Music 2009- 2015

Over the past 12 years, the band has played over 160 unique compositions during their Spring and Winter Concerts. Here is a list of pieces we played from 2009 through 2015. Click on the icon to see an image of the concert's program.

Spring Concert 2009

A Canadian Brass Christmas - Luther Henderson

American Civil War Fantasy - Jerry Bilik

Americans We - Fillmore

Chorale and Shaker Dance - John Zdechik

Heritage of Freedom - James Curnow

It's About Time - Dace Brubeck Trio/arr. Charles Sayre

Mancini Medley - Henry Mancini/arr. Alfred Reed

March Grandioso - Ronald Seitz/arr. Andrew Glover

Rhapsody of Reruns - arr. Paul Jennings

Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed

Selections from An American in Paris - George Gershwin/trans. John Krance

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

The Cowboys - John Williams

Winter Concert 2009

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

A Copland Portrait - Aaron Copland/Claire Grundman

Greensleeves - arr. Alfred Reed

Holiday Voices - Traditional

March Grandioso - Ronald Seitz/arr. Andrew Glover

Parade of the Wooden Soldiers - Leon Jessel/arr. John J. Morrissey

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Thematic Variations on Dona Nobis Pacem - James Suddeth

Toccata For Band - Frank Erikson

Twas the Night Before Christmas - arr. Jack Bullock

Two Hanukkah Tunes - arr. Louis Woodruff

Spring Concert 2010

A Symphonic Prelude - Alfred Reed

Adagio and Allegro from Concerto Grosso #12 - Arcangelo Corelli/trans:Phillip Gordon

American Salute - Morton Gould

Charter Oak Concert March - Eric Osterling

Finlandia - Jean Sibelius/arr. Lucien Calliet

Four Dances from West Side Story - Leonard Berstein/arr. Ian Polster

God Bless America - Irving Berlin/arr. Erik Leidzen

Overture Eroica - Beethoven/arr. Joseph Skornicka

Selections from Oklahoma - Rogers and Hammerstein/arr. J. Edmonson

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

The Hallelujah Chorus - George Frederick Handel

The Phantom Regiment - Leroy Anderson

Themes Like Old Times - arr. Warren Barker

Themes Like Old Times ll - arr. Warren Barker

Winter Concert 2010

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

Colonial Airs and Dances - Robert Jager

El Capitan - John Philip Sousa

Festival of Lights - Emile J. Schillo/L.C. Woodruff

Gaslight Gaities - James Polyhar

Holiday Voices - Traditional

Irving Berlin Showstoppers - Irving Berlin/arr. John Higgins

Selections from the Opera Carmen - Georges Bizet/arr. J. Bullock

Stars and Stripes Forever- John Philip Sousa

The Trombone Rag - John Higgins

Troika from the Lieutenant Kije Suite - Serge Prokofieff

Turkey in the Straw - arr. Lewis J. Buckley

Spring Concert 2011

American Tryptich - James Curnow

Concertina - Carl Maria Von Weber/Alfred Reed

His Honor - Fillmore

Invercargil - Alex Lithgow

Metroplex - Robert Sheldon

Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen

Scenes From "The Louvre" - Norman Dello Joio

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Superstar - Andrew Lloyd Weber/Angiulo

The Irish Washerwoman - Leroy Anderson

Themes from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" - Richard Strauss/trans: Dick Thomas

Woody Herman In Concert - Bob Lowden

Winter Concert 2011

Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughn Williams

Shenandoah - arr. Claude T Smith

Overture to Il Re Pastore - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Themes from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" - Richard Strauss/trans: Dick Thomas

A Tribute to Stephen Foster - arr. Sammy Nestico

Selections from the King and I - Rogers and Hammerstein

The Footlifter - Fillmore

March from the Third Suite - Carl Jager

Pas Redouble - Camile Sant-Saens arr. Arthur Frankenpohl

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

Holiday Voices - Traditional

Winter Wonderland - White Christmas -

Santa Clause os Comin'.. - Jingle Bells -

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Sleigh Ride

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Spring Concert 2012

The Footlifter March - Henry Filmore

Fantasy on American Sailing Songs - Clare Grundman

Air for Band - Frank Erickson

An American in Paris - George Gershwin

Hoagy Carmichael in Concert - arr. Warren Barker

Blue Mist (Beguine) - Eric Osterling

Irving Berlin Showstoppers - arr. John Higgins

The Thunderer March - John Philip Sousa

March Militaire Francaise - Camile Sant-Saens arr. M.L. Lee

Third Suite - Roger E. Jager

Stories in Song - The Art of the Musical

-Sounds of Music (Selections) - Rodgers and Hammerstein

-Oklahoma (Selections) - Rodgers and Hammerstein

-Music Man (Selections) - Meredit Wilson

-Les Miserables (Selections) - Claude-Michael Schonberg

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Winter Concert 2012

Dedication: Chorale from "Thus Spake Zarathustra" - R.Strauss

The Fairest of the Fair - John Philip Sousa

Chorale and March - Clifton Williams

Fantasy on Yankee Doodle - Mark Williams

Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorsky arr. E.Leidzen

Promenade - Tuileries - Bydlo -

Ballet of the Unhatched Chickens - Catacombs

The Hut of Baba-Yaga - The Great Gate of Kiev

Benny Goodman: The King of Swing - arr. Paul Murtha

Selections from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial) - John Williams arr. J.Cacavas

