Past Concerts

Archival programs are listed below in reverse chronological order. Programs are not available prior to October 2003.

2022-2023 Season

Sunday, December 11, 2022, 4:00 PM
Five Points Washington, Washington, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Feliz Navidad – Jose Feliciano, arr. Wallace & McCutchen
  • King of Kings – Robert W. Smith
  • Prairie Wind Sketches – Brian Spicklemire
    Brian Spicklemire, Guest Conductor
  • Canterbury Chorale – Jan Van der Roost
  • Arabesque – Samuel R. Hazo
  • A Christmas Carol (Main Title) – Alan Silvestri, arr. Robert Longfield
  • Fantasia on Greensleeves – Ralph Vaughn Williams, trans. Merlin Patterson
  • The Bells of Christmas – arr. by Bob Krogstad, adapted by Ted Ricketts
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Hugh Martin and Ralph Blande, arr. Douglas Wagner
    Laura Reem, Soloist

Fall Concert
Sunday, October 16, 2022, 2:30 PM
@Metamora High School, Metamora, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Festiva – Edward Gregson
  • Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 – Vincent Persichetti
    1. Prologue
    2. Song
    3. Dance
    4. Burlesque
    5. Soliloquy
    6. March
  • An American Elegy – Frank Ticheli
    • Michael Golemo, Guest Conductor
  • Retraite aux Flambeaux – Lamothe, trans. John Jost
    • John Jost, Guest Conductor
  • Siro Grenadine – Ferere Laguerre, arr. John Jost
    • John Jost, Guest Conductor
  • Gabriel’s Oboe (from The Mission – Ennio Morricone, arr. Robert Longfield
    • Michael Golemo, Saxophone Soloist
  • Just a Closer Walk With Thee / Amazing Grace – arr. Michael Golemo
    • Michael Golemo, Saxophone Soloist
  • Goldsmith! – Jerry Goldsmith, arr. Roland Smeets
  • Galop from Genevieve de Brabant – Jaques Offenbach, arr. John R. Bourgeois
2021-2022 Season

From Sea to Shining Screen
Friday, May 13, 2022, 7:30 PM
@Metamora High School, Metamora, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Victory at Sea – Richard Rogers, trans. Robert Russell Bennett
  • Eternal Father Strong to Save – Claude T. Smith
    • Barry Houser, Guest Conductor
  • Paquena Czarda – Pedro Iturralde, trans. Roger Niese
    • Elissa Roozenboom, Alto Student Soloist
  • Out to Sea and The Shark Cage Fugue – John Williams, trans. Jay Bocook
  • Midway March – John Williams, trans. Paul Lavender
  • Pirates of the Caribbean Symphonic Suite – Klaus Badelt, arr. John Wasson
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa, ed. William Revelli
    • Barry Houser, Guest Conductor
  • Spongebob Squarepants – Mark Harrison, et. al., arr. Jay Bocook
    • Barry Houser, Guest Conductor

Luck of the Irish
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 8:00 PM
@Five Points Washington, Washington, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Kirkpatrick’s Muse – Jay Bocook
  • Pulse – Thomas Doss
  • Irish Tune from County Derry – Percy Grainger, ed. R. Mark Rogers
    • Randy Greenwell, Guest Conductor
  • A Longford Legend – Robert Sheldon
    • Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor
    1. A Longford Legend
    2. Young Molly Bawn
    3. Killyburn Brae
  • On the March – Yasuhide Ito
    • Randy Greenwell, Guest Conductor
  • The Irish Washerwoman – Leroy Anderson

A Holiday Pops Concert
Sunday, December 12, 2021, 4:00 PM
@Five Points Washington, Washington, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Angelic Celebrations – Randall Standridge
  • West Side Story Selection – Leonard Bernstein, arr. W.J. Dutholt
  • The First Noel – arr. Julie Giroux
  • Dance of the Jesters – Tchaikovsky, trans. Ray Cramer
  • Jingle Them Bells – James Pierpont, arr. Julie Giroux
  • Greensleeves – Traditional, arr. Chip Davis
  • Hanukkah Holiday – Robert Washburn
  • Carol of the Drum – Katherine Davis, arr. Floyd Werle
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson

Prairie Winds at Play!
Sunday, October 17, 2021, 2:00 PM
@Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center at Morton High School, Morton, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Fanfare and Flourishes – James Curnow
  • Elegy – Gustav Holst, trans. Dan Dietrich
    • Dan Dietrich, Guest Conductor
  • Flight of Valor – James Swearingen
  • Amazing Grace – Steve Winstead
  • Folk Dances – Dmitri Shostakovich, ed. Reynolds
  • Scaff! – Hector Berlioz, arr. Alastair Wheeler
  • Puszta – Jan Van der Roost
  • Titan Spirit – Trevor Rabin, arr. Jay Bocook
  • The Great Escape – Elmer Bernstein, arr. Roland Smeets
2019 – 2020 Season

Friday, December 13, 2019, 7:30 PM
@Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center at Morton High School, Morton, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Overture to a Winter Celebration – arr. James M. Stephenson
  • Ding Dong! Merrily on High – arr. Leif Strand & Olov Helge
  • Rondo in E Flat – Mozart, trans. Marco Tamanini
    • Phil Lancaster, Horn Soloist
  • Chorale and Alleluia – Howard Hanson
  • Minor Alterations No. 2 – “Carols from the Dark Side” – David Lovrien
  • Farandole – Georges Bizet, arr. Jay Bocook
  • March of the Resistance from Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams, trans. Paul Lavender
  • A Home Alone Christmas – arr. Paul Lavender
  • Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney, arr. Jay Dawson
  • The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Eddie Pola and George Wyle, arr. John Moss

Hymn of the Highlands
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Columbia’s Pride (1914) – John Philip Sousa / Arr. Gay Corrie
  • American Hymnsong Suite (2007) – Dwayne Milburn
    1. Prelude on “Wonderous Love”
    2. Ballad on “Balm in Gilead”
    3. Scherzo on “Nettleton”
    4. March on “Wilson”
  • Solo de Concours (1899/1967) – Andre Messanger / Arr. Jack Sanvely
    • Beth Hildenbrand, Clarinet Soloist
  • Summer Isles (from Hymn of the Highlands) (2002) – Philip Sparke
    • Dan Weil, Euphonium Soloist
  • Strathcarron (Sword Dance) (from Hymn of the Highlands (2002) – Philip Sparke
  • Shepherd’s Hey (1913 1994) – Percy Grainger / Ed. R. Mark Rogers
  • Autumn Leaves (1945,1950) – Joseph Kosma / arr. Alfred Reed / Ed. R. Mark Rogers
  • Suite from Hymn of the Highlands (2002) – Philip Sparke
    1. Ardross Castle
    2. Alladale
    3. Dundonnell
  • American Florish (2009) – Robert W Smith
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender
2018 – 2019 Season

Around the World in 80 (or so) Minutes
Friday, May 10, 2019, 7:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Lawrence of Arabia – Maurice Jarre, arr. Alfred Reed
  • Four Scottish Dances – Malcolm Arnold, arr. John Paynter
    1. Pesante
    2. Vivace
    3. Allegretto
    4. Con brio
  • Girl with the Flaxen Hair – Claude Debussy
  • Morceau Symphonique – Wesley Shepard/Alexandre Guilmant
    • Logan Jackson, Student Soloist
  • Mt. Everest – Rossano Galante
  • Under the Double Eagle – J F Wagner
  • ReConnected – Craig Fitzpatrick
    • Craig Fitzpatrick, Guest Conductor
  • Jurassic Park Sountrack Highlights – John Williams, arr. Paul Lavender
  • Stars & Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Road Trip USA
Sunday, March 17, 2019, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Armed Forces Salute – Arr. Bob Lowden
  • Duet from Don Carlo – Guiseppe Verdi, arr. Johan de Meij
    • Carl Anderson, Trombone Soloist
  • Arlington (Where Giants Lie Sleeping) – Paul Murtha
  • Rushmore – Alfred Reed
  • The Liberty Bell March – John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion/Schissel
  • The Star Spangled Banner – arr. John Williams
  • Blue Ridge Reel – Brian Balmages
  • Bayou Breakdown – Brant Karrick
  • Let Freedom Ring – Ryan Nowlin
  • Metroplex – Robert Sheldon
    • Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor
  • Conversations – Chandler L. Wilson

Music of the Season
Friday, December 7, 2018, 7:30 PM
@Bertha Frank Performing Arts Center at Morton High School, Morton, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Sparkling Lights – Matt Conway
  • A Holiday Rhapsody – arr. Larry MacTaggart
  • Carnival of Venice – arr. Del Staigers
    • Justin Bainter, Trumpet Soloist
  • Variants on a Mediaeval Tune – Norman Dello Joio
  • A Chanukah Celebration – arr. David Bobrowitz, Kenneth P. Soper
  • Holiday Piece – David Foster, arr. Jay Dawson
  • Emmanuel Variants – Robert E. Foster
  • Gesu Bambino – Pietro A. Yon, arr. Andy Clark
  • Minor Alterations – David Lovrien
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain – arr. Jay Dawson
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful – James Swearingen

