2021 – 2022 Concert Programs
All Bands Concert
May 16, 2022
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Beginner Band
- Freré Jacques – Traditional
- Skip to My Lou – Traditional
- Symbiosis – Jennifer Rose (Consortium Premiere)
- Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent
Concert Band
- Three Brazilian Folk Songs – Heitor Villa-Lobos. arranged by Katheryn Fenske
I. The Crab
II. The Little Dove Flew Away
III. Spider Monkeys - Waiting on a Miracle – Lin Manuel-Miranda, arranged by Paul Murtha
- Sharp Nine – Omar Thomas
Symphonic Band
- Emperata Overture – Claude T. Smith
- A Place in Time – Kelijah Dunton
- Time to Say Goodbye – Francesco Sartori, arranged by Don Campbell
- Chandé – Victoriano Valencia
University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival
May 6, 2022
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Symphonic Band
- A Place in Time – Kelijah Dunton
- Softly Speaks the Night – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Emperata Overture – Claude T. Smith
Illinois Grade School Music Association State Festival
April 23, 2022
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- Coast Guards – Karl King, arranged by James Swearingen
- Softly Speaks the Night – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Emperata Overture – Claude T. Smith
Prairie State Concert Band Festival
April 9, 2022
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Concert Band
- Storm – Soon Hee Newbold
- Critical Call – JaRod Hall
- Lydian Lullaby – Robert Sheldon
- Fire Dance – Douglas Akey
CBDNA-NBA North Central Division Conference
April 8, 2022
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Lindsay Flowers, oboe
Symphonic Band
- Liadov Fanfare – Brian Beck
- To Create a Voice – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Coast Guards March – Karl King, arranged by James Swearingen
- Gabriel’s Oboe – Ennio Morricone, arranged by Robert Longfield
- Ritmos de la Tierra – Victoriano Valencia
I. Raspa
II. Danzón
III. Chandé
March Concert
March 16, 2022
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Concert Band
- Three Brazilian Folk Songs – Heitor Villa-Lobos, arranged by Katheryn Fenske
I. The Crab - Storm – Soon Hee Newbold
- Lydian Lullaby – Robert Sheldon
- Critical Call – JaRod Hall
- Fire Dance – Douglas Akey
IGSMA District Contest
March 12, 2022
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Symphonic Band
- Liadov Fanfare – Brian Beck
- Ritmos de la Tierra – Victoriano Valencia
I. Raspa
II. Danzón - Coast Guards March – Karl King, arranged by James Swearingen
Beginner Band Concert
March 9, 2022
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Samuel Litt, 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
Symphonic Band
- Liadov Fanfare – Brian Beck
- Ritmos de la Tierra – Victoriano Valencia
I. Raspa
II. Danzón
III. Chandé - Coast Guards March – Karl King, arranged by James Swearingen
Combined Beginner Band and Symphonic Band
- Jingle Bells – Jimmie Dodd, arranged by Michael Sweeney
Winter Concert
December 14, 2021
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Allison Torf, student teacher conductor
Symphonic Band
- Eureka – Katahj Copley
- To Create a Voice – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Coast Guards March – Karl King, arranged by James Swearingen
December Concert
December 8, 2021
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Concert Band
- Espana Cani – Pascual Marquina Narro, arranged by Michael Story
- Demos – Timothy Loest
- Majestica – Brian Balmages
Annual Fall Concert (Video)
October 19, 2021
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Concert Band
- Danza de Espania – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Prehistoric Suite – Theresa Jennings, arranged by Paul Jennings
I. Stegosaurus
II. Brontosaurus
III. Pterodactyls
IV. The Battle (Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops)
Symphonic Band
- On the Wing – Jack Wilds
- The Water is Wide – Traditional, arranged by Jack Swearingen
- A Builder’s Dream – Adrian Sims
Combined Symphonic Band and Concert Band
- Majestica – Brian Balmages