CONCERT BAND & WIND ENSEMBLE
Concert Band is offered to students who wish to enhance their performance abilities, be a part of a team atmosphere, as well as having the opportunity to perform in a number of public situations. Focus is placed on serious concert literature. Students are encouraged to expand their musical knowledge through participation in private lessons, district and state solo and ensemble festivals, honor bands, summer camps, school functions, and other community events. The concert band performs at local concerts as well as district festival. All performances are mandatory.
Because of the nature of this course, students should plan to participate for a full year, 1 credit, when signing up.
Concert Band is offered to students who wish to enhance their performance abilities, be a part of a team atmosphere, as well as having the opportunity to perform in a number of public situations. Focus is placed on serious concert literature. Students are encouraged to expand their musical knowledge through participation in private lessons, district and state solo and ensemble festivals, honor bands, summer camps, school functions, and other community events. The concert band performs at local concerts as well as district festival. All performances are mandatory.
Because of the nature of this course, students should plan to participate for a full year, 1 credit, when signing up.
2019/2020 Repertoire
District Band Festival
Wind Ensemble
"The Trombone King" by Karl King Audio
"Monterosi" by Jacob De Haan Audio
"Havendance" by David Holsinger Audio
2018/2019 Repertoire
State Band Festival
Wind Ensemble
"October" by Eric Whitacre Audio
"The Blue and the Gray" by Clare Grundman Audio
2017/2018 Repertoire
District Band Festival
Wind Ensemble
"They're Off!" by Fred Jewell / arr. Andrew Glover Audio
"Incantations" by Robert W. Smith Audio
"Mount Everest" by Rosano Galante Audio
2016/2017 Repertoire
District Band Festival
Concert Band
"Coast Guards March"
"Holiday Music"
"Dance Carnival"
Wind Ensemble
"Colonel Bogey" by Kenneth Alford
"As Summer Was Just Beginning" by Larry Daehn
"Into the Raging River" by Steve Reineke
State Band Festival
Wind Ensemble
"Amparita Roca" by Jamie Texador Audio
"As Summer Was Just Beginning" by Larry Daehn Audio
"Variations on a Korean Folksong" by John Barnes Chance Audio
2015/2016 Repertoire
State Band Festival
"Quality Plus" by Fred Jewell / arr. Robert Longfield Audio
"Loch Lomond" by Frank Ticheli Audio
"The Blue and the Gray" by Clare Grundman Audio
2014/2015 Repertoire
State Band Festival
"Mount Healthy March" by Henry Fillmore Audio
"Daedelus' Labyrinth" by Sean O'Loughlin Audio
"Joy Revisited" by Frank Ticheli Audio
2013/2014 Repertoire
Spring Concert
"Lord of the Rings" by Johan de Meij
"Rondo" by Carl Maria von Weber (Soloist: Rachel Samuelson)
"Chorale and Capriccio" by Caeser Giovanni
2012/2013 Repertoire
District Band Festival
"Rough Riders" by Karl King Audio
"Symphonic Overture" by Charles Carter Audio
"Metrodance" by Randall Standridge Audio
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra, Goodrich High School Band, Fenton High School Band, and Limonest Youth Symphony Concert (2/28/13, Whiting Aud)
Moment For Morricone by Ennio Morricone Youtube
Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky Youtube
Overture to West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein Youtube
"Projections" by Andrew David Perkins Youtube
"Symphonic Overture" by Charles Carter Audio
"Metrodance" by Randall Standridge Audio
Flint Youth Symphony Orchestra, Goodrich High School Band, Fenton High School Band, and Limonest Youth Symphony Concert (2/28/13, Whiting Aud)
Moment For Morricone by Ennio Morricone Youtube
Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky Youtube
Overture to West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein Youtube
"Projections" by Andrew David Perkins Youtube
2011/2012 Repertoire
District Band Festival
"Spontaneous Combustion" by Robert Sheldon Audio
State Band Festival
"Prestissimo" by Karl King Audio
"Incantations" by Robert W. Smith
Ignition by Todd Stalter
FYSO Joint Concert
Star Wars Epic Part 2 by John Williams, arranged by Robert W. Smith
Dark Knight Suite by Hans Zimmer, arranged by Victor Lopez
Spring Concert
Tone Poem on Mannin Veen by Haydn Wood
Overture to "Colas Breugnon" by Dimitri Kabalevsky
2010/2011 Repertoire
District Band Festival
"Cincinnatus" by Karl King Video
"Critical Mass" by Todd Stalter Video
"Dublin Dances" by Jan Van der Roost Video
2004/2005 Repertoire
State Band Festival
"Rough Riders" by Karl King Audio
"Rough Riders" by Karl King Video
"Loch Lomond" by Frank Ticheli Audio
"Loch Lomond" by Frank Ticheli Video
"Alligator Alley" by Michael Daugherty Audio
"Alligator Alley" by Michael Daugherty Video
2003/2004 Repertoire
Spring Concert
"Cajun Folksongs" by Frank Ticheli
"Chorale and Shaker Dance" by John Zdechlik
"Pirates of The Caribbean" arr. John Wasson
"Seventy Six Trombones" by Leroy Anderson
"Spontaneous Combustion" by Robert Sheldon Audio
State Band Festival
"Prestissimo" by Karl King Audio
"Incantations" by Robert W. Smith
Ignition by Todd Stalter
FYSO Joint Concert
Star Wars Epic Part 2 by John Williams, arranged by Robert W. Smith
Dark Knight Suite by Hans Zimmer, arranged by Victor Lopez
Spring Concert
Tone Poem on Mannin Veen by Haydn Wood
Overture to "Colas Breugnon" by Dimitri Kabalevsky
2010/2011 Repertoire
District Band Festival
"Cincinnatus" by Karl King Video
"Critical Mass" by Todd Stalter Video
"Dublin Dances" by Jan Van der Roost Video
2004/2005 Repertoire
State Band Festival
"Rough Riders" by Karl King Audio
"Rough Riders" by Karl King Video
"Loch Lomond" by Frank Ticheli Audio
"Loch Lomond" by Frank Ticheli Video
"Alligator Alley" by Michael Daugherty Audio
"Alligator Alley" by Michael Daugherty Video
2003/2004 Repertoire
Spring Concert
"Cajun Folksongs" by Frank Ticheli
"Chorale and Shaker Dance" by John Zdechlik
"Pirates of The Caribbean" arr. John Wasson
"Seventy Six Trombones" by Leroy Anderson