Sunday, October 21, 2018, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Mother Goose – John Philip Sousa
  • Overture in B Flat – Caesar Giovannini, arr. Wayne Robinson
  • Suite for Tuba – Don Haddad, arr. Clemons
    • Jim Wellwood, Tuba Soloist
    1. Andante Espressivo
    2. Allegro Maestoso
  • Third Movement from Symphony No. 2 – Howard Hanson, arr. McBeth
  • Be Thou My Vision – Larry Clark
  • Galop – Dmitri Shostakovich, trans. Hunsberger
  • Allegro Barbaro – Bela Bartok, arr. Tom Wallace
  • Four Dances from “West Side Story” – Leonard Bernstein, arr. Ian Polster
    1. Scherzo
    2. Mambo
    3. Cha-Cha
    4. Cool (Fugue)
  • A Simple Song – Leonard Bernstein, arr. Michael Sweeney
  • Slava! – Leonard Bernstein, trans. Clare Grundman
  • Rolling Thunder – Henry Fillmore, ed. Frederick Fennell
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender
2017 – 2018 Season

Friday, May 11, 2018, 7:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
  • Skydance – Robert Sheldon
    • Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor
  • Song for Lyndsay – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
    • Joseph Manfredo, Guest Conductor
  • Prairie Wind – Greg Sanders
  • Premiere Rapsody – Claude Debussy, arr. Mark Walker / Ed. Nikos Pappas / Rev. Paul Brink
    • Amy Zhou, Student Soloist
  • Einzug der Gladiatoren – Julius Fucik
    • Dan Dietrich, Guest Conductor
  • Legacy – Donald S. Lewellen
    • Donald S. Lewellen, Guest Conductor
  • The Blue Ridge – arr. Robert Sheldon
    • Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor
  • Root Beer Rag – Billy Joel, arr. Michael Sweeney
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa, ed. John Bourgeois
    • Donald S. Lewellen, Guest Conductor

Friday, March 16, 2018, 7:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • The Star Spangled Banner – John Williams
  • Olympiada – Sam Hazo
  • With Quiet Courage – Larry Daehn
  • T-Bone Concerto – Johan de Meij
    • Craig Fitzpatrick, Trombone Soloist
    1. Well Done
  • Summon the Heroes – John Williams, arr. Paul Lavender
  • Persistence – Richard Saucedo
  • Pastime (A Salute to Baseball) – Jack Stamp
  • The Addison Red Line – Jeremy Bell
  • Rookie of the Year (Main Title March) – Bill Conti, arr. Larry Daehn
  • Olympic Fanfare and Theme – John Williams, arr. James Curnow
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender

Sunday, December 10, 2017, 4:00 PM
@Five Points Washington, Washington, IL

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • A Christmas Intrada – Alfred Reed
  • Christmas Day – Gustav Holst, arr. Larry Daehn
  • The Eighth Candle – Steve Reisteter
  • Fantasia in G – Timothy Mahr
  • Midnight Sleighride – Sauter/Finegan, arr. Tom Wallace
  • A Most Wonderful Christmas – arr. Robert Sheldon
  • Selections from the Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky, arr. Robert Longfield
  • Westminster Carol – arr. James L. Hosay
  • Patapan – Shelley Hanson
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender

Sunday, October 22, 2017, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Grand Canyon Fanfare – James Newton Howard, arr. Paul Murtha
  • Sunrise at Angel’s Gate – Philip Sparke
  • Wayfaring Stranger – Christopher M. Nelson
  • Prairiesong – Carl Strommen
  • Clarinet Polka – arr. Bruce R. Smith
    • Don Niemi, Clarinet Soloist
  • Hoe Down from “Rodeo” – Aaron Copland, arr. Mark Rogers
  • Black Canyon of the Gunnison – Frank Erickson
  • The Cowboys (Overture) – John Williams, arr. Jay Bocook
  • Go West! – arr. Ralph Ford
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender
2016 – 2017 Season

Sunday, May 14, 2017, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Festive Dance (from Faust) – Charles Gounod, arr. Andrew Glover
  • Overture to “Candide” – Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
  • Backstage Pass – Brian Balmages
  • The Ride of the Valkyries – Richard Wagner, arr. Robert Longfield
  • Concertino for Alto Saxophone and Band Instruments – Warren Benson
    • Trevor Gould, Saxophone Student Soloist
    1. Lively – Buoyantly
  • Othello – Alfred Reed
    1. Prelude (Venice)
    2. Aubade (Cyprus)
    3. Othello and Desdemona
    4. Entrance of the Court
    5. The Death of Desdemona; Epilogue
  • Opening Night on Broadway – arr. Michael Brown
  • The Wizard of Oz – Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg, arr. James Barnes
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender

Sunday, March 19, 2017, 2:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • Fanfare and Call to the Post – Richard Saucedo
  • Punchinello – Alfred Reed
  • Branden’s Rainbow – Andrew Boysen Jr.
  • Raider’s March – John Williams, trans. by Paul Lavender
  • Resplendent Glory – Rossano Galante
  • Serenade – Derek Bourgeois
  • Lord Tullamore – Carl Whittrock
  • Amazing Grace – arr. Jay Dawson
  • Seventy-Six Trombones – Meredith Wilson, arr. Leroy Anderson, Adapted by Jay Bocook
  • Salute to America’s Finest – arr. Paul Lavender

Sunday, December 11, 2016, 2:30 PM

Gavin Smith, Conductor

  • Sparkle – Shafer Mahoney
  • An Original Suite – Gordon Jacob
    1. March
    2. Intermezzo
    3. Finale
  • A Solemn Place – Wayne Oquin
  • Jupiter (from “The Planets”) – Gustav Holst
  • Bravura – C.E. Duble
  • Ukrainian Bell Carol – Traditional, arr. Richard L. Saucedo
    • Craig Fitzpatrick, Guest Conductor
  • Winter Games (1988 Winter Olympic Theme) – David Foster, arr. John Moss
    • Jason Shea, Guest Conductor
  • Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head – Appalachian folk carol, arr Tom Wallace
    • Dan Dietrich, Guest Conductor
  • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen – Traditional, arr. Chip Davis, adapted Robert Longfield
    • Andy Empey, Guest Conductor

Friday, October 14, 2016, 7:30 PM

Jim Tallman, Conductor

  • joyRiDE – Michael Markowski
  • Chester – William Schuman
  • No Shadow of Turning – David R. Gillingham
  • Superman March – John Williams, trans. Paul Lavender

Jeff Neavor, Conductor

  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich, trans. Donald Hunsberger
  • Nothing Gold Can Stay – Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick
  • Blue Shades – Frank Ticheli
    • Dana Sloter, Clarinet Soloist
  • Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite March – Karl King, arr. Glenn Cliffe Bainum
2015 – 2016 Season

Friday, May 13, 2016, 7:30 PM

David Maccabee, Conductor

  • Downey Overture – Oscar Navarro
  • Solo de Concours – Messager, arr. Jack Snavely
    • Amy Zhou, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • English Dances, Set 2 – Malcolm Arnold, arr. Nigel Herbert
    • Thomas Leslie, Guest Conductor
  • Second Prelude – George Gershwin, arr. John Krance
  • Shepherd’s Hey – Grainger
  • Ponte Romano – Jan Van der Roost
  • Poetic Intermezzo – James Barnes
    • Thomas Leslie, Guest Conductor
  • Satiric Dances – Norman Dello Joio
    1. Allegro Pesante
    2. Adagio Molto
    3. Allegro Spumante
  • Conga del Fuego Nuevo – Arturo Marquez, arr. Oliver Nickel
  • The Melody Shop – Karl King

Sunday, March 13, 2016, 2:30 PM

David Maccabee, Conductor

  • Celebration Fanfare – Steven Reinecke
  • Dance of the New World – Dana Wilson
  • Candide suite – Bernstein, arr. Grundman
    1. The Best of All Possible Worlds
    2. Westphalia Chorale and Battle Scene
    3. Auto-Da-Fe (What A Day)
    4. Glitter and Be Gay
    5. Make Our Garden Grow
  • Commando March – Samuel Barber
  • Lagan Love – Luiggi Zaninelli
  • Star Wars Trilogy – Williams, arr. Hunsberger
    1. The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)
    2. Princess Leia’s Theme
    3. The Battle in the Forest
    4. Yoda’s Theme
    5. Star Wars (Main Theme)
  • His Honor – Fillmore

Friday, December 11, 2015, 7:30 PM

  • Pineapple Poll – Arthur Sullivan, arr. Charles Mackerras
  • Riften Wed – Julie Giroux
  • Bullets and Bayonets – John Philip Sousa
  • La Forza Del Destino – G. Verdi, arr. M.L. Lake, H.R. Kent
  • …And All the Lights That Guide the Way Are Blinding – Brian Spicklemire
    • Brian Spicklemire, Guest Conductor
  • Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  • Lux Arumque – Eric Whitacre
  • Concert Suite from The Polar Express – Silvestri/Ballard, arr. Brubaker
  • Marche Des Parachutistes Belges – Pierre Leemans, ar.. Charles A. Wiley
  • Stars and Stripes for Christmas – Sousa, Robert E. Foster

