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2012 – 2013 Concert Programs

2013 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

2012-2013 Band Yearbook Page

All Bands Concert

Niles North High School
May 20, 2013

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Emily Malamud, student teacher conductor

Beginner Band

  • Jim Along Josie – Traditional
  • Skip to My Lou – Traditional
  • Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent
  • Fanfare March – James Ployhar

5th Grade Band

  • Silver Scepter – John Kinyon
  • American Patrol – F. W. Meacham, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Sea Shanty Variations – Timothy Loest (World Premier)

Concert Band

  • First Concert March – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Discovery Overture – Anne McGinty
  • Chorale and Mystic Chant – Timothy Loest
  • Star Wars – John Williams

Symphonic Band

  • West Side Story – Leonard Berntein, arranged by Jay Bocook
  • Spyscape – Timothy Loest
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante

University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival

May 3, 2013

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King
  • Fortress – Frank Ticheli
  • Fa Una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi, arranged by Larry Daehn
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante

IGSMA State Festival

April 27, 2013

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Fortress – Frank Ticheli
  • Fa Una Canzona – Orazio Vecchi, arranged by Larry Daehn
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante

March Concert

March 13, 2013

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band

  • Saraha Crossing – James Ployhar
  • Attack of the Slide Trombones – Mike Hannickel
  • Haydn’s Surprise – Franz Joseph Haydn, arranged by John O’Reilly

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • Bavarian Folk Dance – John Kinyon
  • Psalm 42 – Sam Hazo
  • Lightly Latin – Bill Holcombe
  • Castel Gate – Tyler S. Grant

Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band

  • Admiration March – Larry Clark

IGSMA District Contest

March 9, 2013

Chip De Stefano, conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King
  • Fortress – Frank Ticheli
  • Declaration Overture – Claude T. Smith

Beginner Band Concert

March 6, 2013

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
  • Fortress – Frank Ticheli
  • Declaration Overture – Claude T. Smith

Combined Bands

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

Midwest Clinic

Jodie Blackshaw Clinic Demonstration
McCormick Place West
Chicago, Illinois
December 20, 2012

Craig Kirchhoff, guest conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Belah Sun Woman – Jodie Blackshaw

Winter Concert

December 6, 2012

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Kirsten Clemens, student teacher conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • Torch of Liberty – Karl King
  • Renaissance Festival – Claude Gervaise, arranged by Ken Singleton
  • Peregrin – Douglas Akey
  • Dance Bohemian – Randall Standridge

5th Grade Band and Concert Band Fall Concert

November 28, 2012

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Kirsten Clemens, student teacher conductor

Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band

  • Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Phil Hash
  • Dragons in the Mist – Randy Navarre
  • Alpha Squadron – Greg Hillis

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • Coldwater Creek – Robert Sheldon
  • Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon – Traditional, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Temple of Darkness – Rob Grice
  • Chorale and Cannon – Thomas Tallis, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Water Music – George Frederic Handel, arranged by John O’Reilly

Combined Intermediate Band and Concert Band

  • Dragon Slayer – Rob Grice

Annual Fall Concert

October 18, 2012

Chip De Stefano, conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key
  • Olympic Fanfare and Theme – John Williams, arranged by Jim Curnow
  • Praises – W. Francis McBeth
  • Wolsey’s Wilde – William Byrd, arranged by Doug Hartzell
  • Gypsydance – David Holsinger
  • The Rainbow Connection – Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, arranged by John Moss
  • Peregrin – Douglas Akey