2004 – 2005 Concert Programs
All Bands Concert
Niles North High School
May 23, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie – Traditional
- Skip it Lou – Traditional
- You’re a Grand Old Flag – George M. Cohan, arranged by Michael Story
- A Touch of Baroque – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
5th Grade Band
- Old Man River – Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern, arranged by Eric Osterling
- Legend of the Yankee Clippers – James Swearingen
Concert Band
- Command March – John Edmondson
- 25 or 6 to 4 – Robert Lamm, arranged by John Edmondson
- Russian Sailor’s Dance – Reinhold Glier, arranged by Andrew Balent
Symphonic Band
- The American Dream – James A. Beckel, Jr.
- British Isles Suite – Larry Daehn
I. Marching Song
II. Barbara Allen
III. Farewell, Dundee - Highlights from Les Miserables – Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg, arranged by Johnnie Vinson
University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival
May 6, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- The American Dream – James A. Beckel, Jr.
- Cajun Folk Songs – Frank Ticheli
- Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper” – Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
IGSMA State Contest
April 23, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- Circus Days – Karl King
- Cajun Folk Songs – Frank Ticheli
- Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper” – Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
March Concert
March 10, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
5th Grade Band
- Train Heading West – Timothy Broege
I. Prairie Ritual
II. Rain on the Mountain
III. Train Heading West - Outback – Andrew Will
Concert Band
- Atlantis – Anne McGinty
- California Girls – Brian Wilson, arranged by Mike Story
- Gates of Orion – Michael Sweeney
- Hound Dog – Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, arranged by Michael Sweeney
IGSMA District Contest
March 12, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- Circus Days – Karl King
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major – J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
- Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper” – Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
Beginner Band Concert
March 2, 2005
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
- Farm Out – Traditional
- Sweetly Sings the Donkey – Traditional
- Mary Ann – West Indies Folk Song
Symphonic Band
- Circus Days – Karl King
- Peace Song – Timothy Broege
- Polka from “Schwanda the Bagpiper” – Jaromir Weinberger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
Combined Bands
- The Micky Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd, arranged by Michael Sweeney
IMEA All State Conference
Beyond Their Years: Musical and Technical Excellence in Young Bands
Chip De Stefano & Karen Debauche
Peoria, Illinois
January 28, 2005
Members of the Symphonic Band and Urbana Middle School Band
- Kentucky 1800 – Clare Grundman
- Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
- Rough Riders – Karl King
MENC North Central Conference
Michigan Music Education In-Service Conference
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 21, 2005
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Don Owens, guest conductor
Sarah Evans, student teacher conductor
Matthew Olson, tenor saxophone
Symphonic Band
- March: Seventeen Come Sunday – Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Variation Overture – Clifton Williams
- Kentucky 1800 – Clare Grundman
- Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
- Onafade Noslo for Tenor Saxophone and Concert Band – Don Owens (World Premier)
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major – J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
- Pride of the Wolverines – John Philip Sousa, edited by Frederick Fennell
- MENC NORTH CENTRAL CONFERENCE
Winter Concert
December 7, 2004
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Rebecca Dzuricsko, student teacher conductor
Symphonic Band
- March: Seventeen Come Sunday – Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Kentucky 1800 – Clare Grundman
- Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
- Pride of the Wolverines – John Philip Sousa, edited by Frederick Fennell
Fall/Winter Concert
November 17, 2004
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Rebecca Dzuricsko, student teacher conductor
5th Grade Band
- Dragon Slayer – Rob Grice
- Coldwater Creek – Robert Sheldon
Concert Band
- Fire Dance – Douglas Akey
- In the Midnight Hour – Steve Cropper and Wilson Pickett, arranged by Johnnie Vinson
Combined Bands
- God Bless the USA – Lee Greenwood, arranged by Michael Sweeney
Fall Concert
October 13, 2004
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- The Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
- Olympic Fanfare and Theme – John Williams, arranged by James Curnow
- Cathedral – Lloyd Conley
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major – J. S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
- Three Ayres from Gloucester – Hugh Stuart
I. The Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley - Variation Overture – Clifton Williams