Sunday, October 11, 2015, 2:30 PM

  • Mother Earth – David Maslanka
  • Colonial Song – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Florentiner – Julius Fucik, arr. M.L. Lake
  • Sketches on a Tudor Psalm – Fisher Tull
  • Tango Etudes, No. 1 and No. 3 – Astor Pizzolla, arr. Dan Dietrich
    • Dan Dietrich, Guest Conductor
  • Xerxes – John Mackey
  • Illyrian Dances – Guy Woolfenden
  • Crown Imperial March – William Walton
  • Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Kirkpatrick Fanfare – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
2014 – 2015 Season

Friday, May 8, 2015

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Tuba Concerto – Edward Gregson
    • Derek Zimmerman, Tuba Student Soloist
  • Song for Lyndsay – Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • A Movement for Rosa – Mark Camphouse
  • A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
  • Vesuvius – Frank Ticheli

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Ritual Fire Dance – Manuel de Falla, arr. Morrisey
  • Suspiros de España – Antonio Alvarez
  • La Fiesta Mexicana – H. Owen Reed
    1. Aztec Dance
    2. Mass
    3. Carnival
  • Southwest Saga – Robert Sheldon
    • Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor
  • La Virgen de la Macarena – Rafael Méndez
  • Cajun Folk Song – Frank Ticheli
    1. La Belle et le Capitaine
    2. Belle
  • Danzón no. 2 – Arturo Márquez, trans. Oliver Nickel

Friday, December 12, 2014
@at Grace Presbyterian Church

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Fanfare and Grand March – Timothy Mahr
  • Alleluia! Laudamus Te – Alfred Reed
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Morten Lauridsen, trans. H. Robert Reynolds
  • The Bells of Christmas – Bob Krogstad
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – Newell H. Long
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
  • A Fireside Christmas – Sammy Nestico
  • O Holy Night – Adolphe Charles Adam, arr. Julie A. Giroux
  • A Carol Festival – Hawley Ades

Sunday, October 12, 2014, 2:30 PM

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Esprit de Corps – Robert Jager
  • Lincolnshire Posy – Percy Aldridge Grainger
    1. Lisbon
    2. Horkstow Grange
    3. Rufford Park Poachers
    4. The Brisk Young Sailor
    5. Lord Melbourne
    6. The Lost Lady Found
  • My Fair Lady – Frederick Loewe, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
  • Concerto – Domenico Cimarosa
  • Pacem (A Hymn for Peace) – Robert Spittal
  • Celebrations – John Zdechlik
  • The Washington Post March – John Philip Sousa
2013 – 2014 Season

Friday, May 9, 2014

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • American Overture for Band – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Celebration – Philip Sparke
  • Amazing Grace – Frank Ticheli
  • The Fairest of the Fair – John Philip Sousa
  • Eternal Father, Strong to Save – Claude T. Smith
  • West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein, arr. W. J. Duthoit
  • Machu Picchu, City in the sky – Satoshi Yagisawa
    • Mallika Patel, Flute Student Soloist
  • Spirit of the Shannon – Catherine McMichael

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Finlandia – Sibelius/Cailliet
  • Elephant and the Fly – Kling/Laurendeau
  • Variations on the Porazzi Theme of Wagner – Alfred Reed
  • Flashing Winds – Jan Van Der Roost
  • Armenian Dances, Pt. II – Alfred Reed
    1. Lorva Horovel
  • Symphony No. 1 – “Lord of the Rings” – Johan de Meij
    1. Hobbits
  • Wedding Dance – Jacques Press, arr. Johnstone

Friday, December 13, 2013

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Farandole – Bizet
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach
  • Andante & Rondo for Two Flutes – Franz Doppler
  • Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  • A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson
  • Good Swing Wenceslas – Sammy Nestico
  • Waltz of the Flowers – Tschaikovsy
  • Intrada: Adoration & Praise – Claude T. Smith
  • A Carol Festival – Hawley Ades

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • The Maker’s Mark – Ryan Nowlin
  • Variations on a Korean Folk Song – John Barnes Chance
  • Elegy for a Young American – Ronold Lo Presti
  • Concerto for Trumpet – Joseph Haydn
  • The Hounds of Spring – Alfred Reed
  • Sleep – Eric Whitacre
  • The Glory of the Yankee Navy – John Philip Sousa
  • Highlights from “The Sound of Music” – Richard Rogers, arr. Michael P. Buckley
2012 – 2013 Season

Friday, May 10, 2013

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Strike Up the Band – George Gershwin / arr. John Paynter
  • Light Cavalry Overture – Franz von Suppé / arr. Henry Fillmore
  • Trail Magic – Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick
    • Craig Andrew Fitzpatrick, Guest Conductor
  • Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew – James Curnow
  • Themes from Silverado – Bruce Broughton / trans. J. D. Morsch
  • Sangamon River Waltzes – Henry W. Cary / arr. David Brian Williams
    • David Brian Williams, Guest Conductor
  • Solo de Concours – Andre Messager / arr. Jack Snavely
    • Colby Spengler, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner / trans. Lucien Cailliet
  • The Fairest of the Fair – John Philip Sousa

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Homage to Perotin – Ron Nelson
  • Scenes from The Louvre – Norman Dello Joio
  • Larghetto for Horn and Orchestra – Emmanuel Chabrier/trans. Dan Dietrich
  • LeBasque – Marin Marais/arr. Adam Lesnick
  • Marche Militaire Francaise – Camille Saint-Saëns/trans. M. Lake
  • Pas Redouble – Camille Saint-Saëns/trans. Arthur Frankenpohl
  • The Engulfed Cathedral – Claude Debussy/trans. Robert Longfield
  • Selections from Les Miserables – Claude-Michel Schonberg/arr. Warren Barker
  • Danse Bacchanale – Camille Saint-Saëns/trans. Arthur Frankenpohl

Friday, December 14, 2012

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Toccata Girolamo – Frescobaldi / arr. Earl Slocum
  • Variants on a Mediavel Tune – Norman Dello Joio
    • Dr. Mark Babbit, Guest Conductor
  • Greensleeves – traditional / arr. Alfred Reed
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – arr. Newell Long
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
  • Sleepers, Awake! – Johann Sebastian Bach / arr. Alfred Reed
  • Wassail – arr. Robert W. Smith
  • Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – arr. Doug Wagner
  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – arr. Chris Sharp
  • Stille Nacht – arr. Robert Longfield
  • A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Procession of Nobles – Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov/arr. Eric Leidzen
  • Puszta – Four Gypsy Dances Jan Van der Roost
    1. Andante Moderato
    2. Tranquillo
    3. Allegro Molto
    4. Marcato, Presto
  • Kunihild – Cyrill Kistler/arr. Robert Barr
  • Capriccio – Rodney Newton
  • Children’s March – Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2 – Alexander Scriabin/arr. Alfred Reed
  • Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra – Alfred Reed
    1. Rejoicing
  • The Carioca – Vincent Youmans/arr. Lon Norman
  • Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa
2011 – 2012 Season

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • Washington Grays March – Claudio Grafulla
  • Armenian Dances, Part I – Alfred Reed
  • Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre
    • Noelle Campen, Flute Student Soloist
  • La Chasse – Wilhelm Popp/arr. Gary Garner
  • The Symphonic Gershwin – arr. Warren Barker
  • Summer Dances – Brian Balmages
  • Third Suite for Band – Robert Jager
    1. March
    2. Waltz
    3. Rondo
  • Marche Slav – Petre Tschaikovsky/arr. Laurendeau
  • Golden Jubilee March – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Dr. Joe Manfredo, Conductor

  • William Byrd Suite – Gordon Jacob
    1. The Earle of Oxford’s March
  • Theatre Music – Philip Sparke
  • Blithe Bells – Percy Aldridge Grainger / arr. Robert Jager
  • Green Bushes – Percy Aldridge Grainger / arr. Larry Daehn
  • Selections from My Fair Lady – arr. Robert Russell Bennett
  • Whirr, Whirr, Whirr! – Ralph Hultgren
  • Variations sur un theme de Rossini – Frederic Chopin / trans. David Vroman
  • Enigma Variations, Opus 36 – Edward Elgar / trans. Earl Slocum
  • Second Suite for Military Band in F – Gustav Holst
    1. Fantasia on the Dargason

Friday, December 9, 2011, 7:30 PM

William Camphouse, Conductor

  • Symphonic Prelude on Adeste Fidelis – arr. Smith
  • The Marriage of Figaro, Overture – Mozart, arr. Slocum
  • La Virgen de la Macarena – arr. Marlatt
  • Fuente de Paz – W. Camphouse
  • Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head – Wallance
  • Keepers of the Light – W. Camphouse
  • The Klaxon – Filmore
  • Symphonic Suite #3, Fiesta – Williams
  • Kaddish – McBeth
  • Walztes from Der Rosenkavalier – Strauss, trans. Cailliet
  • Farandole from L’Arlésienne – Bizet, arr. Iasilli

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Richard Cangro, Conductor

  • March and Procession of Bacchus – Delibes
  • October – Whitacre
  • Concerto in B Flat Major: Mvt. 1, Allegro – Mozart
  • Symphonic Dance #3, Fiesta – Williams
  • A Colonial Collage – Hosay
  • Fantasy Variations – Barnes
  • That’s Entertainment – arr. Gilman
  • The Corcoran Cadets – Sousa
2010 – 2011 Season

