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2022 – 2023 Concert Programs

All Bands Concert

May 15, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Alex Widomska, student teacher conductor

4th Grade Beginner Band

  • Crusaders March – Traditional
  • Mexican Mountain Song – Traditional
  • Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent

5th Grade Beginner Band

  • Freré Jacques – Traditional
  • Skip to My Lou – Traditional
  • Starsplitter Fanfare – Brian Balmages
  • Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent

Concert Band

  • Shadow of the Samurai – Brian Bankston
  • Mission Impossible – Lalo Schiffrin, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Arabian Dances – Roland Barrett

Symphonic Band

  • Unraveling – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • Variations on Scarborough Fair – Calvin Custer
  • Remember Me from Coco – Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, arranged by Johnnie Vinson
  • The Country Club Stomp – Jarod Hall

IGSMA State Festival

April 29, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Alex Widomska, student teacher conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Unraveling – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • Shiloh Canyon Fantasy – Douglas Akey
  • Variations on Scarborough Fair – Calvin Custer

Prairie State Concert Band Festival

April 15, 2023

Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Alex Widomska, student teacher conductor

Concert Band

  • On the Wing – Jack Wilds
  • Softly Speaks the Night – Carol Brittin Chambers
  • Forward March – Paul Murtha
  • Propulsion – Adrian B. Sims

Early Spring Concert

March 15, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor

Concert Band

  • Forward March! – Paul Lavender
  • Lost Woods Fantasy – JaRod Hall
  • Colliding Visions – Brian Balmages
  • Propulsion – Adrian Sims

IGSMA District Contest

March 11, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Emblem of Unity – J.J. Richards, arranged by James Swearingen
  • Song for the Winter Moon – Walter Cummings
  • Choreography – Robert Sheldon

Beginner Band Concert

March 9, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor

4th Grade Beginner Band

  • Cardiff by the Sea – Welsh Folk Song
  • Hot Cross Buns – English Folk Song
  • Au Claire de la Lune – French Folk Song
  • Down by the Station – Traditional
  • Country Walk – English Folk Song
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb – Traditional
  • Lightly Row – Traditional
  • Song of the Fjords – Norwegian Folk Song
  • Old MacDonald – Traditional

5th Grade 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

  • Emblem of Unity – J.J. Richards, arranged by James Swearingen
  • Song for the Winter Moon – Walter Cummings
  • Choreography – Robert Sheldon

Combined 4th Grade Beginner Band and Symphonic Band

  • Sweetly Sings the Donkey – Traditional

Combined 5th Grade Beginner Band and Symphonic Band

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

Illinois Music Education Conference

January 28, 2023

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, guest conductor
Jan Berry Baker, alto saxophone

2023 IMEC Band Program

Symphonic Band

  • Emblem of Unity – J.J. Richards, arranged by James Swearingen
  • Nostalgia in the Air – Kelijah Dunton
  • Negative Split – Roshanne Etezady
  • West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Jay Bocook
  • Choreography – Robert Sheldon

Winter Concert

December 6, 2022

Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Chip De Stefano, conductor

Concert Band

  • All Ye Young Sailors – Pierre LaPlante
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – R.M. Sherman & R.B. Sherman, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Night Fury – Carol Brittin Chambers

Symphonic Band

  • Emblem of Unity – J.J. Richards, arranged by James Swearingen
  • Nostalgia in the Air – Kelijah Dunton
  • West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Jay Bocook
  • Choreography – Robert Sheldon

Inaugural Mini-Concert Band Festival

December 3, 2022

Cesar Mendoza, conductor

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • All Ye Young Sailors – Pierre LaPlante
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious – R.M. Sherman & R.B. Sherman, arranged by Michael Sweeney
  • Night Fury – Carol Brittin Chambers

Hauser Junior High School Symphonic Band


Annual Fall Concert

October 18, 2022

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor

Concert Band

  • Miramar Fanfare – Brian Balmages
  • Shepherd’s Hey – Percy Grainger, arranged by Chip De Stefano
  • Battle Command – William Owens

Symphonic Band

  • Olympic Fanfare and Theme – John Williams, arranged by James Curnow
  • Tripwire – JaRod Hall
  • Korean Folk Rhapsody – James Curnow
  • Alman (Renaissance Dance) – Thomas Morley, arranged by Chip De Stefano