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2005 – 2006 Concert Programs

2006 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

All Bands Concert

Niles North High School
May 22, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Beginner Band

  • Jim Along Josie – Traditional
  • Skip it Lou – Traditional
  • On the March – Forrest Buchtel

5th Grade Band

  • Rise to Power – Rob Grice
  • Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Knights of the Round Table – Steve Rouse

Concert Band

  • Discovery Overture – Anne McGinty
  • Canon – Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Aura Lee – Traditional, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Bavarian Folk Dance – arranged by John Kinyon

Symphonic Band

  • Sesame Street Theme – Bruce Hart, Joe Raposo, & Jon Stone, arranged by Paul Murtha
  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Time to Say Goodbye – L. Quarantotto, F. Sartori, F. Peterson, arranged by Don Campbell
  • A Tallis Prelude – Douglas Akey

University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival

May 5, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Salvation is Created – Pavel Tschesnokoff, arranged by Bruce Houseknecht
  • Spoon River – Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

Middleton Elementary School 50th Anniversary Celebration

May 5, 2006

Donald Stahlberg, guest conductor

Combined Concert Band and 5th Grade Band

  • Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Canon – Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Rise to Power – Rob Grice

IGSMA State Contest

April 29, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Salvation is Created – Pavel Tschesnokoff, arranged by Bruce Houseknecht
  • Spoon River – Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

District 73.5 Fine Arts Night

March 22, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Rough Riders – Karl King
  • Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie – Thoinot Arbeau, arranged by Bob Margolis
  • The Rainbow Connection – arranged by John Moss

IGSMA District Contest

March 11, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Rough Riders – Karl King
  • Sinfonia XIX – Timothy Broege
  • Spoon River – Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

Beginner Band Concert

March 1, 2006

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

Symphonic Band

  • Rough Riders – Karl King
  • Sinfonia XIX – Timothy Broege
  • Spoon River – Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum

Combined Bands

  • Mary Ann – West Indies Folk Song

IMEA All-State Pre-Conference Performance

January 24, 2006

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Elton Eisele, conductor
Anna Spina, horn

Symphonic Band

  • Whip and Spur – Thomas Allen, arranged by Ray Cramer
  • Korean Folk Rhapsody – James Curnow
  • Sinfonia XIX – Timothy Broege
  • A Sailor’s Odyssey – David Bobrowitz

Niles North High School Symphonic Wind Ensemble

  • Godspeed – Stephen Melillo
  • Prevision – Jan de Haan
  • Concerto no. 1, op. 11 – Richard Strauss, Trans. John Anderson
  • The Fairest of the Fair – John Philip Sousa

Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic

Gary Barton Rehearsal Lab Demonstration
Grand and State Ballrooms
Palmer House
Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2005, 11:00 AM

Symphonic Band

  • Superior Band in Sixteen Weeks – Quincy Hilliard
  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Song for the Winter Moon – Walter Cummings
  • A Sailor’s Odyssey – David Bobrowitz

Winter Concert

December 12, 2005

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • A Sailor’s Odyssey – David Bobrowitz
  • A Renaissance Festival – arranged by Ken Singleton
  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Whip and Spur – Thomas Allen, arranged by Ray Cramer

Fall/Winter Concert

November 16, 2005

Chip De Stefano, conductor

5th Grade Band

  • March Ahead – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent
  • Duex Chansons Francaise – Laurie Lafferty

Concert Band

  • Royal Fireworks Music – G. F. Handel, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • A Song for Friends – Larry Daehn
  • Serenade and Dance – W. A. Mozart, arranged by John O’Reilly

Combined Bands

  • African Folk Trilogy – Anne McGinty

Fall Concert

October 6, 2005

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • The Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Ascend – Samuel Hazo
  • Ere the World Began to Be – Jack Stamp
  • Pinnacle – Rob Grice
  • Prominade and Great Gate of Kiev – Modest Mussorgsky, arranged by James Ployhar