Concert Band and 5th Grade Band Concert
On Wednesday, November 16, 7:00 PM the McCracken Middle School Concert Band and Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band will present their annual Fall/Winter Concert.
- The 5th Grade Band will perform:
- March Ahead - Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly
- Chant for Percussion - Andrew Balent
- Duex Chansons Francaise - Laurie Lafferty
- The Concert Band will perform:
- 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
The concert will conclude with both bands performing African Folk Trilogy by Anne McGinty.
Both band should wear their normal concert dress:
- Girls:
- Dressy dress, skirt, or pants (no jeans) and blouse
- Any kind of stockings
- Shined dress shoes (no gym shoes)
- Neatly combed/brushed hair
- Boys:
- Dress shirt, any color
- Long tie (no jacket)
- Dress pants (no jeans)
- Shined dress shoes (no gym shoes)
- Neatly combed hair
All students must be seated and ready to warm up in the gymnasium by 6:30 PM.
Both bands have made wonderful progress so far this year and are excited to share what we’ve been preparing. I look forward to seeing you there!
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Posted: November 10, 2005 | PermaLink
IMEA District 7 Honor Band
What a great day! The IMEA District 7 Junior Band Festival was absolutely terrific. Dr. Ryan Nelson (Northwestern University) directed the band this year and did an amazing job. All the students worked very hard and the concert was one of the best in recent history. The 15 McCracken students who participated and the hundreds of other students who performed in the IMEA Band, Orchestra, and Choir should be so proud of the work they did today. Congratulations!
- HUGE thanks go to:
- Frank Lestina (Vernon Hills High School), District 7 President, for the amazing work he does to organize these festivals each year.
- Steve Katz, William Koch, the Niles West Band Parents, and the Niles West and District 219 administration for doing such a wonderful job hosting the event.
- Scott Duff (Chippewa Middle School) and Steve Nendza (Deerpath Middle School), Junior Band Division Representatives, for all their work making sure the day went smoothly for all our students.
Next year’s festival is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, November 4 (Site TBA). Auditions will take place on Saturday, September 30.
- The band performed:
- An Irish Rhapsody - Clare Grundman
- Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland/Patterson
- West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, arranged by Jay Bocook
- Circus Days - Karl King, arranged by Loras Schissel
Ryan T. Nelson is the Associate Director of Bands at Northwestern University, where he conducts the Symphonic Band and Contemporary Music Ensemble, teachers conducting, and teaches courses in music education and wind literature. Dr. Nelson is the Music Director of the Illinois Brass Band, and is a member of the American Musical Theatre Project (AMTP). An active music theatre director, he is music directing new productions of “Footloose” and “Oliver” at the Marriott Theatre, and the premieres of “Was,” “The Boys are Coming Home,” and Eric Whitacre’s “Paradise Lost” in collaborations with AMTP. Dr. Nelson is a frequent guest conductor of bands and orchestras around the country. Nelson received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Duquesne University, where he studied conducting with Brady Allred. His master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees in conducting are from the University of North Texas, where he was a student of Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
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Posted: November 5, 2005 | PermaLink
BandDirector.com Drawing
Wow. I never win anything like this, but we won the BandDirector.com giveaway in October. The prize? A terrific collection of CDs and DVDs from Mark Custom Recording that we’ll add to our school’s listening library. Awesome. Thanks to Dave Knox of BandDirector.com and Mark Morette of Mark Custom Recording for sponsoring the drawing!
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Posted: November 3, 2005 | PermaLink
Symphonic Band to Perform at Meyer
On Monday morning, November 21, the Symphonic Band will perform at Meyer Primary School. It’ll be a nice, fun concert for the youngest students in our district.
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Posted: November 2, 2005 | PermaLink
Barnes and Noble Night a Big Success
Thanks to everyone who performed and attended our annual fundraiser at Barnes and Noble. It was a lot of fun!
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Posted: November 2, 2005 | PermaLink