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2017-2018

Concert Band
Fanfare for the Common Man - arr. Longfield
Prelude on a German Hymnsong-Matt Conaway
The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith
In the Forest of the King - Pierre La Plante
       Mov. I - Le Furet
       Mov. II - The Laurel Grove
       Mov. III - King Dagobert
National Emblem March - Bagley, arr.  Conaway
Symphonic Band
Black Forest Overture - Michael Sweeney
Rippling Watercolors - Brian Balmages
America Exultant - Henry Fillmore/arr. Glover
Darklands Legends - Randall D. Standridge
       Mov I - Dance of the Mad Prince
       Mov. II - The Serpent Priest & the Black Bell        Mov. III - The Queen’s Masque
The Bonsai Tree - Julie Giroux
Amparito Roca - Texidor, arr. Audrey Winter
 Wind Ensemble
Semper Fidelis - John Philip Sousa
Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger/arr. Hanson
Danzon No. 2-Arturo Marquez/arr. Oliver Nickel
Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger
Give us this Day - David Maslanka
Simple Gifts - Frank Ticheli
American Composers: Combined Band Selection
Symphonic Gershwin - arr. Warren Barker
Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein/arr. Michael Brown
Mambo - Leonard Bernstein/arr. Michael Sweeney
Just a Closer Walk with thee - arr. Calvin Custer
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa, Guest Conductor: Rod Merrell

2016 - 2017

Concert Band
Firebird - Igor Stravinsky, arr. Jack Bullock
Shenandoah - arr. Robert W. Smith/ M. Story
Jungle Dance - Brian Balmages
Aztec Fire - Jay Bocook
Salvation is Created - P. Chesnokov arr. Brown
Kronos - Robert W. Smith
Symphonic Band
Hands Across the Sea - Sousa, arr. J. Brubaker
A Hymn for Band - Hugh M. Stuart
Blue Ridge Reel - Brian Balmages
Slavonic Dance No. 8 - Dvorak/arr. Balent
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart
Americans We - Henry Fillmore


Wind Ensemble
On the Mall - Edwin F. Goldman, ed. Ed Lisk
American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
Elements - Brian Balmages
Joy of Life - Brian Balmages
Toccata and Fugue - Bach, Tran Ryan Nowlin
Wayfaring Stranger - Christopher Nielson
Machu Picchu - Satoshi Yagisawa
Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
        I. March
        II. Song Without Words
        III. Song of the Blacksmith
        IV. Fantasia on the ‘Dargason'
Casey at the Bat - Randol Alan Bass
          Narrator: Tim Helmer
Movie Theme Concert: Combined Band Selections
How to train your Dragon - John Powell, arr. Sean O’Loughlin
The Bare Necessities - Terry Gilkyson, arr. Paul Murtha
Up - Michael Giacchino, arr. Michael Brown
Star Wars Epic - John Williams, arr. Robert W. Smith

2015 - 2016

Concert Band
Soaring - Erik Morales
As Twilight Falls - Robert Sheldon
Kitsune: The Fox Spirits - Brian Balmages
Cincinnatus March - H.A. Vandercook
Bale Serino - Thomas Bough
Moscow 1941 - Brian Balmages
Symphonic Band
A West Highland Fanfare - Travis J. Weller
Colonial Song - Percy Grainger,
                               arr. Douglas Wagner
Encanto - Robert W. Smith
Brighton Beach - William Latham
Ammerland - Jacob de Haan
Joy Revisited - Frank Ticheli
Wind Ensemble
Joyride - Michael Markowski
The Promise of Living - Aaron Copland,
                                       arr. James Curnow
Arabesque - Samuel R. Hazo
Shephards Hey - Percy Grainger
Ave Maria - Franz Biebl, arr. Cameron
With Heart and Voice - David Gillingham
Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
The Golden Age of the Xylophone-Floyd Werle
      Featuring Dr. Patrick Roulet (WWU)
Broadway Theme Concert: Combined Band Selections
76 Trombones - Meredith Willson, arr. Jay Bocook
Summertime - George Gershwin, arr. Robert Longfield
Les Miserable - Claude-Michel Schonberg, arr. Johnnie Vinson
Selections from Chicago - John Kander, arr. Ted Ricketts
Lion King - Elton John, arr. John Higgins

