McCracken Middle School Band Programs
2012-2013
Chip De Stefano, Conductor
David Morrison, Conductor
ALL BANDS CONCERT
Niles North High School
May 20, 2013
- Beginner Band
- Jim Along Josie - Traditional
- Skip to My Lou - Traditional
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
- Fanfare March - James Ployhar
- 5th Grade Band
- Silver Scepter - John Kinyon
- American Patrol - F. W. Meacham, arranged by John Kinyon
- Sea Shanty Variations - Timothy Loest (World Premier)
- Concert Band
- First Concert March - Sandy Feldstein and John O'Reilly
- Discovery Overture - Anne McGinty
- Chorale and Mystic Chant - Timothy Loest
- Star Wars - John Williams
- Symphonic Band
- West Side Story - Leonard Berntein, arranged by Jay Bocook
- Spyscape - Timothy Loest
- American Riversongs - Pierre LaPlante
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL
May 3, 2013
- Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King
- Fortress - Frank Ticheli
- Fa Una Canzona - Orazio Vecchi, arranged by Larry Daehn
- American Riversongs - Pierre LaPlante
IGSMA STATE FESTIVAL
April 27, 2013
- Symphonic Band
- Fortress - Frank Ticheli
- Fa Una Canzona - Orazio Vecchi, arranged by Larry Daehn
- American Riversongs - Pierre LaPlante
MARCH CONCERT
March 13, 2013
- Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band
- Saraha Crossing - James Ployhar
- Attack of the Slide Trombones - Mike Hannickel
- Haydn's Surprise - Franz Joseph Haydn, arranged by John O'Reilly
- McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Bavarian Folk Dance - John Kinyon
- Psalm 42 - Sam Hazo
- Lightly Latin - Bill Holcombe
- Castel Gate - Tyler S. Grant
- Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band
- Admiration March - Larry Clark
IGSMA District Contest
March 9, 2013
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King
- Fortress - Frank Ticheli
- Declaration Overture - Claude T. Smith
BEGINNER BAND CONCERT
March 6, 2013
- Beginner Band
- Hot Cross Buns
- Au Clair de la Lune
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- The Cuckoo
- Lightly Row
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
- Old MacDonald Had a Farm
- London Bridge
- Jingle Bells
- Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King
- Fortress - Frank Ticheli
- Declaration Overture - Claude T. Smith
- Combined Bands
- Mickey Mouse March - Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney
MIDWEST CLINIC
Jodie Blackshaw Clinic Demonstration
McCormick Place West
Chicago, Illinois
December 20, 2012
- Symphonic Band
- Belah Sun Woman - Jodie Blackshaw
WINTER CONCERT
December 6, 2012
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Torch of Liberty - Karl King
- Renaissance Festival - Claude Gervaise, arranged by Ken Singleton
- Peregrin - Douglas Akey
- Dance Bohemian - Randall Standridge
5TH GRADE BAND AND CONCERT BAND
FALL CONCERT
November 28, 2012
- Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band
- Variations on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - Phil Hash
- Dragons in the Mist - Randy Navarre
- Alpha Squadron - Greg Hillis
- McCracken Middle School Concert Band
- Coldwater Creek - Robert Sheldon
- Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon - Traditional, arranged by Michael Sweeney
- Temple of Darkness - Rob Grice
- Chorale and Cannon - Thomas Tallis, arranged by John Kinyon
- Water Music - George Frederic Handel, arranged by John O'Reilly
- Combined Intermediate Band and Concert Band
- Dragon Slayer - Rob Grice
ANNUAL FALL CONCERT
October 18, 2012
- McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band
- Star Spangled Banner - Francis Scott Key
- Olympic Fanfare and Theme - John Williams, arranged by Jim Curnow
- Praises - W. Francis McBeth
- Wolsey's Wilde - William Byrd, arranged by Doug Hartzell
- Gypsydance - David Holsinger
- The Rainbow Connection - Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher, arranged by John Moss
- Peregrin - Douglas Akey
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