2011 - 2012 Repertoire
2011 COMET MARCHING BAND
"Classical Giants"
Jupiter from "The Planets" - arr. Jay Bocook
Nimrod from Enigma Variations - arr. Jay Bocook
Pictures at an Exhibition - arr. Jay Bocook
FALL CONCERT - OCTOBER 27, 2011
High School Symphony Band
Georgia Girl - Karl L. King/arr. Gene Milford
Eire - Melanie Donahue
Twist of Fate - Larry Clark
The Lost Lady Found (from Lincolnshire Posy) - Percy Aldridge Grainger/arr. Michael Sweeney
High School Wind Symphony
Shortcut Home - Dana Wilson
October - Eric Whitacre
Country Gardens - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst/ed. Frederick Fennell
I. March
II. Song Without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
WINTER CONCERT - DECEMBER 1, 2011
High School Symphony Band
Fanfare and Procession on an Old English Carol - Robert W. Smith
Christmas Day - Gustav Holst/arr. Larry Daehn
High School Wind Symphony
Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppe/trans. Loras John Schissel
Valdres - Johannes Hanssen/arr. Glenn C. Bainum
Coventry Variant - Greg Sanders
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Percy Aldridge Grainger/arr. Douglas Stotter
Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostokovich/trans. Donald Hunsberger
WINTER CONCERT - DECEMBER 6, 2011
High School Concert Band
Prelude to Christmas - John Krance
As Twilight Falls - Robert Sheldon
Variants on a Shaped Note Tune - Johnnie Vinson
MSBOA DISTRICT 8 BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL - MARCH 1, 2012
High School Concert Band
Hands Across the Sea - John Philip Sousa/arr. Andrew Balent
Ballad and Dance - Johnnie Vinson
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Celebration and Song - Robert Sheldon
High School Symphony Band
Freischutz Quickstep - Claudio Grafulla/arr. Tommy J. Fry
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart
I. The Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley
II. Ayre for Eventide
III. The Fiefs of Wembley
Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
MSBOA DISTRICT 8 BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL - MARCH 2, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa/ed. Frederick Fennell
Molly on the Shore - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Starry Crown - Donald Grantham
CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT - MARCH 15, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Aurora Awakes - John Mackey
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra - Carl Nielsen/trans. Alex Kindel
Alex Kindel, flute
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Molly on the Shore - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Tavia Zerman, guest conductor
Words of Love - James Mobberley
Sarah Clark, soprano
Starry Crown - Donald Grantham
SPRING CONCERT - APRIL 25, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Alleluia! Laudamus Te - Alfred Reed
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen/trans. H. Robert Reynolds
Polka and Fugue (from the opera "Schwanda, the Bagpiper") - Jaromir Weinberger/trans. Glenn C. Bainum
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner/trans. John R. Bourgeois
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Karl L. King/ed. Loras John Schissel
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
I. Moderately slow
II. Very fast
SPRING CONCERT - MAY 15, 2012
High School Concert Band
Rough-Riders - Karl L. King/arr. James Swearingen
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Trials and Triumph - Douglas Akey
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Paper Cut - Alex Shapiro
Legends in the Mist - Michael Sweeney
High School Symphony Band
The Lord of the Rings (excerpts from Symphony No. 1) - Johan de Meij/arr. Paul Lavender
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Early One Morning - Pierre La Plante
I. Early One Morning
II. Lavender's Blue
III. Davy, Davy, Knick Knack (Country Dances)
Shepherd's Hey - Percy Aldridge Grainger/ed. Loras John Schissel
Melodius Thunk - David Biedenbender (commissioned work)
The Inferno (from The Divine Comedy) - Robert W. Smith
High School Wind Symphony
Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare - Richard Strauss/ed. David R. Hickman
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Concerto Pour Flute - Jacques Ibert/trans. William Montgomery
Amy Rosendall, flute
III. Allegro scherzando
Concerto in B-flat Major - Reinhold Gliere/trans. Donald Phillips
Jessie Boyd, horn
I. Allegro
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger/ed. Frederick Fennell
I. Lisbon (Sailor's Song)
II. Horkstow Grange (The Miser and His Man: A local tragedy)
IV. The Brisk Young Sailor (returned to wed his True Love)
V. Lord Melbourne (War Song)
VI. The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song)
Danza Final (from Estancia) - Alberto Ginastera/arr. David John
"CONCERT ON THE GRAND" - MAY 25, 2012
High School Symphony Band & Wind Symphony
Just a Closer Walk With Thee - unknown/arr. Don Gillis/ad. Calvin Custer
High School Wind Symphony
The March from 1941 - John Williams/trans. Paul Lavender
Grand Tribute - David R. Gillingham
High School Concert Band, Symphony Band & Wind Symphony
On the Mall - Edwin Franko Goldman
Armed Forces Medley - various
America, the Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward/Katherine Lee Bates/arr. Carmen Dragon