Sunday, May 1, 2011

John Bell, Conductor

  • Celebration Fanfare – Kevin M. Walczyk
  • O Magnum Mysterium – Lauridsen, arr. Reynolds
  • Variations on Barnacle Bill, the Sailor – Robinson & Luther, arr. Frank
    • David Gerber, Bass Trombone Student Soloist
  • Lincoln Portrait – Copland, arr. Beeler
  • Suite from Mass – Bernsetin, arr. Sweeney
  • Carmina Burana – Orff, arr. Krance
  • The Free Lance March – Sousa

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Joe Roman, Conductor

  • Fanfare Nueve – John Fannin
  • Spring Festival – Chen Yi
  • Continental Overture – Johan de Meij
    • Carl Anderson, Guest Conductor
  • Italian Polka – Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Elena R. Lucas
  • Symphony No. 5 in C Minor – Finale – Peter Tchaikovsky
  • Trumpet Concerto – Alexander Arutunian, arr. Guy Duker
  • Continental Overture – Johan de Meij
  • Jungle Fantasy – Anonymous, arr. Naohiro Iwai
  • Symphony No. 2 – Finale – Peter I. Tchaikovsky, trans. James Curnow

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Nitro – Frank Ticheli
  • Hill – Song No. 2 – Percy Grainger
  • Suite from the Ballet, The Firebird – Igor Stravinsky Trans Randy Earles/Ed. Frederick Fennell
  • Aria for Alto Saxophone and Band – Eugene Bozza
  • Fantasia on a 13th Century Carol – James Hosay
  • Greensleeves – arr. Alfred Reed
  • Gloria – Randol Alan Bass
  • A Most Wonderful Christmas – arr. Robert Sheldon

Friday, October 1, 2010

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Procession of the Nobles – Rinsky – Korsakov/Leidzen
  • Canzona – Mennin
  • Lustspiel Overture – Bela/Roberts
  • Emperata Overture – Smith
  • Quando m’n vo – Puccini/Barrow
  • If He Walked Into My Life – Herman/Weaver
  • Saratoga Quickstep – Gould
  • Colonial Song – Grainger
  • Rhapsodic Celebration – Sheldon
  • Selections from “Les Miserables” – arr. Barker
2009 – 2010 Season

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Paris Sketches – Ellerby
  • Lament – Spittal
  • Atlantis: Lost City – Milner
  • El Camino Real – Reed
  • Concertino for Trombone – Larsson
    • Michael Archer, Trombone Student Soloist
  • Mache des Parachutistes Belges – Leemans / arr. Wiley
  • Danzas Cubanas – Sheldon
  • American the Beautiful – Ward/Dragon

Monday, March 1, 2010

  • Circus Overture – Schuman
  • Concertino for Trombone – David
  • The Corner of 100th and Michigan – Fitzpatrick
  • American in Paris – Gershwin
  • The Rakes of Mallow – Anderson

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Choreography – Sheldon
  • Cantique de Jean Racine – Faure/Musgrave
  • Concertino for Marimba and Winds – Reed
  • Pas Redouble – Saint – Saens/Frackenpohl
  • Carols of the Season – arr. Parks
  • Bell Carl a la Big Band – arr. Romeyn
  • Santa’s Journey – Kaighin
  • Holiday Emblem – arr. Smith
  • A Most Wonderful Christmas – arr. Sheldon

Thursday, October 1, 2009

  • Beyond the Horizon – Gallante
  • Magic Valley – Watson
  • Praise Jerusalem – Reed
  • Velocity – Sheldon
  • Clarinet Concerto, Mvt. 1 Giocoso – Sparke
  • Mock Morris – Grainger
  • On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss – Holsinger
  • Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo – Arnold/Paynter
  • Salute to Cinema – arr. Strommen
2008 – 2009 Season

Friday, May 1, 2009

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Don Juan – Richard Strauss / trans. Mark Hindsley
  • Spring Song – Jean Sibelius / trans. Scott Dunn
  • Centra-fuge – Charles Booker
  • Believe Me if all Those Endearing Young Charms – Simone Mantis / arr. David R. Werden
    • Sam Stauffer, Euphonium Student Soloist
  • Irish Tune from County Derry – arr. Percy Grainger
  • Cartoon – Paul Hart
  • Gershwin! – George Gershwin / arr. Warren Barker
  • In Storm and Sunshine – J. C. Reed / arr. Jim Curnow

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Bryn-y-Celyn, from “Children of the Wind” – Catherine McMichael
    • Prairie Wind Ensemble Flute Troupe, Flute Soloist
  • A Sousa Collection – John P. Sousa / arr. Harold Cable
    • The River Valley Brass, Soloist
  • Rhapsody in Blue – George Gershwin / arr. Ferde Grofé
  • Shenandoah – arr. Randol Alan Bass
  • American Civil War Fantasy – Jerry Bilik
  • Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa, 2nd mvt. – Ira Hearshen
  • The Thunderer – John Philip Sousa

Monday, December 1, 2008

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Folk Dances – Shostakovich/Erickson
  • Polka from the Bartered Bride – Smetana/Parks
  • Four Dance Episodes – Gilroy
  • Danza Final, from the ballet “Estancia” – Ginastera/John
  • Escapades from “Catch Me if You Can” – Williams/Bocook
  • Sandpaper Ballet/Blue Tango/Belle of the Ball – Anderson
  • C Jam Blues – Ellington/Wolpe
  • Chiaroscuro: Symphonic Dances in Shades of Darkness and Light – Sheldon
  • Symphonic Dances from West Side Story – Bernstein
  • Christmas Festival Overture – Anderson

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

  • Art in the Park – Sheldon
  • Pablo! – Meyer
  • Art Show – Long
  • Scenes from the Lourve – Dello Joio
  • In Lincoln’s Day – Jeffery Hoover (Premiere Performance)
  • Pictures at an Exhibition – Mussorgsky
  • The Gallant Seventh – Sousa

Sunday, June 1, 2008
@NBA

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Shadow Rituals – Markowski
  • Salaam – Holmquist
  • The Anklet – Raman
  • A Dakota Rhapsody – Camphouse
    • Mark Camphouse, Guest Conductor
  • Song for Lyndsay – Boysen
    • Andrew Boysen, Jr., Guest Conductor
  • As a Wind from the North – Sheldon
2007 – 2008 Season

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Charles County Overture – Jenkins
  • A Dakota Rhapsody – Camphouse
  • March for Masaryk – Obruca/Foeller
  • Casey at the Bat – Bass
  • Carmen Fantasy – Borne/Lewellen
    • Emily Coon, Flute Student Soloist
  • Song for Lyndsay – Boysen
  • Scootin’ on Hardrock – Holsinger
  • Symphonic Suite from Star Wars – Williams/Smith
  • Stars and Stripes – Sousa

Saturday, March 1, 2008

  • Fanfare to La Peri – Dukas
  • Emmanuel – Colombier/Sibbing
  • Double Trouble – Williams/Clark (Percussion Ensemble)
  • As a Wind form the North – Sheldon
  • Valse from Suite for Flute and Piano – Godard/Vroman
  • The Dam Busters – Coates
  • West River Jubilee – Darling
  • Slava! – Bernstein/Grundman

Saturday, December 1, 2007

  • Blue Shades – Ticheli
  • Shades of Green – Fitzpatrick
  • Air on a G String – Bach
  • J. S. Jig – Karrick
  • Introduction, Theme and Variations – Rossini/Hite
  • Snow Day Celebration! – Stein
  • The Sussex Mummers Christmas Carol – Grainger/Goldman
  • Finale from Symphony No. 1 in G minor – Kalinnikov
  • The Night Before Christmas – Bass

Monday, October 1, 2007

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Night on Bald Mountain – Mussorgsky/Schaefer
  • Ghost Dance – Hilliard
  • Songs of Old Kentucky – Karrick
  • A Tribute to Harry James – arr. Nestico
  • The Promise of Living – Copland/Duffy
  • Stomp Your Foot – Copland/Duffy
  • Abram’s Pursuit – Holsinger
  • William Tell Overture – Rossini/Leidzen
2006 – 2007 Season

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • A Jubilant Overture – Reed
  • Cameos – Jacob
  • In a Cause Called Glorious – Melillo
  • The Ramparts – Williams
  • Spoon River – Grainger/Sheldon
  • Regrets and Resolutions – Schocker/Lewellen
    • Melissa Gamber, Flute Student Soloist
  • Ghost Train – Whitacre
  • Colas Breugnon – Kabalevsky/Beeler
  • Stars and Stripes – Sousa

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • A Festival Prelude – Reed
  • Heaven’s Light – Reineke
    • Steven Reineke, Guest Conductor
  • La Fiesta Mexicana – Reed
  • Vintage – Gillingham
  • March from the “Symphonic Metamorphosis” – Hindemith, trans. Wilson
  • Pilatus – Reineke
    • Steven Reineke, Guest Conductor
  • Porgy and Bess – Gershwin/Barnes
  • American Salute – Gould

Monday, January 1, 2007
@IMEA

  • In the Center Ring – Sheldon
  • Garden of the Black Rose – Sheldon
  • Awakened Like the Morn – Sheldon
  • The Final Voyage – Sheldon
  • A Prairie Portrait – Sheldon
  • Requiem to a Land Forgotten – Sheldon
  • A Longford Legend – Sheldon
  • Metroplex: Three Postcards from Manhattan – Sheldon

