McCracken Middle School Band Programs
2010-2011
Chip De Stefano, Conductor
David Morrison, Conductor
ALL BANDS CONCERT
Niles North High School
May 16, 2011
- Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip to My Lou - Traditional
- Simple Song - Peter Reynolds
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
- Intermediate Band
- Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clark, arranged by Brad Schoener
- A Song for Friends - Larry Daehn
- Shepherd's Hey - Traditional, arranged by Chip De Stefano
- Concert Band
- Chariot Race - Willaim Owens
- The Water is Wide - Traditional, arranged by James Swearingen
- Ancient City of Stone - Kirk Vogel
- Symphonic Band
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Chorale and Capriccio - Ceasar Giovannini
- The Beatles: 1964! - arranged by Michael Brown
- Music from Wicked - arranged by Michael Sweeney
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL
May 6, 2011
- Symphonic Band
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Unraveling - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns
- Chorale and Capriccio - Ceasar Giovannini
IGSMA STATE FESTIVAL
April 29, 2011
- Symphonic Band
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns
- Chorale and Capriccio - Ceasar Giovannini
EXCELLENCE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL MUSIC AWARDS CONCERT
Music Institute of Chicago
Nichol's Concert Hall
Evanston, Illinois
March 19, 2011
- Symphonic Band
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns
- Foundry - John Mackey
- Symphonic Band with Attaca Woodwind Quintet and Axiom Brass Quintet
- A Copland Tribute - adapted by Clare Grundman
MARCH CONCERT
March 17, 2011
- Intermediate Band
- Midnight Mission - Brian Balmages
- Midnight Sky - Brian Balmages
- Midnight Madness - Brian Balmages
- Temple of Darkness - Rob Grice
- Concert Band
- Olympic Spirit - John Williams, arranged by Eric Osterling
- The King's Feast - arranged by Ken Singleton
- Gates of Orion - Michael Sweeney
BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
March 16, 2011
- 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
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns
- A Copland Tribute - adapted by Clare Grundman
- Combined Bands
- Mickey Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney
IGSMA District Contest
March 12, 2011
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Prestissimo - Karl King
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns
- A Copland Tribute - adapted by Clare Grundman
MENC NORTH CENTRAL DIVISION CONFERENCE
OMEA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
January 28, 2011
Matthew Olson, saxophone
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- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Unraveling - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- Simple Song - Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Michael Sweeney
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs - Clare Grundman
- Mass from La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
- Diversion - Bernhard Heiden
- Foundry - John Mackey
- Men of Ohio - Henry Fillmore
WINTER CONCERT
December 9, 2010
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Men of Ohio - Henry Fillmore
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs - Clare Grundman
- Simple Song - Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Michael Sweeney
- Unraveling - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
5TH GRADE BAND AND CONCERT BAND
FALL CONCERT
November 18, 2010
- Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band
- Starsplitter Fanfare - Brian Balmages
- Coldwater Creek - Robert Sheldon
- Time Traveler - Randy Navarre
- Hallelujah Chorus - George Frederic Handel, arranged by Timothy Loest
- McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Dragons in the Mist - Randy Navarre
- Incantation and Ritual - Brian Balmages
- Shaker Hymn - John O'Reilly
- Knights of the Round Table - Steve Rouse
ANNUAL FALL CONCERT
October 14, 2010
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Our Kingsland Spring - Samuel Hazo
- Return of the Dawn Treader - Richard Meyer
- Chorale and Fugue - J. S. Bach, arranged by Larry Daehn
- Suite from Bohemia - Vaclav Nelhybel
I. Procession to the Castle
II. Folk Tale
III. Tournament
IV. Round Dance
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Louis Lambert, arranged by Frank Erickson
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