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2016 – 2017 Concert Programs

2017 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

2016-2017 Band Yearbook Page

All Bands Celebration Concert

May 22, 2017

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Beginner Band

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

Fifth Grade Band

  • Procession for a New Day – James Swearingen
  • Royal March – John Kinyon
  • Trumpet Hero – Paul Lavender

Concert Band

  • Imperium – Michael Sweeney
  • Star of County Down from “Two Celtic Tunes” – Traditional Irish, arranged by Barry Milner
  • Tambora! – Williams Owens
  • Legacy Fanfare – Jack Wilds

Symphonic Band

  • Sesame Street Theme – Joe Raposo, arranged by Paul Murtha
  • Themes from Jurassic Park – John Williams, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Birdland – Josef Zawinal, arranged by Bob Lowden
  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman

University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival

May 5, 2017

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
  • Chorale and Cappricio – Cesar Giovannini, arranged by Wayne Robinson

IGSMA State Festival

April 29, 2017

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
  • Chorale and Cappricio – Cesar Giovannini, arranged by Wayne Robinson

March Concert

March 15, 2017
Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Allison Yerkey, student teacher conductor

Fifth Grade Band

  • Time Traveler – Randy Navarre
  • A Shaker Hymn – arranged by John O’Reilly
  • Doodle Dandy – arranged by Peter Reynolds

Concert Band

  • Noble Procession – Carol Brittin Chambers
  • Legend of Castle Armagh – Paul Murtha
  • Primal – Sean O’Loughlin
  • Canzona – James Curnow
  • Sorcerer’s Procession – Douglas Akey

Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band

  • Teleportation – Timothy Loest

IGSMA District Contest

March 11, 2017

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Inglesina – David Delle Cese
  • Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante

Beginner Band Concert

March 8, 2017

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Allison Yerkey, student teacher conductor

Beginner Band

  • Hot Cross Buns – English Folk Song
  • Au Claire de la Lune – French Folk Song
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb – Traditional
  • The Cuckoo – Traditional
  • Lightly Row – Traditional
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Traditional
  • Old MacDonald – Traditional
  • London Bridge – Traditional
  • Jingle Bells – J.S. Pierpont

Symphonic Band

  • Inglesina – David Delle Cese
  • Abracadabra – Frank Ticheli
  • American Riversongs – Pierre LaPlante

Combined Beginner Band and Symphonic Band

  • Mickey Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd, arranged by Michael Sweeney

Winter Concert

December 20, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Diana Economou, student teacher conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Invicta – James Swearingen
  • A Tallis Prelude – Douglas Akey
  • Danse Bohemian – Randall Standridge

Friendship Concert

December 13, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Kazuhiko Tsuchiya, conductor
Marcellus Brown, guest conductor
Diana Economou, student teacher conductor

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McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • “En Roulant” from The Voyageurs – Pierre LaPlante
  • A Tallis Prelude – Douglas Akey
  • Danse Bohemian – Randall Standridge

Tamagawa Academy Wind Orchestra

  • Fanfare Chicago Based on C-C-A-G – Shuhei Tamura
  • The Liberty Bell – John Philip Sousa, arranged by Shuhei Tamura
  • Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni, arranged by Eiji Suzuki and Koh Shishikura
  • Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
  • Tuba Concerto, Mov’t I – Gregson
  • Ladies in Lavender Theme – Nigel Hess, arranged by Shuhei Tamura
  • Variations on My Old Kentucky Home – Stephen Foster, arranged by Toru Ito
  • Ho-O Jin-ai cho-fu – Eiji Suzuki

Tamagawa Academy Wind Orchestra and McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • Invicta – James Swearingen

Fall Concert

December 1, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Diana Economou, student teacher conductor

Fifth Grade Band

  • Miramar Fanfare – Brian Balmages
  • Folk Songs USA – Traditional, arranged by Gerald Sebesky
  • This Old Man – Traditional, arranged by Larry Neeck

Concert Band

  • March Ahead – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
  • Train Heading West – Timothy Broege
    I. Prairie Ritual
    II. Rain on the Mountain
    III. Train Heading West
  • Song of Fouri – William Owens
  • Trepak – P.I. Tchaikovsky, arranged by Brad Schoener

Fall Concert

October 19, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Joy Fantastique – Douglas Akey
  • Ancient Voices – Michael Sweeney
  • The Voyageurs – Pierre LaPlanteI
    I. A la Claire Fontaine
  • Royal Gorge – Walter Cummings
  • Scramble – Todd Stalter