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2008 – 2009 Concert Programs

2009 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

2008-2009 Band Yearbook Page

All Bands Concert

Niles North High School
May 18, 2009

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Beginner Band

  • Jim Along Josie – Traditional
  • Skip to My Lou – Traditional
  • On the March – Forrest Buchtel
  • Fanfare March – Frank Erickson

Intermediate Band

  • Fishy Scale Blues – Gerald Sebesky
  • Greensleeves – Traditional, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Finale from Symphony No. 1 – Johannes Brahms, arranged by Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Prehistoric Suite – Paul Jennings
    I. Stegosaurus (The Gladiator)
    II. Brontosaurus (Gentle Giant)
    III. Pterodactyls (Graceful Giants of the Sky)
    IV. The Battle (Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops)

Concert Band

  • The Sorcerer’s Procession – Douglas Akey
  • Sunrise, Sunset – Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, arranged by John Edmondson
  • Fire Dance – Douglas Akey
  • Mission: Impossible Theme – Lalo Schifrin, arranged by Paul Lavender

Symphonic Band

  • Overture in Bb – Ceasar Giovaninni, arranged by Wayne Robinson
  • West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Jay Bocook
  • Undertow – John Mackey

University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival

May 8, 2009

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Overture in Bb – Ceasar Giovaninni, arr. by Wayne Robinson
  • Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
  • Undertow – John Mackey

Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival

Hersey High School
April 4, 2009

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
  • Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
  • Undertow – John Mackey

March Concert

March 19, 2009

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Intermediate Band

  • March Ceremonial – Robert Sheldon
  • Tchaikovsky Remembered – P.I. Tchaikovsky, arr. by Eric Osterling
  • Mozart Alleluia – W.A. MOzart, arr. by John O’Reilly
  • Let’s Go Band II – Albert Ahronheim, arr. by Andrew Balent

Concert Band

  • Procession for a New Day – James Swearingen
  • Sunrise – Andrew Will
  • Song of the Fouri – William Owens
  • African Festival – African Folk Song, arr. by Quincy Hilliard, Chuck Elledge, and Bruce Pearson

Combined Bands

  • God Bless the U.S.A. – Lee Greenwood, arr. by MIchael Sweeney

IGSMA District Contest

March 14, 2009

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
  • Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
  • Undertow – John Mackey

Beginner Band Concert

March 11, 2009

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
  • Jingle Bells

Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King, arr. by James Swearingen
  • Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
  • Undertow – John Mackey

Combined Bands

  • Mickey Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney

Winter Concert

December 3, 2008

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Jamie Hestad, student teacher conductor
Sam Stryke, piano
Adam Mormolstein, drum set

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • The Young Patriots – Ralph Gingery
  • Prelude and Fugue in Bb – J.S. Bach, arranged by Roland Moehlmann
  • Ascend – Samuel R. Hazo
  • Brown Butterfly – Sam Stryke
  • While I Wonder – Sam Stryke

Intermediate Band and Concert Band Fall Concert

November 20, 2008

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Jamie Hestad, student teacher conductor

Skokie School District 73.5 Intermediate Band

  • First Concert March – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Simple Song – Peter Reynolds
  • Doodle Dandy – Peter Reynolds
  • Silver Scepter – John Kinyon

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • Round and Round We Go – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Ayre and Dance – Bruce Pearson
  • Slightly Lightly Latin – Barbara Littell
  • Canon – Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Royal March – John Kinyon

Annual Fall Concert

October 16, 2008

Chip De Stefano, conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • The Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Gothic Dance – Patrick Burns
  • The Water is Wide – Traditional, arranged by James Swearingen
  • O’Leary’s Ceili Band – Elena Roussanova Lucas
  • Aria – George Telemann, arranged by Larry Daehn
  • I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing – Billy Backer, Billy David, Roger Cook and Roger Greenway
  • Majestia – James Swearingen