient City of Stone - Kirk Vogel
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