2022-2023
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
6th Grade Concert Band
  • Conquest -Balmages
  • Anasazi -Edmondson
  • The Code of Hammurabi -López
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • 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
5th Grade Beginning Band
  • Penguin Promenade -Hannickel
  • Cardiff Castle -Williams
  • The Next Thing -Hoefle
  • Attack of the Garden Gnomes -Loest
6th Grade Beginning Band
  • Alien Invasion -Gorham
  • Midnight Mission (from "The Midnight Suite") -Balmages
  • Squirrel Monkeys -Hoefle
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
  • Guardians of Liberty (March) -Murtha
Symphonic Band
  • Downtown Dash -Daughtrey
  • Softly Speaks the Night -Brittin Chambers
  • Middle Schooled -Hoefle

**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
  • The Forge of Vulcan -Sweeney
Combined D153 Bands
  • 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
Jazz Band
  • 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
6th Grade Beginning Band
  • 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
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • Skyward March -Hoefle
  • The Tempest -R.W. Smith
  • Mama Sea Turtle -Hoefle
  • Axolotl Dance -Hoefle
Combined Jazz Bands
  • Second Line -arr. Goines
Intro to Jazz Band
  • Jumpin' Jellybeans -Sorenson
  • A Darker Shade of Gray -Sorenson
7th/8th Grade Jazz Band
  • 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
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • Española -López
  • Tides -Calhoun
  • Creed -Himes
Gold Jazz Band
  • 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
**World Premiere Performance conducted by the composer**
Maroon Jazz Band
  • Mr. Cool -Steinel
  • Bubbert Goes Retro -Steinel
Gold Jazz Band
  • You're Still a Young Man -Castillo & Kupka/arr. Story
  • Chili Pepper 101 -Beach & Schutack
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FALL CONCERT
11/14/2019
Gold Jazz Band
  • 25 or 6 to 4 -Lamm/arr. Blair
  • Big Cat Groove -Beach
6th Grade Concert Band
  • Cardiff Castle -Williams
  • Liturgical Fanfare -R.W. Smith
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • Little Bees -Sorenson
  • Milestones -Davis/arr. Murtha
Gold Jazz Band
  • Caracas -Donaldson/arr. White
  • Mercy, Mercy, Mercy -Zawinul/arr. Woods
Cadet Band
  • Primitivo -Story
  • The Minute Arachnida -Jordan
  • The Next Thing -Hoefle
Varsity Band
  • Call to Freedom -Wada
  • Serenade and Dance -Mozart/arr. O'Reilly
  • Zeroes and Ones -D. Johnson II
Symphonic Band
  • Dances from Terpsichore -Praetorius/Fenske
  • Ascent -Hoefle
**Work conducted by the composer**
  • Ironclads (The Monitor and The Merrimack) -Owens
Combined District 153 Bands
  • 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
**World Premiere Performance**
  • Joy -Ticheli
Gold Jazz Band
  • 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
Varsity Band
  • Anasazi -Edmondson
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic -arr. Sweeney
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • Calle Caliente -Lewis
  • Life of the Party -Sorenson
Gold Jazz Band
  • Misty -Gardner/White
  • April in Paris -Harburg & Duke/Stitzel
Cadet Band
  • Skyward March -Hoefle
  • Red Sky at Morning -Hoefle
  • Spirit of the Stallion -Balmages
Varsity Band
  • Gates of Orion -Sweeney
  • Dana Point Overture -O'Reilly
  • African Festival -Hilliard, Elledge, & Pearson
Symphonic Band
  • Whale Warriors -Balmages
  • Amazing Grace -Edmondson
  • Pictures at an Exhibition -Mussorgsky/Sweeney
Combined District 153 Bands
  • 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
Maroon Jazz Band
  • Swingin' with Jack -arr. Steinel
  • Five Spot After Dark -Golson/Story
Gold Jazz Band
  • 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
Symphonic Band
  • 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
  • It's All Right With Me  -Porter/Strommen
  • Bye Bye Blackbird  -Dixon & Henderson/Taylor
  • Work Song  -Adderly/White
Cadet Band
  • Code of Hammurabi  -Lopez
  • River's Bend March  -Pearson
Varsity Band
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home  -Gilmore/Reynolds
  • Clouds  -McGinty
  • Cimarron Overture  -Williams
Symphonic Band
  • High School Cadets  -Sousa/Story
  • Fanfare, Ode, and Festival  -Margolis (after Gervaise)
  • The Forge of Vulcan  -Sweeney
Combined District 153 Bands
  • 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
Jazz Band
  • 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
Symphonic Band
  • Declaration and Dance  -Clark
  • Autumn Mist  -Clark
  • As Winds Dance  -Hazo