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2015 – 2016 Concert Programs

2016 McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band SuperState Photo

2015-2016 Band Yearbook Page

All Bands Concert

Niles North High School
May 23, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Andrew Hitz, tuba
Jim Stephenson, guest composer

Beginner Band

  • Jim Along Josie – Traditional
  • Skip to My Lou – Traditional
  • Attack of the Slide Trombones – Mike Hannickel
  • Chant for Percussion – Andrew Balent

5th Grade Band

  • Starsplitter Fanfare – Brian Balmages
  • Passacaglia – Michael Collins-Dowden
  • Jester Dance – Mekel Rogers

Concert Band

  • British Isles Suite – Larry Daehn
  • Star Wars – John Williams

Symphonic Band

  • Summer Dances – Brian Balmages
  • Solo Pomposo – Al Hayes
  • Deep Dish – James Stephenson (World Premiere)

University of Illinois Superstate Concert Band Festival

May 6, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Unraveling – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • “Mass” from La Fiesta Mexicana – H. Owen Reed
  • Summer Dances – Brian Balmages

March Concert

March 16, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Middleton Elementary School 5th Grade Band

  • Jester Dance – Mekel Rogers
  • Majestica – Brian Balmages
  • A Touch of Baroque – Sandy Feldstein and John O’Reilly

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • Prelude to a Festival – Anne McGinty
  • Canon – Johann Pachelbel, arranged by Brad Schoener
  • Danza de Espana – Carol Brittin Chambers
  • The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber, arranged by Michael Sweeney

Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band

  • Rock Attack – Carol Brittin Chambers

IGSMA District Contest

March 12, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • Big Four – Karl King
  • Peregrin – Douglas Akey
  • The Cave You Fear – Michael Markowski

Beginner Band Concert

March 9, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

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

  • Big Four – Karl King
  • Peregrin – Douglas Akey
  • The Cave You Fear – Michael Markowski

Combined Bands

  • Mickey Mouse March – Jimmie Dodd, arr. by MIchael Sweeney

CBDNA North Central Division Conference

Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall (iowa State University, Ames, IA)
February 25, 2016

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, guest conductor
Stephen Peterson, guest conductor
Matthew Olson, Alto Saxophone

Symphonic Band

  • Sweet Like That – Christopher Theofanidis
  • Second Prelude from “Three Preludes” – George Gershwin, arranged by John Krance
  • The Cave You Fear – Michael Markowski
  • The Carnival of Venice – Jules Demersseman, band accompaniment by Herbert L. Clarke and R. Mark Rogers
  • Mah-Na Mah-Na – Piero Umiliani, arranged by Christopher M. Retschulte
  • English Suite for Band – Michael Golemo
  • Pirates – Douglas Akey
  • The Iowa Band Law – Karl L. King

Winter Concert

December 7, 2015

Chip De Stefano, conductor
Alex Dale, student teacher conductor

McCracken Middle School Symphonic Band

  • English Suite Michael Golemo
    I. Buckingham Palace
    II. St. Paul’s Cathedral
    III. Piccadilly Circus
  • Second Prelude – George Gershwin, arranged by John Krance
  • Pirates – Douglas Akey

December Concert

December 2, 2015

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor
Alex Dale, student teacher conductor

Middleton Elementary School Fifth Grade Band

  • Dragons in the Mist – Randy Navarre
  • Fanfare March – Frank Erickson
  • Hallelujah Chorus – G. F. Handel, arranged by Timothy Loest

McCracken Middle School Concert Band

  • Rise to Power – Rob Grice
  • Serenade and Dance – W. A. Mozart, arranged by John O’Reilly
  • Celtic Air and Dance No. 2 – Michael Sweeney
  • Bavarian Folk Dance – John Kinyon
  • Ayre and Dance – Bruce Pearson

Combined Fifth Grade Band and Concert Band

  • Haydn’s Surprise – Franz Joseph Haydn, arranged by John O’Reilly and Sandy Feldstein
  • Big Rock Candy Mountain – John O’Reilly and Sandy Feldstein

Fall Concert

October 15, 2015

Chip De Stefano, conductor
David Morrison, conductor

Symphonic Band

  • Star Spangled Banner – Francis Scott Key, arranged by John Kinyon
  • Celtic Air and Dance 2 – Michael Sweeney
  • A Sailor’s Odyssey – David Bobrowitz
  • The Machine Awakes – Steven Bryant
  • A Renaissance Revel – Tielman Susato, arranged by Kenneth Singleton
    I. La Morisque
    II. Pavane: Si par souffrir
    III. Ronde & Salterelle
    IV. Ronde & Aliud
  • Rhythms and Riffs – Brian Balmages