2017-2018 Concert Schedule
Tuesday, June 5: Eighth Grade Graduation, 6:30 pm, Hope Lutheran Church
CONCERT DRESS: Non-casual: slacks or khaki, button shirt or blouses, below knee skirt, no denim if possible.
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FOURTH & FIFTH GRADE BAND
Meets Tuesday, Wednesday (in place of some World Music sessions) and Friday from 9:25-10:10. All 4-5 students will need "Measures of Success - Book 1"
SIXTH, SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE BAND
Meets Tuesday, Wednesday 8:30-9:20 and Friday from 8:30-9:10. You will need the “Essential Elements 2000 - Book 2” for your instrument. Percussion: in addition to your instrument, concert sticks (all grades), and either one pair medium yarn mallets (Adams, Balter, Yamaha or equivalent), or one pair timpani mallets (Vic Firth T3 Staccato or equivalent) for students in grades 7/8.
FOR ALL INSTRUMENTAL GROUPS
• A pencil, your complete instrument, and music is needed in order to participate. At least three working reeds (for wind players) are needed with you every time class meets. Brass instruments should be oiled and in good working order before each rehearsal starts. Percussionists are responsible for set-up, breakdown and storage of all instruments, accessories and sticks each time we rehearse.
• If you are unable to play due to slight illness, dental work, etc... you can still do fingerings and work with the group. IN-SCHOOL = IN-CLASS = PARTICIPATING – have your instrument! Home practice time is expected of all (consistent daily practice is far more beneficial than “cramming” for an hour once or twice a week - try to schedule your practice time for 4-5 different days of the week for a period of time so it is “part of the routine” and not something “if I get around to it”).
• Home = Practice (where you learn your part), Classtime = Rehearsal (where you learn everyone else’s part, plus new concepts and techniques to practice).
LOST OR DAMAGED PIECES: You will be charged actual replacement & shipping for each lost or damaged original copy of music that was checked out. Any school books that are lost or returned damaged will be charged at the current retail price plus any additional shipping/handling charges.
PAST PROGRAMS INFORMATION
Programs and performances are part of the educational process, not strictly a "finished product" or "entertainment". For example, as part of that process, our second through fourth graders learn recorders as a pre-band instrument before entering fifth grade. Is it important for the students to perform their B-A-G songs for an audience? - Absolutely! As a class, they nominate songs from their books they have learned, and vote on which ones they want to program.
Programs are designed to showcase each ensemble or class at their current level or step in the overall K-8 Music curriculum.
While our resources are limited and many pieces are "recycled", it should be noted that students do not repeat pieces (anything performed by a student will not be re-done by that same student on a different program later on), and most pieces have 2-4 years (or more) before reprogramming. When pieces are reprogrammed, most of the other pieces done are not from the same previous concert, so you will never hear "the same concert" twice.
The following is a list of all pieces programmed since Fall, 2011 and their respective concert date(s):
FIFTH GRADE BAND (2011-2014)
Anasazi (John EDMONDSON): 4-2014
Bugler’s Dream (arr. Paul LAVENDER): 4-2012
