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1997 – 1998 Concert Programs

1998 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

1997-98 Band Yearbook Page

All Bands Concert

Niles North High School
May 21, 1998

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Beginner Band

  • Big Chief Tomahawk – Fred Weber
  • A Touch of Baroque – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly

5th Grade Band

  • Grandfather’s Clock – Traditional, arrnaged by John Kinyon
  • Sunrise, Sunset – Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, arranged by John Edmondson
  • Alleluia – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by John O’Reilly

Brass Quartet

  • Primi Toni – Johann Pachabel, arranged by Robert King
    • Ricky Straka, trumpet, Kim Priban, horn, Janah Grabelsky, trombone, Esther Sackett, trombone

Concert Band

  • Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • The Huron Carol – French Folk Song, arranged by John Edmondson
  • Thunder Bay Legend – David Shaffer

Symphonic Band

  • The Great Wall: Songs of China – arranged by Anne McGinty
  • Aurora Borealis – David Zabriskie (World Premier)
  • On My Own – Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, arranged by Johnnie Vinson
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home – Louis Lambert, arranged by Frank Erickson

Percussion Ensemble

  • The Evening News – Chris Brooks

March Concert

March 12, 1998

Chip De Stefano, conductor

5th Grade Band

  • Stony Creek March – Anne McGinty
  • This Old Man – Traditional, arranged by Peter Reynolds
  • Of Castles and Kings – Frank Erickson
  • Baywood Overture – James Swearington

Concert Band

  • American Patrol – F. W. Meacham, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Deux Chansons Francaises – Laurie Lafferty
  • Aura Lee – Traditional, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Little Big Horn – James MacBeth
  • God Bless the U.S.A. – Lee Greenwood, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Arlington Overture – Anne McGinty

IGSMA State Contest

April 1998

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • March – “Seventeen Come Sunday” – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Frasier’s Grove Suite – Steve Hodges
  • Spirit! – Douglas Akey

IGSMA District Contest

March 14, 1998

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • March – “Seventeen Come Sunday” – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Portrait of a Clown – Frank Ticheli
  • Spirit! – Douglas Akey (World Premier)

Beginner Band Concert

March 5, 1998

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Beginner Band

  • Cardiff by the Sea – Traditional
  • Hot Cross Buns – English Folk Song
  • Au Clair de la Lune – French Folk Song
  • Down by the Station – Traditional
  • Merrily We Roll Along – Traditional
  • Lightly Row – Traditional
  • Song of the Fjords – Norwegian Folk Song
  • Sweetly Sings the Donkey – Traditional
  • Mary Ann – West Indies Folk Song

Symphonic Band

  • March – “Seventeen Come Sunday” – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Portrait of a Clown – Frank Ticheli
  • Spirit! – Douglas Akey

Combined Bands

  • The Micky Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd, arranged by Michael Sweeney

Winter Concert

December 10, 1997

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Fantasie Noel – Douglas Akey
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter – Gustav Holst, arranged by Robert W. Smith
  • Blessing of the Hannukah Candles – Folk Song, arranged by Chip De Stefano
  • Tournament – Stephen Bulla

Fall Concert

October 20, 1997

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Manhattan Beach – John Philip Sousa, arranged by Nick Contorno
  • Sarabanda and Gavotta – Arcangelo Corelli, arranged by Clair W. Johnson
  • The Red Balloon – Anne McGinty
  • Gypsydance – David Holsinger
  • A Quiet Rain – Walter Cummings
  • Peregrin (A Traveler’s Tale) – Douglas Akey