2022-2023
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
(Combined performance with the Parker Junior HS 6th Grade and Symphonic Bands)
5/29/2023
SPRING CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks)
5/9/2023
Maroon Jazz Band
CONTEST CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from Old Quarry MS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District Organization Contest)
3/7/2023
Symphonic Band
6TH GRADE WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL
2/16/2023
Concert Band
FALL CONCERT at Mall Auditorium, Homewood-Flossmoor HS
11/7/2022
Gold Jazz Band
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
(Combined performance with the Parker Junior HS 6th Grade and Symphonic Bands)
5/29/2023
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home -arr. Pearson/Elledge
- Liberty March -Edmondson
- America, the Beautiful -arr. R. W. Smith
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
- Battle Hymn of the Republic -arr. Sweeney
SPRING CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks)
5/9/2023
Maroon Jazz Band
- Summer in São Paulo -Sorenson
- Rollin' the Blues Away -Sorenson
- Bye Bye Blackbird -Dixon & Henderson/arr. Taylor
- Pennsylvania 6-5000 -Sigman & Grey/arr. Berry
- Percussion Ensemble: The Good Life -Nowlin
- Shepherd's Hey -arr. De Stefano
- Zombie Stomp -Grice
- Bringer of War (after Holst) -Balmages
- Fallbrook March -O'Reilly
- Chorale Elega'nt -Lucas
- Corps of Discovery (The Great Voyage) -Owens
- Kitty Hawk, 1903 (The Dream of Flight) -Owens
- Creer (believe) -Standridge
- Three Brazilian Folksongs -Villa-Lobos/arr. Fenske
- Selections from "The Lion King" -Zimmer & John/arr. Lavender
CONTEST CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from Old Quarry MS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District Organization Contest)
3/7/2023
Symphonic Band
- Three Brazilian Folksongs Mvts. I-II -Villa-Lobos/arr. Fenske
- Creer (believe) -Standridge
- Military Escort (march) -Bennett/arr. Clark
- A Darker Shade of Gray -Sorenson
- Summer in São Paulo -Sorenson
- Blues in Hoss Flat -Basie & Foster/arr. Taylor
- You're Still a Young Man -Castillo & Kupka/arr. Story
- Chili Pepper 101 -Beach & Schutack
6TH GRADE WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL
2/16/2023
Concert Band
- Character -Clark
- Ayre & Dance -Pearson
FALL CONCERT at Mall Auditorium, Homewood-Flossmoor HS
11/7/2022
Gold Jazz Band
- 25 or 6 to 4 -Lamm/arr. Blair
- Milestones -Davis/arr. Murtha
- Conquest -Balmages
- Anasazi -Edmondson
- The Code of Hammurabi -López
- Coronation Fanfare -R.W. Smith
- Lost Woods Fantasy -Hall
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
2021-2022
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
(Combined performance with the Parker Junior HS 6th Grade and Symphonic Bands)
5/29/2022
SPRING CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks)
5/3/2022
Jazz Band
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
CONTEST CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from Old Quarry MS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District Organization Contest)
3/8/2022
Symphonic Band
BEGINNING BAND E-CONCERTS
Recorded 1/11/2022
5th Grade Beginning Band
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
FALL CONCERT
11/16/2021
Jazz Band
MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT
(Combined performance with the Parker Junior HS 6th Grade and Symphonic Bands)
5/29/2022
- The Black Eagles -Bell
- Land of Liberty (March) -Swearingen
- Tribute, for Band -Miller
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
- Battle Hymn of the Republic -arr. Sweeney
SPRING CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks)
5/3/2022
Jazz Band
- Topsy -Battle & Durham/arr. Stitzel
- What a Wonderful World -Weiss & Thiele/arr. Stitzel
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy -Zawinul/arr. Woods
- Penguin Promenade -Hannickel
- Cardiff Castle -Williams
- The Next Thing -Hoefle
- Attack of the Garden Gnomes -Loest
- Alien Invasion -Gorham
- Midnight Mission (from "The Midnight Suite") -Balmages
- Squirrel Monkeys -Hoefle
- Guardians of Liberty (March) -Murtha
