2007 – 2008 Concert Programs
All Bands Concert
Niles North High School
May 19, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie – Traditional
- Skip it Lou – Traditional
- On the March – Forrest Buchtel
5th Grade Band
- Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent
- Safari – James Ployhar
- Cold Hearted – Elliot Wolff, arranged by Mike Story
Concert Band
- Knights of the Round Table – Tom Rudolph and Drew Shanefield
- Majestica – Brian Balmages
- Play Elvis – arranged. by Spencer H. Klevenow and Ransford E. Pierce
Symphonic Band
- Star Wars Medley – John Williams, arranged by John Tatgenhorst
- Dance Episodes – James Curnow
- Norwegian Wood – John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arranged by Kenneth Whitcomb
- Ciacona in C minor – Dietrich Buxtehude, arranged by Chip De Stefano
University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival
May 2, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- English Folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset - Ciacona in C minor – Dietrich Buxtehude, arr. by Chip De Stefano
IGSMA State Festival
April 26, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- When the Stars Began to Fall – Fred Allen
- English folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
March Concert
March 12, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
5th Grade Band
- The Winner’s March – Forrest Buchtel
- The Crusaders – Frank Erickson
- Safari – James Ployhar
Concert Band
- Trumpet Voluntary – Henry Purcess, arr. by Brad Schoener
- Midnight Suite – Brian Balmages
I. Midnight Mission
III. Midnight Madness - Nottingham Castle – Larry Daehn
Combined Bands
- Dragons in the Mist – Randy Navarre
IGSMA District Contest
March 8, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- English folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday - When the Stars Began to Fall – Fred Allen
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors – Adam Gorb
Beginner Band Concert
March 5, 2008
Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
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
Symphonic Band
- English folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday - When the Stars Began to Fall – Fred Allen
- Parade of the Wooden Warriors – Adam Gorb
Combined Bands
- Jingle Bells
BandDirector.com Live Webcast
December 17, 2007
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Michael Pressler, guest conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Tricycle – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- A Renaissance Revel – Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
I. La Morisque
II. Pavane: Si Par Souffrir
III. Ronde & Salterelle
IV. Ronde & Aliud - Lydian Lullaby – Robert Sheldon
- Overture for Winds – Charles Carter
- Simple Gifts – Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
III. Here take this Lovely Flower
IV. Simple Gifts - The King Across the Water – Bruce Fraser
I. Battle
II. Lament
III. Dancing
Winter Concert
December 6, 2007
Chip De Stefano, conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Overture for Winds – Charles Carter
- Simple Gifts – Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
III. Here take this Lovely Flower
IV. Simple Gifts - The King Across the Water – Bruce Fraser
I. Battle
II. Lament
III. Dancing - Richard Rogers in Concert – arr. Paul Murtha
Joint Concert with Lincoln Middle School
October 15, 2007
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Brian Jacobi, conductor
Lincoln Middle School Symphonic Band
- Music for Queen Mary (1695) – Henry Purcell, arranged by Robert Garofalo
I. March (Sounded before her chariot.)
II. Canzona (Sounded in Westminster Abbey.) - Ammerland – Jacob deHaan
- Circus Bee – Henry Fillmore, arranged by Calvin Custer
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Tricycle – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
- A Renaissance Revel – Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
I. La Morisque
II. Pavane: Si Par Souffrir
III. Ronde & Salterelle
IV. Ronde & Aliud - The Rainbow Connection – Kenneth Ascher & Paul Williams, arranged by John Moss
- Simple Gifts – Frank Ticheli
I. In Yonder Valley
II. Dance
Combined McCracken Middle Symphonic Band and Lincoln Middle School Symphonic Band
- Ancient City of Stone – Kirk Vogel