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2007 – 2008 Concert Programs

2008 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

2007-2008 Band Yearbook Page

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

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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