Friday, December 1, 2006

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Esprit de Corps – Jager
  • Outdoor Overture – Copland
  • Marche Hongroise (Rakoczy) from “The Damnation of Faust” – Berlioz/Smith
  • Chorale and Shaker Dance – Zdechlik
  • From Now On My Adventurous Lover from “The Marriage of Figaro” – Mozart
  • Some Enchanted Evening from “South Pacific” – Rogers
  • The Night Before Christmas – Bass
  • A Most Wonderful Christmas – arr, Sheldon
  • Sleigh Ride – Anderson
  • Christmas Festival Overture – Anderson

Sunday, October 1, 2006

  • Symphonic Fanfare – Camphouse
  • Rose Variations – Bennett
  • In the Temple of Zion – Reineke
  • Pineapple Poll – Sullivan/Mackerras
  • Opus 99 March – Prokofiev/Yoder
  • Confession – Eric Schmidt
  • Theme Like Old Times – arr. Barker
  • Overture to Rienzi – Wagner/Meyrelles
  • Semper Fidelis – Sousa

Thursday, June 1, 2006
@NBA

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Husaria Cavalry Overture – Giroux
    • Julie Giroux, Guest Conductor
  • Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer) – Camphouse
    • Mark Camphouse, Guest Conductor
  • Tempus Fugit – Curnow
    • James Curnow, Guest Conductor
  • To Venture Into the Realm of the Unknown – Salfelder
  • Meditation – Teichler
  • Skysplitter! – Oppido
2005 – 2006 Season

Monday, May 1, 2006

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Husaria Cavalry Overture – Giroux
  • Symphonic Prelude (The Cemetery at Colleville-Sur-Mer) – Camphouse
  • Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band – Creston
    • Doug Stewart, Alto Student Soloist
  • Tempus Fugit – Curnow
  • Hillandale Waltzes – Babin/Nygren
  • Summer Dances – Balmages
  • Selections from “Cats” – Webber/Edmondson
  • L’Esprit du Tour – Bass
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Midway March – Williams, J/Curnow
  • After Silence – Fitzpatrick
  • George Washington Bridge – Schuman
  • Mambo Furioso – Karrick
  • Concerto for Flute – Mercandante/Lewellen/Rhodes
  • Symphony in B♭, 1st Mvt. – Hindemith
  • Psalm for Band – Persichetti
  • Symphonic Suite from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Doyle/Sheldon
  • The Melody Shop – King

Thursday, December 1, 2005

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • March and Cortege of Bacchus – arr. Kreines
  • Fantasia on Black is the Color – Camphouse
  • That’s Entertainment – arr. Barker
  • Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Wagner/Cailliet
  • Ride – Hazo
  • Three Carols for Christmas – Grundman
  • The Polar Express – arr. Brubaker
  • Russian Christmas Music – Reed
  • A Most Wonderful Christmas – arr. Sheldon

Saturday, October 1, 2005

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Florentiner March – Fucik
  • Concerto No. 1 in E-flat for Horn – Strauss
  • Cloudburst – Whitacre
  • Metroplex – Sheldon
  • Lincolnshire Posy – Grainger
  • Shenandoah – Ticheli
  • Fandango – Perkins
  • Culloden – Giroux
  • The Fairest of the Fair – Sousa
2004 – 2005 Season

Sunday, May 1, 2005

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Sea Songs – Vaughan Williams
  • Concerto for Trombone and Military Band – Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew – Curnow
  • Mars – Holst
  • Jupiter – Holst
  • Concertino for Marimba and Band – Creston
    • Rachel Weiss, Marimba Student Soloist
  • Of Sailors and Whales – McBeth
  • In Heaven’s Air – Hazo
  • The Universal Judgment – DeNardis
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa

Tuesday, March 1, 2005

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Folk Song Suite – Vaughan Williams
  • Nimrod – Elgar/Reed
  • Carnaby Street – Hart
  • English Dances – Arnold
  • Tuba Concerto – Gregson
  • First Suite in E-flat – Holst
  • Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon – Grainger
  • Masque – Hesketh
  • Crown Imperial – Walton

Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Symphonic Movement – Nelhybel
  • Nordic Symphony, 2nd Mvt – Hanson/Maddy
  • Symphony No. 3 for Band, Finale – Giannini
  • Symphony No. 2, Finale – Chance
  • A Trumpeter’s Lullaby – Anderson
  • Thanksgiving – Schmidt
  • Christmas Fanfares – Stalter
  • Yiddish Dances – Gorb
  • A Touch of Christmas – Applebaum

Friday, October 1, 2004

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Olympic Fanfare and Theme – Williams/Curnow
  • Aesop’s Fables – Watson
  • In the Center Ring – Sheldon
  • Walt Disney Band Showcase – arr. Werle
  • Three Pieces for Alto Saxophone and Band – Sibbing
  • Rocky Point Holiday – Nelson
  • The Wizard of Oz – Arlen/Barnes
  • Broadway Showstoppers Overture – arr. Barker
  • Highlights from the Music Man – Wilson/Reed
2003 – 2004 Season

Saturday, May 1, 2004

Robert Sheldon, Conductor

  • Armenian Dances, Part I – Reed
  • Molly on the Shore – Grainger
  • Second Concerto for Clarinet – von Weber/Brown
    • Ben Dattilo, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Moravian Folk Rhapsody – Sheldon
  • Fantasy on “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” – Starer
  • Valdres – Hanssen/Bainum
  • Four Scottish Dances – Arnold/Paynter
  • Aegean Festival Overture – Makris/Bader
  • Pas Redouble – Saint-Saens/Frackenpole

Monday, March 1, 2004

  • American Overture for Band – Jenkins
  • Chester – Schuman
  • The Symphonic Gershwin – Gershwin/Barker
  • Elegy for a Young American – Lo Presti
  • Rolling Thunder – Fillmore
  • Fanfare for the Common Man – Copland
  • Concertino for Clarinet and Band – Barker
  • The Cowboys – Williams, J/Curnow
  • America the Beautiful – Ward/Dragon
  • The Washington Post – Sousa

Monday, December 1, 2003

  • American Riversongs – La Plante
  • Welsh Ayres and Dances – Sheldon
  • Suite of Old American Dances – Bennett
  • Symphonic Dance No. 3 – Williams
  • Regrets and Resolutions – Schocker/Lewellen
  • Selections from West Side Story – Bernstein/Duthoit
  • Selections from the Nutcracker Suite – Tchaikovsky/Longfield
  • A Christmas Festival – Anderson
  • Sleigh Ride – Anderson

Wednesday, October 1, 2003

  • Festive Overture – Shostakovitch/Hunsberger
  • October – Whitacre
  • Bayou Breakdown – Karrick
  • The Sinfonians – Williams
  • Rhapsody – Curnow
  • Gandalf from Lord of the Rings Symphony – de Meij
  • Selections from Phantom of the Opera – Webber/Barker
  • Toccata and Fugue in D Minor – Bach/Leidzen
  • Carmina Burana – Orff/Krance
2002 – 2003 Season

Thursday, December 12, 2002

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Joi – Robert Logan
  • Overture For Winds – Felix Mendelssohn
  • Variations – Sur un Air du d’Oc – Louis Cahuzac
    • Don Niemi, Clarinet Soloist
  • Suite Francaise – Darius Milhaud
  • Ambrosian Hymn Variants – Donald WHite
  • Concord – Clare Grundman
  • Themes Like Old Times – /Warren Barker
  • Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa

Sunday, October 20, 2002

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Pieces of Eight – Joseph Willcox Jenkins & Jerome Neff
  • St. Lawrence Suite – Morton Gould
    • Randy Cooksey, Trumpet Soloist
  • All Those Endearing Young Charms – Simone Mantia
    • Matt Chapman, Euphonium Soloist
  • William Byrd Suite – Gordon Jacob
  • Norma Overture – Vincenzo Bellini
  • The Peanut Vendor – Moises Simons
  • Danse Bacchanale – Camille Saint-Saens
  • Conquest – Alfred Newman
2001 – 2002 Season

Thursday, May 9, 2002

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Hounds of Spring – Alfred Reed
  • American Folk Song Suite – Arthur Frackenpohl
  • Hillandale Waltzes – Victor Babin
    • Joe Kania, Clarinet Soloist
  • Duty, Honor, Country – Harold L Walters
  • The Sinfonians – Clifton Williams
  • American Salute – Morton Gould
  • Concertino – Cecile Chaminade
    • Samantha Inman, Flute Student Soloist
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic – Peter J Wilhousky
  • Armed Forces Salute – /Bob Lowden

Sunday, March 17, 2002

  • Marche Militaire Francaise – Camille Saint-Saens
  • March from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes – Paul Hindemith
  • Carmen Fantasy – Ransom Wilson
  • Marche Des Parachutistes Belges – Pierre Leemans
  • Marche Slave – Peter Tschaikowsky
  • March and Procession of Bacchus – Leo Delibes
  • A Slavonic Farewell – Vasilij Agapkin
  • Lola Flores – Terig Tucci
  • The Music Man – Meredith Wilson