Caroling (Timothy JOHNSON): 12-2011
Dragon Slayer (Rob GRICE): 3-2013
First Holiday Concert (arr. John O'REILLY): 12-2013
Good King Wenceslas (arr. Andrew BALENT): 12-2013
Heritage (Michael STORY): 3-2013
Jingle Bells (PIERPONT): 12-2011; 12-2012; 12-2014
My Dreydl: 12-2011; 12-2012; 12-2014
Relics of the Past (Sean O'LOUGHLIN): 4-2012
Up On The Housetop (arr. Michael SWEENEY): 12-2012
FOURTH & FIFTH GRADE BAND (2014-)
Bugler’s Dream (arr. Paul LAVENDER): 3-2016; 3-2018
Cardiff Castle (Mark WILLIAMS): 3-2018
Chant and Canon (John O'REILLY): 3-2015
Countdown to Christmas (arr. Joseph COMPELLO): 12-2014
Dreidel Song: 12-2015; 12-2017
First Holiday Concert (arr. John O'REILLY): 12-2016
Good King Wenceslas: 12-2015
Jingle Bells (PIERPONT): 12-2011; 12-2012; 12-2014; 2-2015; 12-2017
Jolly Old St. Nicholas: 12-2017
Lost Kingdon, The (John O'REILLY): 3-2017
My Dreydl: 12-2011; 12-2012; 12-2014
Ode to Joy L.v. BEETHOVEN): 12-2015; 12-2017
Simple Gifts (arr. Jack BULLOCK): 3-2016
SIXTH, SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE BAND
African Folk Trilogy (Anne McGINTY): 10-2012
Agon (James CURNOW): 11-2011; 11-2015
Anazasi (John EDMONDSON): 11-2017
Andromeda Overture (Mark WILLIAMS): 5-2012
Beatles Forever, The (LENNON & McCARTNEY/arr. Eric OSTERLING): 3-2015
Bryce Canyon Overture (Mark WILLIAMS): 4-2012
Cardiff Castle (Mark WILLIAMS): 10-2012
Caroling (Timothy JOHNSON): 12-2011; 12-2015
Celtic Air and Dance (Michael SWEENEY): 4-2013
Chanukah Triptych, A (arr. Jacques RIZZO): 12-2015
Chorale from "Jupiter" (from The Planets) (Gustav HOLST/arr. James CURNOW): 11-2014
Christmas Fun (arr. John O/Reilly): 12-2016
Clouds (Anne McGINTY): 11-2013
Conflict (Larry CLARK): 3-2013
Countdown to Christmas (arr. Joseph COMPELLO): 12-2014
Crater Lake Overture (John O’REILLY): 3-2013
Crazy Train (OSBOURNE/arr. MURTHA): 6-2013
Eye of the Tiger (SULLIVAN III & PETERIK/arr. SEBESKY): 3-2013
Fantasy on an Irish Clogging Tune (arr. John KINYON): 11-2013
Frosty the Snowman (Steve NELSON & Jack ROLLINS/arr. Frank MANTOOTH): 12-2017
Furioso (Robert W. SMITH): 3-2015
Great Movie Adventures (John WILLIAMS/arr. Michael SWEENEY): 3-2016
I Gotta Feeling (ADAMS, PINEDA.../arr. BROWN): 4-2012
Ironclad (Sean O'LOUGHLIN): 5-2012; 11-2016
James Bond Theme (NORMAN/arr. STORY): 12-2012
Joyful, Joyful (BEETHOVEN/arr. Mark WILLIAMS): 4-2014
Junkyard Jam (Kevin MIXON): 4-2014
Kings From The East (arr. Mark WILLIAMS): 12-2011; 12-2016
Kwanzaa, Kwanzaa (Nicholas FORTE): 12-2017
March Grandioso (Roland F. SEITZ/arr. Robert W. SMITH): 11-2017
Mystery of the Maya (John EDMONDSON): 3-2016
No "L" in Swing (arr. Mike STORY): 12-2014
Northridge Overture (John O'REILLY): 3-2018
Nottingham March (Jerry WILLIAMS): 11-2016
Peach Blossoms (Bruce PEARSON & Dean SORENSON): 5-2012
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (arr. Johnnie VINSON): 4-2012
Postwood March (John O'REILLY): 4-2014
Prehistoric Suite, A (Paul JENNINGS & Teresa JENNINGS): 5-2012; 3-2017
Primordium (Mark WILLIAMS): 3-2018
Racing the Sun (Roland BARRETT): 11-2015
Regency Fanfare (Michael STORY): 4-2013
Ritmico (Robert SHELDON): 4-2013
Rowan Tree, The (Russell D. STANDRIDGE): 3-2017
Sahara (Roland BARRETT): 11-2014; 11-2017
Santa Rocks the House (arr. Paul CLARK): 12-2013
Silent Night (arr. Paul CLARK): 12-2012
Stonehenge Overture (James CURNOW): 4-2013
Three Christmas Carols (John KINYON): 12-2012
Thunder Hill Overture (Anne McGINTY): 4-2013
Warriors (Brian LEWIS): 5-2012