McCracken Middle School Band Programs
2005 - 2006
Chip De Stefano, Conductor
ALL BANDS CONCERT
Niles North High School
May 22, 2006
- Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip it Lou - Traditional
- On the March - Forrest Buchtel
- 5th Grade Band
- Rise to Power - Rob Grice
- Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clark, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Knights of the Round Table - Steve Rouse
- Concert Band
- Discovery Overture - Anne McGinty
- Canon - Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Aura Lee - Traditional, arranged by John Kinyon
- Bavarian Folk Dance - arranged by John Kinyon
- Symphonic Band
- Sesame Street Theme - Bruce Hart, Joe Raposo, & Jon Stone, arranged by Paul Murtha
- Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
- Time to Say Goodbye - L. Quarantotto, F. Sartori, F. Peterson, arranged by Don Campbell
- A Tallis Prelude - Douglas Akey
University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival
May 5, 2006
- Symphonic Band
- Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
- Salvation is Created - Pavel Tschesnokoff, arranged by Bruce Houseknecht
- Spoon River - Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
Middleton Elementary School 50th Anniversary Celebration
May 5, 2006
Donald Stahlberg, guest conductor
- Combined Concert Band and 5th Grade Band
- Trumpet Voluntary - Jeremiah Clark, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Canon - Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
- Rise to Power - Rob Grice
IGSMA STATE CONTEST
April 29, 2006
- Symphonic Band
- Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
- Salvation is Created - Pavel Tschesnokoff, arranged by Bruce Houseknecht
- Spoon River - Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
District 73.5 Fine Arts Night
March 22, 2006
- Symphonic Band
- Rough Riders - Karl King
- Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie - Thoinot Arbeau, arranged by Bob Margolis
- The Rainbow Connection - arranged by John Moss
IGSMA DISTRICT CONTEST
March 11, 2006
- Symphonic Band
- Rough Riders - Karl King
- Sinfonia XIX - Timothy Broege
- Spoon River - Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
March 1, 2006
- Beginner Band
- Cardiff by the Sea - Traditional
- Hot Cross Buns - English Folk Song
- Au Clair de la Lune - French Folk Song
- Down by the Station - Traditional
- Merrily We Roll Along - Traditional
- Lightly Row - Traditional
- Song of the Fjords - Norwegian Folk Song
- Farm Out - Traditional
- Sweetly Sings the Donkey - Traditional
- Symphonic Band
- Rough Riders - Karl King
- Sinfonia XIX - Timothy Broege
- Spoon River - Percy Aldridge Grainger, trans. by Glenn C. Bainum
- Combined Bands
- Mary Ann - West Indies Folk Song
JANUARY CONCERT
Niles North High School Symphonic Wind Ensemble
IMEA All-State Pre-Conference Performance
January 24, 2006
- Symphonic Band
- Whip and Spur - Thomas Allen, arranged by Ray Cramer
- Korean Folk Rhapsody - James Curnow
- Sinfonia XIX - Timothy Broege
- A Sailor's Odyssey - David Bobrowitz
- Niles North High School Symphonic Wind Ensemble
- Godspeed - Stephen Melillo
- Prevision - Jan de Haan
- Concerto no. 1, op. 11 - Richard Strauss, Trans. John Anderson
- The Fairest of the Fair - John Philip Sousa
MIDWEST BAND AND ORCHESTRA CLINIC
Gary Barton Rehearsal Lab Demonstration
Grand and State Ballrooms
Palmer House
Chicago, Illinois
December 16, 2005, 11:00 AM
- Symphonic Band
- Superior Band in Sixteen Weeks - Quincy Hilliard
- An Irish Rhapsody - Clare Grundman
- Song for the Winter Moon - Walter Cummings
- A Sailor's Odyssey - David Bobrowitz
WINTER CONCERT
December 12, 2005
- Symphonic Band
- A Sailor's Odyssey - David Bobrowitz
- A Renaissance Festival - arranged by Ken Singleton
- An Irish Rhapsody - Clare Grundman
- Whip and Spur - Thomas Allen, arranged by Ray Cramer
FALL/WINTER CONCERT
November 16, 2005
- 5th Grade Band
- March Ahead - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
- Duex Chansons Francaise - Laurie Lafferty
- Concert Band
- Royal Fireworks Music - G. F. Handel, arranged by Michael Sweeney
- A Song for Friends - Larry Daehn
- Serenade and Dance - W. A. Mozart, arranged by John O'Reilly
- Combined Bands
- African Folk Trilogy - Anne McGinty
FALL CONCERT
October 6, 2005
- Symphonic Band
- The Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
- Ascend - Samuel Hazo
- Ere the World Began to Be - Jack Stamp
- Pinnacle - Rob Grice
- Prominade and Great Gate of Kiev - Modest Mussorgsky, arranged by James Ployhar