Thursday, December 6, 2001

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Overture to the Messiah – George Frederic Handel
  • Three Chorale Preludes – William Latham
  • Concert Etude – Alexander Goedicke
    • Randy Cooksey (trumpet), Trumpet Soloist
  • Wycliffe Variations – Paul Whear
  • Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  • Der Kaiser Kommt – Carl Teike
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Great Songs of Christmas – /Robert Lowden
  • La Fete De Noel – /Charles Spinney
  • Christmas Music for Winds – A Symphonic Scenario – /John Cacavas

Sunday, October 14, 2001

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Gandalf from “The Lord of the Rings” – Symphony No. 1 – Johan de Meij
  • Tapestry – Jeffery Hoover
  • Allerseelen – Richard Strauss
  • Music For A Festival – Gordon Jacob
  • Tympolero – William Schinstine
    • Peggy Bonner (tympani), Tympani Soloist
  • Sorbische Tanze aus der Lausitz – Hans Hutten
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Trumpet Carillon – Ronal Binge
  • Man of LaMancha – Mitch Leigh
2000 – 2001 Season

Thursday, May 10, 2001

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Hail to the Fleet – Richard Maltby
  • Overture For Winds – Charles Carter
  • Suite For Band – Harold Pottenger
  • Atlantic Zephyrs – Gardell Simons
    • Adam Schneblin (tuba), Tuba Soloist
  • Die Schlacht bei Custozza – Julius Fucik
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Nobles of the Mystic Shrine – John Philip Sousa
  • Concerto No. 1 – Alexander Arutiunian
    • Jeff Holbrook, Trumpet Student Soloist
  • Les Miserables – Claude-Michel Schonberg

Sunday, March 18, 2001

  • Riders For The Flag – John Philip Sousa
  • Minature Set For Band – Donald White
  • Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite – Karl King
  • “O du mein holder Abendster” from “Tannhauser’ – Richard Wagner
    • Richard Hanson (baritone), Baritone Soloist
  • Continental Overture – Johan de Meij
  • Lassus Trombone – Henry Fillmore
  • Porgy and Bess – Goerge Gershwin
  • On The Mall – Edwin Franko Goldman

Thursday, December 7, 2000

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Overture for Band – John Heins
  • Midnight Sleighride – E. Sauter & W. Finegan
  • Slavonic Fantasy – Hans Heumann
    • Janet Lewellen (alto), Alto Soloist
  • Russian Liturgy – Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • The Bells of Christmas – /John Higgins
  • Mahrischer Tanz Nr. 7 – Frantisek Manas
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Alpine Fantasy – Erik Leidzen
    • French Horn Section, Horn Soloist
  • The Night Before Christmas – Samuel Douglas
    • Jerry Orrison, Narrator Soloist
  • The Toy Trumpet – Raymond Scott
    • Trumpet Section, Trumpet Soloist
  • A Rhapsody On Christmas Carols – Claude Smith

Sunday, October 15, 2000

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • American Civil War Fantasy – Jerry Bilik
  • Festival Sinfonia – Roland Barret
  • Midway March – John Williams
  • On Stage with Cole Porter – John Warington
    • Jerry Orrison (baritone), Baritone Soloist
  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Sangre de Artista – Jamie Texidor
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Symphony No. 5 – Finale – Dimitri Shostakov
  • That’s Entertainment – /Warren Barker
  • Them Basses – Getty Huffine
  • Variations on “America” – Charles Ives
1999 – 2000 Season

Thursday, May 11, 2000

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • A Springtime Celebration – Alfred Reed
  • Valdres – Johannes Hanssen
  • Concertino for Trombone & Band – Lars-Erik Larsson
    • Dan Dietrich (trombone), Trombone Soloist
  • Spartacus – Jan Van der Roost
  • Spektakulum No. 2 – Ernest Majo
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Concerto No. 1 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Melanie Paden, Horn Student Soloist
  • Clarinet Candy – Leroy Anderson
    • Clarinet section, Clarinet Soloist
  • The Cowboys – John Williams

Thursday, March 9, 2000

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Florentiner March – Julius Fucik
  • Cajun Folk Songs – Frank Ticheli
  • Grand Russiam Fantasia – Jules Levy
    • William Booher (trumpet), Trumpet Soloist
  • Pique Dame Overture – Franz von Suppe
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Tulsa – Don Gillis
  • Golden Jubilee March – John Philip Sousa
  • Holiday For Euphonium – /Jack Bullock
    • Euph Section, Euphonium Soloist
  • First Suite for Band – Alfred Reed

Thursday, December 9, 1999

  • Espirit de Corps – Robert Jager
  • Sixth Suite for Band – Alfred Reed
  • Introduction, Theme and Variations – Gioachino Rossini
    • Joe Kania (clarinet), Clarinet Soloist
  • Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner
  • Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson
    • Randal Cooksey, Bill Booher, Ken Hess (trumpets), Trumpet Soloist
  • A Tribute to Stephen Foster – /Sammy Nestico
  • Im Kahlenbergerdorfel – Philipp Fahrbach, Jr
  • A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson

Sunday, October 17, 1999

  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Flutes 4+2 – Arthur Frackenpohl
    • Entire flute section, Flute Soloist
  • Folk Song Suite – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Nostalgia – Giovanni Orsomando
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Procession of Nobles – Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Scherzo – Johannes Brahms
    • Randi Lancaster (flute), Phillip Lancaster (horn), Flute Soloist
  • South Pacific (Symphonic Scenarios) – Richard Rodgers
  • Turkish March – Ludwig van Beethoven
1998 – 1999 Season

Thursday, May 6, 1999

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • American Overture – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Broadway Journey: 25 Years of Golden Classics – /James Christensen
  • Canto Laudate – Elliot Del Borgo
  • From Every Horizon – Norman Delto Joio
  • George P. Foeller March – Ernest Maja
  • Hungarian Melodies – Vincent Bach
    • Matthew Chapman, Euphonium Soloist
  • Morceau De Concert – Camille Saint-Saens
    • Katie Liesener, Horn Student Soloist
  • Symphony for Band – Robert Jager
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, March 11, 1999

  • A Galop To End All Galops – Warren Barker
  • Brighton Beach March – William Latham
  • Celebration Overture – Gordon Jacob
  • Crown Imperial – William Walton
  • First Suite in Eb – Gustav Holst
  • Regimentaparade – Antonin Zvacek
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • T-Bone Concerto – Johan de Merj
    • Carl Anderson (Trombone), Trombone Soloist
  • The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare – Percy Grainger
  • Toccata Marziale – Vaughan Williams

Thursday, December 10, 1998

  • A Chanukah Celebration – David Borboata
  • A Christmas Carol Fantasy – Takashi Hoshide
  • A German Christmas – Jan Hadermann
  • Concertino for Soprano Saxophone and Band – Aldo Rafard Forte
    • Stephanie Kirk (saxophone), Saxophone Soloist
  • Fantasia for Christmas – Elliot Del Borgo
  • Kinochiada –
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • O Holy Night – Adolphe Charles Adam
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
  • Variants on an Ancient Air – James Curnow
  • Westminster Carol – /James Hosay

Sunday, October 18, 1998

  • Canada – Paul Whear
  • Carnival of Venice – G Briccialdi
    • Denise Cooksey (flute), Flute Soloist
  • Daughters of Texas – John Phillip Sousa
  • In The Temple Of Zeus – Steven Reineke
  • Kilimanjaro: An African Portrait – Robert Washburn
  • Oklahoma! – Richard Rodgers
  • Osterdalsmurj – Wally Schrikura
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Pacific Celebration Suite – Roger Nixon
1997 – 1998 Season

Thursday, May 7, 1998

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • Canterbury Chorale – Jan Van der Roost
  • Concerto No.1 in F Minor: First Movement – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Shanna Davis, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Episodi di Guerra: Part IV – Berardo Sbraccia
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Fanfare on the Austrian Hymn – Stephen Johnson
  • Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa
  • Legend of Starved Rock – Robert Sheldon
  • Psalm for Band – Vincent Persichetti
  • The Inferno – Robert W. Smith
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa
  • Xylophonia – Joe Green
    • Jim Tallman (xylophone), Xylophone Soloist

Thursday, March 12, 1998

  • A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
  • Dedication Overture – Vittorio Giannini
  • Episodi Di Guerra – Part II – Berardo Sbraccia
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Fantasia in G – Timothy Mahr
  • In the Miller Mood – /Warren Barker
  • Suite from West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
    • The River Valley Brass, Soloist
  • The Sea Treaders – W. Francis McBeth
  • The Wasington Post March – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, December 11, 1997

  • An Outdoor Overture – Aaron Copeland
  • Episodi Di Guerra – Part II – Berardo Sbraccia
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Gavorkna Fanfare – Jack Stamp
  • Rhapsody for Clarinet – Anne McGinty
    • Kristin Stewart (clarinet), Clarinet Soloist
  • Scenes from “The Louvre” – Norman Dello Joio
  • Second Century – Alfred Reed
  • Suite of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennett
  • Three Dances from the Nutcracker Suite – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Sunday, October 12, 1997

  • Bring Light! – Jeffery Hoover
  • Bullets and Bayonets – John Philip Sousa
  • Ceremoniale – Elliot Del Borgo
  • Concertino – Cecile Chaminade
    • LuAnn Stoskopf (flute), Flute Soloist
  • Episodi Di Guerra – Berado Sbraccia
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • To Touch the Knee of God – Jeffery Hoover
    • Dr. Jeffery Hoover, Soloist
    • Dr. Jeffery Hoover, Guest Conductor
  • Wind Images – Donald Lewellen
1996 – 1997 Season

