McCracken Band : Programs : 2015-16

ALL BANDS CONCERT

Niles North High School
May 23, 2016

Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip to My Lou - Traditional
- Attack of the Slide Trombones - Mike Hannickel
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
5th Grade Band
- Starsplitter Fanfare - Brian Balmages
- Passacaglia - Michael Collins-Dowden
- Jester Dance - Mekel Rogers
Concert Band
- British Isles Suite - Larry Daehn
- Star Wars - John Williams
Symphonic Band
- Summer Dances - Brian Balmages
- Solo Pomposo - Al Hayes
- Deep Dish - James Stephenson (World Premiere)

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL

May 6, 2016

Symphonic Band
- Unraveling - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- "Mass" from La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
- Summer Dances - Brian Balmages

MARCH CONCERT

March 16, 2016

Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band
- Jester Dance - Mekel Rogers
- Majestica - Brian Balmages
- A Touch of Baroque - Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Prelude to a Festival - Anne McGinty
- Canon - Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Danza de Espana - Carol Brittin Chambers
- The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber,arranged by Michael Sweeney
Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band
- Rock Attack - Carol Brittin Chambers

IGSMA District Contest

March 12, 2016

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Big Four - Karl King
- Peregrin - Douglas Akey
- The Cave You Fear - Michael Markowski

BEGINNER BAND CONCERT

March 9, 2016

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
- Big Four - Karl King
- Peregrin - Douglas Akey
- The Cave You Fear - Michael Markowski
Combined Bands
- Mickey Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney

CBDNA North Central Division Conference

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall (iowa State University, Ames, IA)
February 25, 2016

David Morrison, guest conductor
Stephen Peterson, guest conductor
Matthew Olson, Alto Saxophone

Symphonic Band
- Sweet Like That - Christopher Theofanidis
- Second Prelude from “Three Preludes” - George Gershwin, arranged by John Krance
- The Cave You Fear - Michael Markowski
- The Carnival of Venice - Jules Demersseman, band accompaniment by Herbert L. Clarke and R. Mark Rogers
- Mah-Na Mah-Na - Piero Umiliani, arranged by Christopher M. Retschulte
- English Suite for Band - Michael Golemo
- Pirates - Douglas Akey
- The Iowa Band Law - Karl L. King

WINTER CONCERT

December 7, 2015

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- English Suite Michael Golemo
  I. Buckingham Palace
  II. St. Paul's Cathedral
  III. Piccadilly Circus
- Second Prelude - George Gershwin, arranged by John Krance
- Pirates - Douglas Akey

DECEMBER CONCERT

December 2, 2015

Middleton Elementary School Fifth Grade Band
- Dragons in the Mist - Randy Navarre
- Fanfare March - Frank Erickson
- Hallelujah Chorus - G. F. Handel, arranged by Timothy Loest
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Rise to Power - Rob Grice
- Serenade and Dance - W. A. Mozart, arranged by John O'Reilly
- Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 - Michael Sweeney
- Bavarian Folk Dance - John Kinyon
- Ayre and Dance - Bruce Pearson
Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band
- Haydn's Surprise - Franz Joseph Haydn, arranged by John O'Reilly and Sandy Feldstein
- Big Rock Candy Mountain - John O'Reilly and Sandy Feldstein

Fall Concert

October 15, 2015

Symphonic Band
- Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
- Celtic Air and Dance 2 - Michael Sweeney
- A Sailor's Odyssey - David Bobrowitz
- The Machine Awakes - Steven Bryant
- A Renaissance Revel - Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
  I. La Morisque
  II. Pavane: Si par souffrir
  III. Ronde & Salterelle
  IV. Ronde & Aliud
- Rhythms and Riffs - Brian Balmages

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