"Classical Giants"
Jupiter from "The Planets" - arr. Jay Bocook
Nimrod from Enigma Variations - arr. Jay Bocook
Pictures at an Exhibition - arr. Jay Bocook
FALL CONCERT - OCTOBER 27, 2011
High School Symphony Band
Georgia Girl - Karl L. King/arr. Gene Milford
Eire - Melanie Donahue
Twist of Fate - Larry Clark
The Lost Lady Found (from Lincolnshire Posy) - Percy Aldridge Grainger/arr. Michael Sweeney
High School Wind Symphony
Shortcut Home - Dana Wilson
October - Eric Whitacre
Country Gardens - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst/ed. Frederick Fennell
I. March
II. Song Without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith
IV. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
WINTER CONCERT - DECEMBER 1, 2011
High School Symphony Band
Fanfare and Procession on an Old English Carol - Robert W. Smith
Christmas Day - Gustav Holst/arr. Larry Daehn
High School Wind Symphony
Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppe/trans. Loras John Schissel
Valdres - Johannes Hanssen/arr. Glenn C. Bainum
Coventry Variant - Greg Sanders
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Percy Aldridge Grainger/arr. Douglas Stotter
Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostokovich/trans. Donald Hunsberger
WINTER CONCERT - DECEMBER 6, 2011
High School Concert Band
Prelude to Christmas - John Krance
As Twilight Falls - Robert Sheldon
Variants on a Shaped Note Tune - Johnnie Vinson
MSBOA DISTRICT 8 BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL - MARCH 1, 2012
High School Concert Band
Hands Across the Sea - John Philip Sousa/arr. Andrew Balent
Ballad and Dance - Johnnie Vinson
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Celebration and Song - Robert Sheldon
High School Symphony Band
Freischutz Quickstep - Claudio Grafulla/arr. Tommy J. Fry
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart
I. The Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley
II. Ayre for Eventide
III. The Fiefs of Wembley
Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
MSBOA DISTRICT 8 BAND & ORCHESTRA FESTIVAL - MARCH 2, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa/ed. Frederick Fennell
Molly on the Shore - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Starry Crown - Donald Grantham
CARNEGIE HALL CONCERT - MARCH 15, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Aurora Awakes - John Mackey
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra - Carl Nielsen/trans. Alex Kindel
Alex Kindel, flute
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Molly on the Shore - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Tavia Zerman, guest conductor
Words of Love - James Mobberley
Sarah Clark, soprano
Starry Crown - Donald Grantham
SPRING CONCERT - APRIL 25, 2012
High School Wind Symphony
Alleluia! Laudamus Te - Alfred Reed
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen/trans. H. Robert Reynolds
Polka and Fugue (from the opera "Schwanda, the Bagpiper") - Jaromir Weinberger/trans. Glenn C. Bainum
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner/trans. John R. Bourgeois
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Karl L. King/ed. Loras John Schissel
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
I. Moderately slow
II. Very fast
SPRING CONCERT - MAY 15, 2012
High School Concert Band
Rough-Riders - Karl L. King/arr. James Swearingen
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Trials and Triumph - Douglas Akey
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Paper Cut - Alex Shapiro
Legends in the Mist - Michael Sweeney
High School Symphony Band
The Lord of the Rings (excerpts from Symphony No. 1) - Johan de Meij/arr. Paul Lavender
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Early One Morning - Pierre La Plante
I. Early One Morning
II. Lavender's Blue
III. Davy, Davy, Knick Knack (Country Dances)
Shepherd's Hey - Percy Aldridge Grainger/ed. Loras John Schissel
Melodius Thunk - David Biedenbender (commissioned work)
The Inferno (from The Divine Comedy) - Robert W. Smith
High School Wind Symphony
Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare - Richard Strauss/ed. David R. Hickman
Benjamin Walukonis, student teacher/guest conductor
Concerto Pour Flute - Jacques Ibert/trans. William Montgomery
Amy Rosendall, flute
III. Allegro scherzando
Concerto in B-flat Major - Reinhold Gliere/trans. Donald Phillips
Jessie Boyd, horn
I. Allegro
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger/ed. Frederick Fennell
I. Lisbon (Sailor's Song)
II. Horkstow Grange (The Miser and His Man: A local tragedy)
IV. The Brisk Young Sailor (returned to wed his True Love)
V. Lord Melbourne (War Song)
VI. The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song)
Danza Final (from Estancia) - Alberto Ginastera/arr. David John
"CONCERT ON THE GRAND" - MAY 25, 2012
High School Symphony Band & Wind Symphony
Just a Closer Walk With Thee - unknown/arr. Don Gillis/ad. Calvin Custer
High School Wind Symphony
The March from 1941 - John Williams/trans. Paul Lavender
Grand Tribute - David R. Gillingham
High School Concert Band, Symphony Band & Wind Symphony
On the Mall - Edwin Franko Goldman
Armed Forces Medley - various
America, the Beautiful - Samuel Augustus Ward/Katherine Lee Bates/arr. Carmen Dragon