Thursday, May 1, 1997

Donald Lewellen, Conductor

  • 4th Solo de Concert – Louis Verroust
    • Katherine Janssen (oboe), Oboe Soloist
  • Amazing Grace – Frank Ticheli
  • Carnival of Venice – Giulio Briccialdi
    • Nicole Long, Flute Student Soloist
  • Emperor Waltz – Johan Strauss
  • Er weicht der Sonne Nicht! – Hermann Blankenburg
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Highlights from “Gigi” – Frederick Loewe
  • The British Grenadiers – /Albert Cobine
  • The Marriage Figaro Overture – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • The Universal Judgement – Camille de Nardis

Thursday, December 12, 1996

  • Chorale and Alleluia – Howard Hanson
  • Concerto for Marimba – Greg Sanders
    • Genaro Cantu (marimba), Marimba Soloist
  • Esprit de Corps – Robert Jager
  • Fugue on Yankee Doodle – John Phillip Sousa
  • Hymnal – Morton Gould
  • Prairie Wind –
  • Prelude and Celebration – James Curnow
  • Sorbische Tanze aus der Lausitz – Hans Hutten
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • The Dauntless Battalion – John Phillip Sousa

Thursday, October 17, 1996

  • Capriccia – Rodney Newton
    • Andy Rummel (tuba), Tuba Soloist
  • Festive Overture – Edward Gregson
  • In the Mood – Joe Garland/Andy Clark
  • La Oreja De Oro – Mariano San Miguel
  • Montmartre March – Haydn Wood
  • Sea Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • The Courtly Dances – Benjamin Britten
  • The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber/Warren Barker
  • Water Music – Malcolm Arnold
1995 – 1996 Season

Thursday, May 2, 1996

George Foeller, Conductor

  • All Those Endearing Young Charms – Simone Mantia
    • Matthew Chapman (euphonium), Euphonium Soloist
  • Concertino – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Anna Woessner, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Das Abzeichen – Stefan Marinoff
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Jupiter – The Bringer Of Jollity – Gustav Holst
  • Puszta – Jan Van der Roost
  • Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa
  • Through Countless Halls of Air – W. Francis McBeth
  • Variations on a Korean Folk song – John Barnes Chance

Sunday, March 10, 1996

  • Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
  • Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
  • Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner
  • Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral – Richard Wagner
  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Gotteskampfer – Julius Fucik
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Gotteskampfer – Julius Fucik
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Parade of the Charioteers – Miklos Rozsa
  • Porgy and Bess – George Gershwin
  • Porgy and Bess – George Gershwin
  • Sinfonia Concert – W. A. Mozart
    • Robert Sibbing (soprano sax), Janet Lewellen (alto sax), Soprano Saxophone Soloist
  • Sinfonia Concerte – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Robert Sibbing (Soprano), Janet Lewellen (alto), Soprano Soloist

Thursday, December 7, 1995

  • A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson
  • Christmas in Poland – Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Concertino for Trombone – Ferdinand David
    • Dan Dietrich (trombone), Trombone Soloist
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J.S. Bach/Erik Leidzen
  • Jingle Bells – /Morton Gould
  • Prologo Sinfonico – Ernest Majo
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Quiet Christmas – Clare Grundman
  • Russian Christmas Music – Alfred Reed
  • The White Rose – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, October 19, 1995

  • American Salute – Morton Gould
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic – /James Ployhar
  • Camelot – Fredrick Loewe/Paul Yoder
  • Concertino – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Jill Potts (soloist), Clarinet Soloist
  • E Pluribus Unum – Fred Jewell
  • Hym to Yerevan – Alan Hovhaness
  • Of Saliors and Whales – W. Francis McBeth
  • The Symphonic Gershwin – George Gershwin/Warren Barker
  • Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew – James Curnow
1994 – 1995 Season

Thursday, May 4, 1995

George Foeller, Conductor

  • Candide Suite – Leonard Bernstein/Clare Grundman
  • Clarinet Polka – Folk tune/David Bennett
  • Colonel Bogey – Kenneth J. Alford
  • Colonel Bogey On Parade – Kenneth J. Alford
  • Concertino NO. 2 in D – W. A. Mozart
    • Tristan Paige, Flute Student Soloist
  • Fantasy on American Sailing Songs – Clare Grundman
  • Lustspiel – Keler Bela/Charles Roberts
  • Serende and Dance – Claude T. Smith
  • The Sinfonians – Clifton Williams
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, December 8, 1994

  • Overture to Poet and Peasant – Franz von Suppe
  • March, “BB & CF” – James Ord Hume
  • “Toccata” from Concertino for Marimba and Winds – Alfred Reed
    • Kay More (percussion), Percussion Soloist
  • Eroica Variations – Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Symphonic Overture – James Barnes
  • Be Joyful, My Spirit – Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Randy Cooksey & Dan Moore (trumpets), Trumpet Soloist
  • “Hobbit” from Symphony No. 1 – “The Lord Of The Rings” – Johan de Meij
  • The Pathfinder of Panama – John Philip Sousa
  • A Rhapsody On Christmas – Claude T Smith

Thursday, October 13, 1994

  • Centennial Saga – Donald Lewellen
  • Cettina Biricchina – Ernesto Abbate
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Power and Glory – John Phillip Sousa
  • Radetzky March – Johann Strauss
  • Silhouttes – John Cheetham
  • The Land Of El Dorado – W. Francis McBeth
  • Tribute to Canterbury – Gordon Jacob
  • Variations on “The Cobbler’s Bench” – Arthur Frackenpohl
    • Frank Payton Jr (soloist), Contra Bass Clarinet Soloist
  • West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein
1993 – 1994 Season

Thursday, April 28, 1994

George Foeller, Conductor

  • Allegro Giocoso (from the Fourth Symphony) – Johannes Brahms
  • Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Jessica O’Donnell, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Die Etsch – Sepp Thaler
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Marche Russe – Louis Ganne
  • Mary Poppins – Richard and Robert Sherman
  • Samson Overture – George Fredrick Handel
  • Second Suite in F – Gustav Holst
  • The Cowboys – John Williams
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa

Thursday, March 10, 1994

  • Hounds of Spring – Alfred Reed
  • Donausagen – Julius Fucik
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • A Moorside Suite – Gustav Holst
  • Symphony No. 1 – “The Lord Of The Rings” – Johan de Meij
  • Prairie Wind – Greg Sanders
  • Chapultepec For Band – Carlos Chavez
  • La Llorona – Steven Chavez
    • Steven Chavez (guest soloist), Marimba Soloist
  • La Fiesta Mexicana – H. Owen Reed

Thursday, December 9, 1993

  • A Christmas Festival – Leroy Anderson
  • Coat Of Arms – George Kenny
  • Introduction, March and Shepard’s Dance – GIan Carlo Menotti
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Klingende Fahrt – Albert Benz
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Seascape – Alfred Reed
    • Larry Weber (euphonium), Euphonium Soloist
  • Second Symphony for Band – Frank Erickson
  • Tam O’Shanter Overture – Malcolm Arnold
  • Three Sketches for Winds – Clare Grundman

Thursday, October 14, 1993

  • Adagio-Tarantella – Ernesto Cavallini
    • David Stewart (clarinet), Clarinet Soloist
  • An Irish Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Curtain Up! – Alfred Reed
  • Fandango – Frank Perkins
  • Flight – Claude T. Smith
  • Gilles Farnaby Suite – Gordon Jacob
  • Omaggio A Cagliari – Raffaele Ascolese
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • The Blues! – /Sammy Nestico
  • The January February March – Don Gillis
  • The Light Eternal – James Swearingen
1992 – 1993 Season

Thursday, May 6, 1993

George Foeller, Conductor

  • Animal Ditties – Anthony Plog
    • MSG Dennis Edelbrock (soloist), Jerry Orrison (narrator), Trumpet Soloist
  • Eternal Father, Strong to Save – Claude T. Smith
  • First Suite in Eb – Gustav Holst
  • Oboe Concerto: Allegro – Franz Joseph Haydn
    • Carla Parodi, Oboe Student Soloist
  • Surch Deutschlands Gaue: 3rd Movement – Siegfried Bethmann
    • WORLD PREMEIRE (Conducted by George Foeller), Soloist
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • That’s Entertainment – /Warren Barker
  • The Liberty Bell – John Philip Sousa
  • Trumpet Concerto – Franz Joseph Haydn
    • MSG Dennis Edelbrock (soloist), Trumpet Soloist
  • Viva Musica! – Alfred Reed

Thursday, March 11, 1993

  • A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
  • Dedication Overture – Vittorio Giannini
  • Durch Deutschlands Gaue – Siegfried Bethmann
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • George Washington Bicentennial March – John Phillip Sousa
  • Hoagy Carmichael in COncert – /Warren Barker
  • Morceau Symphonique – Alexandre Guilmant
    • Carl Anderson (trombone), Trombone Soloist
  • O Cool Is The Valley – Vincent Persichetti
  • Suite Francaise – Dariu Milhaud
  • Wind Images – Donald Lewellen