- Downtown Dash -Daughtrey
- Softly Speaks the Night -Brittin Chambers
- Middle Schooled -Hoefle
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
- The Forge of Vulcan -Sweeney
- Theme from "The Avengers" -Silvestri/arr. Brown
CONTEST CONCERT
(Includes repertoire from Old Quarry MS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District Organization Contest)
3/8/2022
Symphonic Band
- The Thunderer -Sousa/arr. Foster
- Softly Speaks the Night -Brittin Chambers
- The Forge of Vulcan -Sweeney
- Milestones -Davis/arr. Murtha
- What a Wonderful World -Weiss & Thiele/arr. Stitzel
- Caracas -Donaldson/arr. White
BEGINNING BAND E-CONCERTS
Recorded 1/11/2022
5th Grade Beginning Band
- Selections from Sound Innovations Book 1
- Selections from Sound Innovations Book 1
- First Concert Collection -Hoefle
- Starting Gate March
- Dark Ride
- Rookie Blues
- Dance of the Jabberwocky -Grice
- Band Spirit -Hoefle
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
FALL CONCERT
11/16/2021
Jazz Band
- Theme from "Peter Gunn" -Mancini/arr. Lewis
- Milestones -Davis/arr. Murtha
- Call to Freedom -Wada
- Pioneer Songs -Daehn
- America, the Beautiful -R.W. Smith
2020-2021
SPRING CONCERT at Irwin Park, Homewood, IL
5/20/2021
6th Grade Concert Band
SPRING CONCERT at Irwin Park, Homewood, IL
5/20/2021
6th Grade Concert Band
- Skyward March -Hoefle
- The Tempest -R.W. Smith
- Mama Sea Turtle -Hoefle
- Axolotl Dance -Hoefle
- Second Line -arr. Goines
- Jumpin' Jellybeans -Sorenson
- A Darker Shade of Gray -Sorenson
- St. Louis Blues -Handy/arr. Steinel
- (What Did I Do to be so) Black & Blue -Waller, Brooks, & Razaf/arr. López
- Work Song -Adderly/arr. White
- Declaration & Dance -Clark
- Country Wildflowers -Daehn
- Welcome (March) -Bennett/arr. Clark
- Sea Song Trilogy -McGinty
- Pirates of the Caribbean -Badelt/arr. Sweeney
2019-2020
PRE-CONTEST CONCERT
(includes literature from the Lincoln-Way Central HS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District e-Contest)
3/10/2020
Symphonic Band
6TH GRADE WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL
2/4/2020
6th Grade Concert Band
WINTER DEMONSTRATION CONCERT
1/14/2020
5th Grade Beginning Band
Maroon Jazz Band
FALL CONCERT
11/14/2019
Gold Jazz Band
PRE-CONTEST CONCERT
(includes literature from the Lincoln-Way Central HS Jazz Festival and IGSMA District e-Contest)
3/10/2020
Symphonic Band
- Española -López
- Tides -Calhoun
- Creed -Himes
- Chili Pepper 101 -Beach & Schutack
- You're Still a Young Man -Castillo & Kupka/arr. Story
- Alright, Okay, You Win -Wyche & Watts/arr. Sweeney
6TH GRADE WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL
2/4/2020
6th Grade Concert Band
- Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes -Broege
- American Spirit March -Higgins
WINTER DEMONSTRATION CONCERT
1/14/2020
5th Grade Beginning Band
- Concert Collection for Beginning Band #2: Starting Gate March, Dark Ride, Rookie Blues -Hoefle
Maroon Jazz Band
- Mr. Cool -Steinel
- Bubbert Goes Retro -Steinel
- You're Still a Young Man -Castillo & Kupka/arr. Story
- Chili Pepper 101 -Beach & Schutack
FALL CONCERT
11/14/2019
Gold Jazz Band
- 25 or 6 to 4 -Lamm/arr. Blair
- Big Cat Groove -Beach
- Cardiff Castle -Williams
- Liturgical Fanfare -R.W. Smith
- Into the Blue -C. Nishimura
- Two British Folk Songs -Del Borgo
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
2018-2019
SPRING CONCERT- COMPOSER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE
(includes literature from Music in the Parks)
5/9/2019
Maroon Jazz Band
CONTEST CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest, Prairie State MSCBF, SSJHSA Band Festival, and Mundelein Jazz Invitational)
3/12/2019
Symphonic Band
FALL CONCERT
11/6/2018
Gold Jazz Band
SPRING CONCERT- COMPOSER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE
(includes literature from Music in the Parks)
5/9/2019
Maroon Jazz Band
- Little Bees -Sorenson
- Milestones -Davis/arr. Murtha
- Caracas -Donaldson/arr. White
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy -Zawinul/arr. Woods
- Primitivo -Story
- The Minute Arachnida -Jordan
- The Next Thing -Hoefle
- Call to Freedom -Wada
- Serenade and Dance -Mozart/arr. O'Reilly