2014 - 2015

Concert Band
Invincible - Robert W. Smith
Celtic Air and Dance - Michael Sweeney
Foundry - John Mackey
Lost Lady Found - Grainger, arr. Michael Sweeney
Prelude on a German Hymnsong - Matt Conaway
Carmina Burana - Carl Orff, arr. Jay Bocook
Symphonic Band
Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong - Samuel Hazo
Pilatus Mountain of Dragons - Steven Reineke
Three Ayres from Glouseter - Hugh M. Stuart
Fireflies - Brian Balmages
National Emblem - E.E. Bagley arr. Matt Conaway
Wind Ensemble
Fantasy on a Japanese Folksong - Samuel Hazo
Pilatus Mountain of Dragons - Steven Reineke
Longford Legend - Robert Sheldon
Bookmarks from Japan - Julie Guriox
The White Rose March - Sousa
One Life Beautiful - Julie Guriox

Memorial Theme Concert: Combined Band Selections
Within These Hallowed Halls - James Swearingen
Last Full Measure - Michael Sweney
Journal for a Soldier - Brian Balmages
Armed Forces, Pride of America - arr. Larry Clark
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa


2013 - 2014

Concert Band
In Honor of the Fallen - Barry Milner
Two Celtic Folksongs - Paul Lavender
The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith
New South Wales March - John Edmondson
Aztec Fire - Jay Bocook
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart, arr Barbara Buehima

Symphonic Band
In Honor of the Fallen - Barry Milner
Two Celtic Folksongs - Paul Lavender
The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W Smith
Song and Dance - Richard Saucedo
Benediction - John Stevens
Blue Ridge Reel - Brian Balmages


Wind Ensemble
Little Fugue - J.S. Bach arr. Calvin Custer
Sleep - Eric
Whitacre
Danzon No. 2 - Arturo Marquez, arr. Peer Nickel
Angels in the Architecture - Frank Ticheli
On The Mall March - Edwin Franko Goldman
The Wondrous World of Harry Potter -
Gandolf - Johan de Meij

Movie Theme Concert: Combined Band Selections
Instant Concert - Harry Walters
Video Game Live - Ralph Ford
Highlights from Frozen - arr. Sean O'Loughlin
Star Wars - arr. Robert W. Smith

2012 - 2013

Concert Band
Lost in the Crystal Cave - Jerffry Turner
Drive - Mark Williams
Baile Sereno - Thomas Bough
The Firebird - Stravinsky, arr. Jack Bullock
Symphonic Band
The Blue Bells of Scottland - Leroy Anderson
A Basque Lullaby - Dan Forrest
An Irish Legend - Ed Kiefer
Hands Accross the Sea - Sousa, arr. Jerry Brubaker
Hymn for Band - Hugh M. Stuart
Elements - Brian Balmages
Wind Ensemble
The Promise of Living - Aaron Copland,
                                       arr. James Curnow
First Suite in Eb, Mov. I, II, III - Gustav Holst
Celebration of Life - Ralph Hultgren
Variations on a Shaker Melody - Aaron Copland
Concertino for 4 Percussion - David Gillingham
Cheerio March - Edwin Franko Goldman
Forged in Fire - Mark Watters
American Elegy - Frank Ticheli

Patriotic Theme Concert: Combined Band Selections
Fanfare for the Common Man - Aaron Copland arr. Robert Longfield
Aaron Copland/arr. Longfieldarr.
America the Beautiful - Carmen Dragon
Armed Forces  - Greg Gilpin & Larry Clark
Stars and Stripes Forever - John F Sousa

