McCracken Middle School Band Programs

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