- Zeroes and Ones -D. Johnson II
- Dances from Terpsichore -Praetorius/Fenske
- Ascent -Hoefle
- Ironclads (The Monitor and The Merrimack) -Owens
- Theme from "The Avengers" -Silvestri/arr. Brown
CONTEST CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest, Prairie State MSCBF, SSJHSA Band Festival, and Mundelein Jazz Invitational)
3/12/2019
Symphonic Band
- High School Cadets -Sousa/arr. Story
- Ascent -Hoefle
- Joy -Ticheli
- Topsy -arr. Stitzel
- Summertime (from "Porgy & Bess") -arr. DeRosa
- On Broadway -arr. Sweeney
FALL CONCERT
11/6/2018
Gold Jazz Band
- My Dinner with Ronald -Sorenson & Pearson
- On Broadway -arr. Sweeney
- Anasazi -Edmondson
- Battle Hymn of the Republic -arr. Sweeney
- American Pride -Bernotas
- Tribute for Band, on the Melody "Taps" -Miller
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
2017-2018
SPRING CONCERT
(includes literature from SSJHSA Band Festival, ISU Concert Band Clinic, and Music in the Parks Festival)
5/1/2018
Maroon Jazz Band
PRE-CONTEST and MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest and Prairie State Jazz Invitational)
3/6/2018
Symphonic Band
FALL CONCERT and VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY (SB only)
11/7 and 10/2017
Varsity Band
SPRING CONCERT
(includes literature from SSJHSA Band Festival, ISU Concert Band Clinic, and Music in the Parks Festival)
5/1/2018
Maroon Jazz Band
- Calle Caliente -Lewis
- Life of the Party -Sorenson
- Misty -Gardner/White
- April in Paris -Harburg & Duke/Stitzel
- Skyward March -Hoefle
- Red Sky at Morning -Hoefle
- Spirit of the Stallion -Balmages
- Gates of Orion -Sweeney
- Dana Point Overture -O'Reilly
- African Festival -Hilliard, Elledge, & Pearson
- Whale Warriors -Balmages
- Amazing Grace -Edmondson
- Pictures at an Exhibition -Mussorgsky/Sweeney
- Selections from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" -Williams/Vinson
PRE-CONTEST and MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest and Prairie State Jazz Invitational)
3/6/2018
Symphonic Band
- Genius (Concert March) -Bennett/Clark
- Whale Warriors -Balmages
- Pictures at an Exhibition -Mussorgsky/Sweeney
- Swingin' with Jack -arr. Steinel
- Five Spot After Dark -Golson/Story
- Second Line -Traditional/arr. Goines
- Last Dance -Sorenson & Pearson
- Pennsylvania 6-5000 -Gray/Berry
FALL CONCERT and VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY (SB only)
11/7 and 10/2017
Varsity Band
- Sakura -Story
- Jus' Plain Blues -Sweeney
- Korean Folk Song Medley -Ployhar
- Amazing Grace -Edmondson
- Storm Mountain Jubilee -Strommen
- Marches of the Armed Forces -arr. Sweeney
2016-2017
DISTRICT 153 SPRING CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks Festival)
5/2/2017
Jazz Band
PRE-CONTEST and MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest, SSJHSA Band Festival, and Prairie State Jazz Invitational)
3/7/2017
Symphonic Band
FALL CONCERT
11/3/2016
Varsity Band
DISTRICT 153 SPRING CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA State Festival and Music in the Parks Festival)
5/2/2017
Jazz Band
- It's All Right With Me -Porter/Strommen
- Bye Bye Blackbird -Dixon & Henderson/Taylor
- Work Song -Adderly/White
- Code of Hammurabi -Lopez
- River's Bend March -Pearson
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home -Gilmore/Reynolds
- Clouds -McGinty
- Cimarron Overture -Williams
- High School Cadets -Sousa/Story
- Fanfare, Ode, and Festival -Margolis (after Gervaise)
- The Forge of Vulcan -Sweeney
- Selections from "The Lion King" -arr. Lavender
PRE-CONTEST and MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH CONCERT
(includes literature from IGSMA District Contest, SSJHSA Band Festival, and Prairie State Jazz Invitational)
3/7/2017
Symphonic Band
- High School Cadets -Sousa/Story
- Sea Song Trilogy -McGinty
- The Forge of Vulcan -Sweeney
- Where Do We Go From Here? -Sorenson/Pearson
- (What Did I Do to be so) Black and Blue? -Waller/Lopez
- Alright, Okay, You Win -Wyche/Sweeney
FALL CONCERT
11/3/2016
Varsity Band
- Marching Down Main Street -Huckeby
- El Toro -Griffin
- Declaration and Dance -Clark
- Autumn Mist -Clark
- As Winds Dance -Hazo