2024 – 2025 Concert Programs
All-Bands Concert
May 12, 2025, 7:00 PM
Niles North High School Auditorium
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Middleton Elementary School Beginner Band
- Frere Jacques – Traditional
- Skip to My Lou – Traditional
- Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent
Skokie School District 73.5 Intermediate Band
- Hound Dog – arr. Michael Sweeney
- The Avengers – arr. Robert Longfield
- Louie, Louie – arr. Johnnie Vinson
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Sketches of Canada – Michael Story
- Tock – JaRod Hall
- Blue Ridge Reel – Brian Balmages
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Triumphant Fanfare – Richard Saucedo
- Scarborough Fantasy – Christina Huss & Alan Carter
- Baudó – Daniel Alberto Moreno V.
2025 University of Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival
[Date not recorded – May 2025]
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Triumphant Fanfare – Richard Saucedo
- Scarborough Fantasy – Christina Huss & Alan Carter
- An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
- Baudó – Daniel Alberto Moreno V.
2025 Illinois Grade School Music Association State Festival
April 26, 2025
Chip De Stefano, conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Triumphant Fanfare – Richard Saucedo
- An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
- Baudó – Daniel Alberto Moreno V.
Rated Superior with High Honors.
2025 Prairie State Concert Band Festival
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Ancient Voices – Michael Sweeney
- Sketches of Canada – Michael Story
I. The False Young Man
III. Bold Wolfe - Blue Ridge Reel – Brian Balmages
2025 IGSMA District Contest
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Chip De Stefano, conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- The Klaxon – Henry Fillmore
- An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
- Tales of the Emerald Isle – Douglas Akey
Beginner Band Concert
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
McCracken Middle School
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Wilson Shrout, student teacher conductor
Middleton Elementary School Beginner Band
- Cardiff by the Sea
- Hot Cross Buns – English Folk Song
- Au Claire de la Lune – French Folk Song
- Down by the Station – Traditional
- Country Walk – Traditional
- Mary Had a Little Lamb – Traditional
- Lightly Row – Traditional
- Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star – Traditional
- Old MacDonald – Traditional
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- The Klaxon – Henry Fillmore
- An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
- Tales of the Emerald Isle – Douglas Akey
Combined Beginner Band and Symphonic Band
- Jingle Bells – Traditional
March Concert
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
McCracken Middle School
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Wilson Shrout, student teacher conductor
Skokie School District 73.5 Intermediate Band
- Night Fury – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Roman Juggernaut – James Curnow
- A Builder’s Dream – Adrian B. Sims
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Hiland March – Harold Bennett, arr. Larry Clark
- Japanese Pictures – Kevin Mixon
- Of Lochs and Thistles – Christina Huss
- Ancient Voices – Michael Sweeney
Winter Concert
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Niles North High School
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Bobby Bonslater, student teacher conductor
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- The Klaxon – Henry Fillmore
- Kalos Eidos (Kaleidoscope) – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Symphony No. 4 – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
IV. Fast
Center Cass District 66 Winter Invitational Concert Band Festival
Saturday, December 7, 2024
Lakeview Junior High School, Downers Grove, IL
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Bobby Bonslater, student teacher conductor
Skokie SD 73.5 Intermediate Band
- Starsplitter Fanfare – Brian Balmages
- Knightly Procession – Jack Wilds
- Rock Attack – Carol Brittin Chambers
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Plaza de Toros – Michael Story
- A Song for Friends – Larry Daehn
- Bourrée from Terpsichore – Michael Praetorius, arr. Mekel Rogers
Early Winter Concert
Wednesday, December 3, 2024
McCracken Middle School
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Bobby Bonslater, student teacher conductor
Skokie SD 73.5 Intermediate Band
- Starsplitter Fanfare – Brian Balmages
- Knightly Procession – Jack Wilds
- Rock Attack – Carol Brittin Chambers
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Plaza de Toros – Michael Story
- A Song for Friends – Larry Daehn
- Bourrée from Terpsichore – Michael Praetorius, arr. Mekel Rogers
Annual Fall Concert
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
McCracken Middle School
Cesar Mendoza, conductor
Chip De Stefano, conductor
Bobby Bonslater, student teacher conductor
McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Embark – Carol Brittin Chambers
- Into the Blue – Cait Nishimura
- Baywood Overture – James Swearingen
McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Flash in the Pan! – Richard Saucedo
- The Rainbow Connection – arranged by John Moss
- La Madre de los Gatos – Brian Beck
- Western Horizons – Thomas Kahelin