Thursday, December 10, 1992

  • A Carol Festival – Hawley Ades
  • Belle of the Ball – Leroy Anderson
  • Carmen Fantasy – Ranson Wilson
    • Denise Cooksey (flute), Flute Soloist
  • Celebrations – John Zdechlik
  • Colonial Ballads – Norman Dello Joio
  • Greensleeves – /Alfred Reed
  • Gridiron Centennial – John Bourgeois, Thomas Knox
  • Hoch Grossherzog Friedrich – Adolf Boettge
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Jazz Waltz – Richard Maltby
  • Quiet Christmas – Clare Grundman

Sunday, October 11, 1992

  • Funiculi Funicula – Luigi Denza
  • Magyar Ver – Richard Fricsay/George Foeller
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Procession of Nobles – Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov
  • Selections from “Fantasia” – /James Curnow
  • Shivaree – Robert Jager
  • Theme from “The Apartment” – Charles Williams
    • Kritin Stewart (piano), Piano Soloist
  • Three Irish Dances – James Curnow
  • Toccata – Girolamo Frescobaldi
  • Valdres – Johannes Hanssen
1991 – 1992 Season

Thursday, April 30, 1992

George Foeller, Conductor

  • “10 Let!” Slavnosti Pruvod – Bohuslav Leopold
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • A Springtime Celebration – Alfred Reed
  • Miss Saigon Medley – Claude-Michel Schonberg
  • Moorside March – Gustav Holst
  • Sol Y Sombra – George Gates
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Phillip Sousa
  • Three Dances from “Henry VIII” – Edward German
  • Toccata Marziale – Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Trumpet Concerto – Johann Hummel
    • Jason Olson, Trumpet Student Soloist
  • Villanelle – Paul Dukas
    • Philip Lancaster (horn), Horn Soloist

Sunday, March 8, 1992

  • A Cohan Broadway Festival – F.E Werle
  • America, the Beautiful – Samuel Augustus Ward
  • American Overture – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Americans We – Henry Fillmore
  • Concertino for English Horn – Geatano Denizetti
    • Gwendolyn Carlsen (english horn), English Horn Soloist
  • Concord Divisions – James Curnow
  • Hamlet Suite – Dimitri Sheetakevich
  • Little Brown Jug –
  • Mew Mexico March – John Phillip Sousa
  • Punchinello – Alfred Reed
  • Star Wars Medley – John Williams
  • Wir Splefen Auf, – Siefried Bethmann
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor

Thursday, December 12, 1991

  • Ballet Egyptian – Alexandre Luigini
  • Concertino For Trumpet – Maurice Whitney
    • William Booher (trumpet), Trumpet Soloist
  • Marche Des Parachutistes Belges – Pierre Leemans
  • Richard III – Edward German
  • Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson
  • Teufelstanz – Josef Helmesberger
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Theme From New York, New York – John Kander
    • Jack Schepper (vocal solo), Vocal Soloist
  • Variants on an Ancient Air –
  • White Christmas – Irving Berlin

Sunday, June 16, 1991

  • American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 – Clare Grundman
  • Battle Hymn Of The Republic – /James Ployhar
  • Blasmusik-Spezialitaten – Otto Wagner
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Charles County Overture – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Esprit De Corps – Robert Jager
  • Fantasia For Alto Saxophone – Claude T. Smith
    • Janet Lewellen (sax), Saxophone Soloist
  • Gershwin! – /Warren Barker
  • National Emblem – Edwin E. Bagley
  • Overture in Bb – Caesar Giovannini
  • Suite Of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennet
  • The Gladiator’s Farewell – H.L Blakenburg
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Washington Post – John Philip Sousa

Tuesday, June 11, 1991

  • American Folk Rhapsody No. 4 – Clare Grundman
  • Battle Hymn Of The Republic – /James Ployhar
  • Blasmusik-Spezialitaten – Otto Wagner
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Charles County Overture – Joseph Willcox Jenkins
  • Esprit De Corps – Robert Jager
  • Fantasia For Alto Saxophone – Claude T. Smith
    • Janet Lewellen (sax), Saxophone Soloist
  • Gershwin! – /Warren Barker
  • National Emblem – Edwin E. Bagley
  • Overture in Bb – Caesar Giovannini
  • Suite Of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennet
  • The Gladiator’s Farewell – H.L Blakenburg
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Washington Post – John Philip Sousa
1990 – 1991 Season

Thursday, May 2, 1991

George Foeller, Conductor

  • Ballet Parisien – Jacques Offenbach
  • Chicago Tribune March – W.P. Chambers
  • Fantasia for Alto Saxophone – Claude Thomas Smith
    • Janet Lewellen (saxophone), Saxophone Soloist
  • Graf Zeppeien – Carl Teike
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Hermann Springs – G.B.
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • In Auber Freunchdechusit – Gustav Fischer
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Kaleidoscope – William Camphouse
  • Overture in Bb – Caesar Giovannini
  • Suite of Old American Dances – Robert Russell Bennett
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Phillip Sousa
  • The Swiss Shepherd – P. Morlacchi
    • Grace Song, Flute Student Soloist

Sunday, March 10, 1991

  • Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson
    • Randy Cooksey, Bill Booher, Ken Hess (soloists), Trumpet Soloist
  • Bullets and Bayonets March – John Phillip Sousa
  • Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness – J.S. Bach
  • Esprit De Corps – Robert Jager
  • Gershwin! – /Warren Barker
  • Light Cavalry Overture – Franz von Suppe
  • Mahrischer Tanz NR. 9 – Frantisek Manas
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Serenade For Flute – Howard Hanson
    • Joanne Brandes (flute), Flute Soloist
  • St. Louis Blues March – W.C. Handy
1988 – 1989 Season

Thursday, October 27, 1988

  • A Soldier’s March – Robert Cronin
  • American Overture – Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
  • Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
  • Colonial Airs and Dances – Robert Jager
  • My Fair Lady – Fredrick Loewe
  • Sedliacka – Karol Padivy
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Solo De Concours – Henri Rabaud
    • David Stewart (clarinet), Clarinet Soloist
  • Strike up the Band –
1987 – 1988 Season

Thursday, May 5, 1988

George Foeller, Conductor

  • American Pageant – Thomas Knox
  • American Vocies – Gary White
  • Brothers In Arms – Siegfried Bethmann
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Concertino – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Sherill Diepenbrock (Clarinet), Clarinet Soloist
  • Concerto: Rondo – W.A. Mozart
    • Melanie King, Clarinet Student Soloist
  • Festive Overture – Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Them Basses March – G H Huffine
  • Thrid Symphony For Band – Frank Erickson

Thursday, March 10, 1988

  • A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
  • Bride of the Waves – Herbert L. Clark
    • MSgt. David S. Golden (trumpet), Trumpet Soloist
  • Carnival of Venice – G. Briccialdi
    • Denise Bernhard-Cooksey (flute), Flute Soloist
  • Concerto in D – Movement III – Tartini
  • El Captain March –
  • Ellington (A Tribute to “The Duke”) –
  • From Austria through the World – Bruchmann/Baumann
  • Italian Street Song – Kerchner
    • Bonnie Promfret (soprano), Soprano Soloist
  • King Cotton March –
  • Lassus Trombone – Henry Fillmore
  • Manhattan Beach March –
  • Mussetta’s Waltz from La Boheme – Puccini
  • Radetzky March –
  • Semper Fidelis March –
  • The Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa
  • Tulsa – Don Gillis
  • Washington Post March –

Sunday, October 4, 1987

  • America The Beautiful – Samuel Ward
  • American Folk Rhapsody – Clare Grundman
  • Amparito Roca – Jamie Texidor
  • Bugler’s Holiday – Leroy Anderson
  • Dramatic Essay – Clifton Williams
    • Judy Rosano (trumpet), Trumpet Soloist
  • Hands Across The Sea – John Philip Sousa
  • Scenes From “The Louvre” – Norman Dello Joio
  • The Hounds Of Spring – Alfred Reed
  • The Purple Carnival March – Harry Alford
  • Zingaresca – Heinnch Steinbeck
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
1986 – 1987 Season

Thursday, December 11, 1986

  • Andnte Cantable For Winds – Charles Gounod
  • Cole Porter On Broadway – /Warren Barker
  • Concertino For Oboe and Winds – Carl Maria von Weber
    • Gwendolyn Carlton (Oboe), Oboe Soloist
  • Down To The Sea In The Ships – Robert Russell Bennett
  • Esprit De Corps – Robert Jager
  • Pageant – Vincent Persichetti
  • Reich Der Dolomiten – von Gottfried Veit
    • George Foeller, Guest Conductor
  • Satric Dances – Norman Dello Joio
  • The Free Lance March – John Philip Sousa
1981 – 1982 Season

Thursday, March 4, 1982

  • Australian Up-Country Tune – Percy Aldridge Grainger/Bainum
  • Bandances – Nelson Keyes
  • Chromatic Gallop – Franz Liszt/Frackenpohl
  • First Suite For Band – Alfred Reed
  • His Honor – Henry Fillmore
  • Oboe Concerto in C Major – Joseph Haydn/Begian
    • Katherine Steck(oboe), Oboe Soloist
  • Second Suite For Band – Alfred Reed
  • The Sound Of Music – R. Rodgers & D. Hammerstein/Bennett