2011 - 2012

Symphonic Band
Lost Lady Found - Percy Grainger, arr. Michael Sweeney
As Twilight Falls - Robert Sheldon 
Lawrence of Arabia - Alfred Reed
Encanto - Robert W. Smith
Waltz No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich/arr. James Curnow   
Ammerland - Jacob De Haan  
Cincinnatus - H. A. Vandercook/ arr. Grauer
Overture for Winds - Carl Cuter
Appalachian Morning  -  Robert Sheldon
Just a Closer Walk with Thee  - arr. Calvin Custer
Wind Ensemble
Go - Samuel Hazo
Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli
Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich
A Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed
Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland
Vesuvius - Frank Tichelli
Esprit De Corps - Robert Jager
Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli
Inchon - Robert W. Smith

2010 – 2011

Concert Band
Celtic Air and Dance- Michael Sweeney
Chester Variations- Elliot Del Borgo
Yorkshire Ballad - James Barnes
Tailspin - Rob Romeyn
Slavonic Dances No. 8 - arr. Balent
Bolero - Ravel, arr. Jay Bocook
The Liberty Bell March - John P. Sousa
Mazama - Jay Chattaway
Blue Ridge Saga - James Swearingen
Symphonic Band
Invincible (A Fanfare for Band) - Robert W. Smith
Sundance -Carl Strommen
Benediction - John Stevens
Aztec Fire - Jay Bocook
Country Gardens - Grainger, arr. by John F. Sousa
Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart, arr Barbara Buehima
Carmina Burana - Jay Bocook
The Liberty Bell March - John Philip Sousa
Mazama - Jay Chattaway
Blue Ridge Saga - James Swearingen

Wind Ensemble
Flourish for Wind Band- Ralph Vaughan Williams
Irish Tune from County Derry- Percy Grainger           
Shepherd’s Hey - Percy Grainger
Winter on Emerald Bay  - Alan Lee Silva
Xerxes - John Mackey
Oh Magnum Mysterium -  Lauridsen/arr. Reynolds
Old Home Days - Charles Ives
Spirit Of Crystal Lake - Clare Glackin
A Trumpeter Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
        Trumpet Soloist: Mannen O'Brian
Folk Song Suite - R. Vaughan Williams
Serenade - Derek Bourgeois
Mountain Majesty - Franco Cesarini
Stars and Stripes Forever - John F. Sousa

2009 – 2010

Concert Band
Slavonic Dances - Antonin Dvorak, Op. 46  Arr. Clair W. Johnson
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart
        I.  The Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley
        II. Ayre for Eventride
        III. The Fiefs of Wembley
Night Dances - Bruce Yurko
Air for Band - Frank Erickson
Suite from The Planets - Gustav Holst, Arr. Calvin Custer
        Mars, The Bringer of War
        Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity
Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa
Linden Lea - Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. John W. Stout
Cajun Folk Songs -Frank Ticheli
Wind Ensemble
Thendara Overture - Maurice C. Whitney
Blessed Are They from  “A German Requiem”- Johannes Brahms,
                                                              Scored: Barbara Buehlman
First Suite in Eb, Mov. III "March" - Gustav Holst
Fanfare and Flourishes -James Curnow
Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons- Steven Reineke
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine - John Philip Sousa, 
                                            Edited by Fredrick Fennell
MetaMarch- Steven Bryant
Prelude in C minor - Rachmaninov
Longford Legend -  Robert Sheldon

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    • High School Ensembles >
      • Audition
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    • Instrument Technique >
      • Flute Technique
      • Oboe Technique
      • Clarinet & Bass Clarinet Technique
      • Bassoon Technique
      • Saxophone Technique
      • Trumpet Technique
      • French Horn Technique
      • Trombone Technqiue
      • Euphonium Technique
      • Tuba Technique
      • Concert Snare vs. Marching Snare Technique
      • Mallet Percussion Technique
      • Timpani
      • Auxiliary Percussion Technique
      • Jazz Drum Set Techniques
    • Student Honor Groups
    • Summer Music Camps
    • Frequently asked questions
    • Practice Tips
  • Private Lessons
  • High School Parent Info
  • History/Alumni
  • MVHS Audition Info