2006 Midwest Clinic:
An International Band and Orchestra Conference
Concert Performance
Friday, December 22, 2006 (3:30 PM - 4:15 PM)
International Ballroom
Chicago Hilton and Towers
Demonstration Group Performance
Bruce Pearson Clinic
"Principles of Expressive Playing: Bringing Life to the Notes with Young Bands and Orchestras"
Thursday, December 21, 2006 (10:15 AM - 11:15 AM)
Merle Reskin Theater
Pre-Conference Performance
Presented by Triangle Printers, Inc.
Monday, December 18, 2006 (7:30 PM - 8:15 PM)
North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie
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Tickets: $7.50
available at the Box Office located at 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL
or by phone at 847-673-6300
Program
- Concert Performance
December 22, 2006 - 3:30 PM- Joy Fantastique - Douglas Akey (2006, manuscript, Grade 3)
- Ancient Dialogue - Patrick Burns (Daehn Publications, 2006, new, Grade 2)
- Little Suite for Band - Clare Grundman (Boosey & Hawkes, 1957, old, Grade 2)
- Albanian Dance - Shelley Hanson (Boosey & Hawkes, 2005, old, Grade 4)
- Our Kingsland Spring - Samuel R. Hazo (Hal Leonard, 2005, new, Grade 2)
- Chinese Folk Song Medley - Robert Garofalo (Grand Mesa Music, 1999, old, Grade 2)
- Orange Bowl - Henry Fillmore (Carl Fischer, 1939 POP, old, Grade 3)
- Prelude and Fugue in D minor - J.S. Bach/Roland Moehlmann (Alfred, 1953, old, Grade 3)
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon - arr. Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard, 2006, new, Grade 1)
- Symphony No. 4 for Winds and Percussion (4th Movement) - Andrew Boysen, Jr. (Kjos, 2006, new, Grade 3)
Guest Conductors
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- Donald DeRoche (DePaul University)
- Don Owens (Northwestern University, retired)
- Stephen Peterson (Ithaca College)
- Donald Stahlberg (McCracken Middle School, retired)
Press
McCracken Band Plans for Pinnacle Music Event
Skokie Review (December 14, 2006)
McCracken Middle School Band Day
Village of Skokie (December 4, 2006)
House Resolution HR 1549
Illinois House of Representatives (November 30, 2006)
Hitting the Highest Notes
Skokie Review (June 8, 2006)
Midwest Clinic Audition Recordings
- 2006 Midwest Application
- Rough Riders - Karl King (Barnhouse)
- An Irish Rhapsody - Clare Grundman (Boosey and Hawkes)
- 2005 Midwest Application
- Circus Days - Karl King (Barnhouse)
- Prelude and Fugue in Bb - J. S. Bach/Roland Moehlmann (Warner Brothers)
- 2004 Midwest Application
- Orange Bowl - Henry Fillmore (Carl Fischer)
- Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo - Malcolm Arnold/John Paynter (Carl Fischer)
- 2003 Midwest Application
- Red's White and Blue March - Red Skelton/Frank Erickson (Sam Fox)
- Fantasy on American Sailing Songs - Clare Grundman (Boosey and Hawkes)
- 2002 Midwest Application
- March: Seventeen Come Sunday from English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan-Williams (Boosey and Hawkes)
- Yorkshire Ballad - James Barnes (Southern Music Company)
Links
- The Midwest Clinic
- Middle School Bands Performing at Midwest
- Doerre Intermediate School Honor Band (Klein, Texas)
- Hill Country Middle School Symphonic Band (Austin, Texas)
- High School Bands Performing at Midwest
- Friendswood High School Wind Ensemble (Friendswood, Texas)
- Kennesaw Mountain High School Wind Symphony (Kennesaw, Georgia)
- Lakota West High School Symphonic Winds (West Chester, Ohio)
- McLean High School Symphonic Band (McLean, Virginia)
- Permian High School Symphonic Band (Odessa, Texas)
- Saitama Sakae High School Wind Orchestra (Saitama City, Saitama Pref. Japan)
- Winter Park High School Wind Ensemble (Winter Park, Florida)