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson

Christmas Day - Gustav Holst arr. L.Daehn

The Bells of Christmas - arr. Bob Krogstad

Holiday Voices - Traditional

Winter Wonderland - White Christmas -

Santa Clause os Comin'.. - Jingle Bells -

We Wish You a Merry Christmas - Sleigh Ride

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Spring Concert 2013

National Emblem March - EE Bagley arr. Frederick Fennell

American Overture for Band - Joseph Willcox Jenkins

Ode for Band - Robert Washburn

George M Cohan Patriotic Fantasy - arr. Walter Ehret & Paul Yoder

Autumn Leaves - Joseph Kosma & Johnny Mercer arr Alfred Reed

Poet and Peasant Overture - Franz von Suppe arr Henry Fillmore

Americans We - Henry Fillmore

Santiago Carnival - Claude T Smith

Rhapsodic Celebration - Robert Sheldon

On the Trail from "Grand Canyon Suite" - Ferde Grofe arr David Bennett

The Black Horse Troop - John Philip Sousa

Allegro from the "Light Cavalry Overture" - Franz von Suppe arr TMT

Allegro from the "William Tell Overture" - Gioccachino Rossini arr J Sommer

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

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Winter Concert 2013

The Free Lance March - John Philip Sousa

In All Its Glory - James Swearingen

Meditation from the opera "Thais" - Jules Massenet arr. AA Harding

Selects from Ballet Parisien - Jocques Offenback arr> Merle J Issac

On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David R Holsinger

Danse Generale from The Third Suite for Band - Alfred Reed

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

Ancient Carol Variants - Traditional arr. Chris M Bernotas

Piccolo Polka - Robert Burke Jr

Tribute to The Count - Count Basie arr. Sammy Nestico

Medley for Holiday Voices - Traditional

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

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Spring Concert 2014

The Footlifter March - Henry Filmore

Olympic Fanfare and Theme - John Williams arr. Jim Curnow

Liebestod- Richard Wagner arr. Glenn C Bainum

American Civil War Fantasy - Jerry H. Bilik

Selections from State Fair - Richard Rodgers

The Thunderer - John Philip Sousa

Highlights from The Music Man - Meredith Wilson arr. Alfred Reed

Toccata - Girolamo Frescobaldi arr. Earl Slocum

Selections from West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein arr. WJ Duthoit

Three Rags for Band - arr Warren Barker

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

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Winter Concert 2014

Selection from "Cats" - Andrew Lloyd Webber / arr. J. Edmondson

Imeratrix - Alfred Reed

Alleluia from Cantata "Exsultate Jubilate" - WA Mozart / arr. Philip Gordon

Gentle Ballad - William E. Rhoads

River of Life - Steven Reineke

Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

Florentine March - Julius Fucik

Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian / arr. J Bullock

Comedians Galop from "The Comedians" - Dmitri Kabalevsky

A Galop to end all Galops - Warren Barker

Medley for Holiday Voices - Traditional

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

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Spring Concert 2015

His Honor - Henry Fillmore

Golden Jubilee Overture - Alfred Reed

A Touch of Tuba - Art Dedrick

Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli

Battle Hymn of the Republic - setting by Peter J Wilhousky

Invercargil - Alex Lithgow

Nightfall - John Davis

Variations on "America" - Charles Ives

Entry of the Gladiators / Thunder and Blazes - Julius Fucik

Overture "1812" - Peter Tchaikovsky / arr. Mayhew L Lake

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa


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Winter Concert 2015

John Williams: Evening at the Pops - arr. John Higgins

Air and Allegro from "Water Music" - George Frideric Handel/ ad: Calvin Custer

Chaconne from "First Suite in E-Flat for Military Band" - Gustav Holst

Finales from Three 19th Century Opera Overtures

Zampa Overture - Ferdinand Herold

Raymond Overture - Ambriose Thomas

Poet and Peasant Overture - Franz von Suppe

Selections from "My Fair Lady" - Lerner and Lowe / arr. Robert Russell Bennett

The Thunderer - John Philip Sousa

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson

Fantasy on a Bell Carol - Mykola Leontovych / arr. Edward J Madden

Thow Hanukah Tunes - arr. Woodruff

Medley for Holiday Voices - Traditional

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa