McCracken Middle School Band Programs
2008-2009
Chip De Stefano, Conductor
David Morrison, Conductor
ALL BANDS CONCERT
Niles North High School
May 18, 2009
- Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip to My Lou - Traditional
- On the March - Forrest Buchtel
- Fanfare March - Frank Erickson
- Intermediate Band
- Fishy Scale Blues - Gerald Sebesky
- Greensleeves - Traditional, arranged by Michael Sweeney
- Finale from Symphony No. 1 - Johannes Brahms, arranged by Sandy Feldstein and John OÕReilly
- Prehistoric Suite - Paul Jennings
I. Stegosaurus (The Gladiator)
II. Brontosaurus (Gentle Giant)
III. Pterodactyls (Graceful Giants of the Sky)
IV. The Battle (Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops)
- Concert Band
- The Sorcerer's Procession - Douglas Akey
- Sunrise, Sunset - Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, arranged by John Edmondson
- Fire Dance - Douglas Akey
- Mission: Impossible Theme - Lalo Schifrin, arranged by Paul Lavender
- Symphonic Band
- Overture in Bb - Ceasar Giovaninni, arranged by Wayne Robinson
- West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Jay Bocook
- Undertow - John Mackey
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL
May 8, 2009
- Symphonic Band
- Overture in Bb - Ceasar Giovaninni, arr. by Wayne Robinson
- Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
- Undertow - John Mackey
CHICAGOLAND INVITATIONAL CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL
Hersey High School
April 4, 2009
- Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
- Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
- Undertow - John Mackey
MARCH CONCERT
March 19, 2009
- Intermediate Band
- March Ceremonial - Robert Sheldon
- Tchaikovsky Remembered - P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. by Eric Osterling
- Mozart Alleluia - W.A. MOzart, arr. by John O'Reilly
- Let's Go Band II - Albert Ahronheim, arr. by Andrew Balent
- Concert Band
- Procession for a New Day - James Swearingen
- Sunrise - Andrew Will
- Song of the Fouri - William Owens
- African Festival - African Folk Song, arr. by Quincy Hilliard, Chuck Elledge, and Bruce Pearson
- Combined Bands
- God Bless the U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood, arr. by MIchael Sweeney
IGSMA DISTRICT CONTEST
March 14, 2009
- Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
- Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
- Undertow - John Mackey
BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
March 11, 2009
- 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
- Jingle Bells
- Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
- Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
- Undertow - John Mackey
- Combined Bands
- Mickey Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney
Winter Concert
Sam Stryke, Piano
December 3, 2008
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- The Young Patriots - Ralph Gingery
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb - J.S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
- Ascend - Samuel R. Hazo
- Brown Butterfly - Sam Stryke
- While I Wonder - Sam Stryke
Intermediate Band and Concert Band
Fall Concert
November 20, 2008
- Skokie School District 73.5 Intermediate Band
- First Concert March - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
- Simple Song - Peter Reynolds
- Doodle Dandy - Peter Reynolds
- Silver Scepter - John Kinyon
- McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Round and Round We Go - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
- Ayre and Dance - Bruce Pearson
- Slightly Lightly Latin - Barbara Littell
- Canon - Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Royal March - John Kinyon
Annual Fall Concert
October 16, 2008
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- The Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
- Gothic Dance - Patrick Burns
- The Water is Wide - Traditional, arranged by James Swearingen
- O'Leary's Ceili Band - Elena Roussanova Lucas
- Aria - George Telemann, arranged by Larry Daehn
- I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - Billy Backer, Billy David, Roger Cook and Roger Greenway
- Majestia - James Swearingen
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