2011-2012

October 23, 2011 – Special Guests: GVSU Trumpet Ensemble

• The Crown Imperial – William Walton
• Concert Prelude: So Pure the Star – Vincent Persichetti
• Ballade for a Ceremony – With guest trumpeter, Richard Stoelzel
• Men of Ohio – Henry Filmore
• America the Beautiful – Carmen Dragon
• Concerto for Two Trumpets – Vivaldi, with guest soloists, GVSU Trumpet Ensemble
• Beguine For Band – Eric Osterling
• Summon the Heroes – John Williams, with special guests, GVSU Trumpet Ensemble
• Valdres March – Johannes Hansen, with guest trumpet ensembles

December 4, 2011 – Holiday Concert

• On This Day Earth Shall Ring – Holst / R. Smith
• Rhapsodie Noel – Arr. Akey
• Amazing Love – Himes / Johnson
• Nightmare Before Christmas – Elfman / Brown
• Away in a Manger – Arr. Chip Davis/Adapted by Longfield
• Twelve Days of Christmas – Arr. O’Loughlin
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas – Hague / Clark
• Emanual Varients – Foster
• Sleigh Ride – Anderson

February 25, 2012 – Red Cedar Festival

• Folk Festival – Shostakovich
• Molly on the Shore – Grainger
• Blue Moon Sarah Ashley, Soprano – Rodgers / Barker
• In the Bleak Mid Winter – Holst
• Old Brenton Carol – Holst
• Americans We – Fillmore

February 26, 2012 – Special Guests: MCC Steelheads

• Folk Festival – Dmitri Shostakovich
• Molly on the Shore – Percy Grainger
• An Eriskay Love Lilt – Clare Grundman
• Letter from Home With MCC Steelheads – Hendricks/DiBlassio
• Little Wing With MCC Steelheads –
• In the Bleak Mid Winter – Gustav Holst
• Old Brenton Carol – Gustav Holst
• “A Warren Barker Set”: But Not for Me / Blue Moon, Sarah Ashley, Soprano – Barker
• Selected pieces by the MCC Steelheads
• Americans We – Henry Fillmore

2012-2013

February 19, 2013 – Combined with Carman-Ainsworth HS Band, Carman-Ainsworth HS

• Moorside Suite – Holst
• Concerto for Clarinet – Mozart (with soloist, David Bennett)
• Lassus Trombone – Filmore
• Don’t Be That Way – Goodman (David Bennett, soloist)
• Sing, Sing, Sing – Prima (David Bennett, soloist)
• Loch Lomond – Tichelli
• Clarinet Candy – Anderson (with David Bennett and clarinet section)
• Pride of the Wolverines – Sousa

April 28, 2013 – Special Guest: Nancy Ambrose-King, Oboe, St. Christopher’s Church, Grand Blanc

• Incantation and Dance – John Barnes Chance
• Sword Dancer – Catherine McMichael (with soloist, Nancy Ambrose-King)
• Country Gardens – Percy Grainger
• Pavane – Gabriel Faure (double-reed choir with Nancy Ambrose-King)
• Gavotte – Sergei Prokofiev (double-reed choir with Nancy Ambrose-King)
• Ladder Jive – Stacey Berk (double-reed choir with Nancy Ambrose-King)
• A Festival Prelude – Alfred Reed
• March of the Belgium Paratroopers – Pierre Leemans

2013-2014

October 20, 2013 – Special Guest: John Hill, Percussion, Lake Fenton HS

• Queen City March – Boorn
• The Typewriter – Anderson , John Hill, soloist
• Commando March – Barber
• Courtly Airs and Dances – Nelson
• Rainbow Ripples – Hamilton , John Hill, soloist
• Irish Tune From County Derry – Grainger
• Shepherd’s Hey – Grainger
• Rhosymedre – Vaughn Williams
• Stars and Stripes Forever – Sousa

December 2013 – Christmas Concert

• In the Christmas Mood – arr. John Wasson
• Faeries – Peter I. Tchaikovsky, arr. Chip Davis & Robert Longfield
• Ode to Greensleeves – arr. Richard Saucedo
• Toboggan Ride – Stan Applebaum
• Carol of the Bells – M. Leontovich & Peter Wihousky, arr. Sean O’Loughlin
• In the Bleak Midwinter – Gustav Holst, arr. Robert W. Smith
• Winter Dances – Brian Balmages
• The Wonderful World of Christmas – arr. James Christensen
• White Christmas – Irving Berlin, arr. Erik W. G. Leidzen
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Haven Gillespie & J. Fred Coots, arr. Paul Yoder
• Sleigh Ride – Leroy Anderson

February 23, 2014 – Special Guest: Liz Rogers, Saxophone, Lake Fenton HS

• Tribute to Rudy Wiedoeft – Langestraat / Schuller, Liz Rogers, saxophone soloist
• First Suite for Band – Gustav Holst
• Dance of the Comedians – Smetena
• Pie Jesu – Webber/Johnson
• Penny Whistle Jig – Mancini
• The Lion King – John/Higgons
• Independentia March – R.B. Hall

May 4, 2014 – Special Guest: Alexander Zonjic, Jazz Flute

• Pas Redouble – St. Saens
• Heart of the Morn – H. Owen Reed
• Promenade, “Walking the Dog” – Gershwin – Flute Choir with Alexander Zonjic
• Perpetual Motion – Paganini
• Australian Up Country Tune – Grainger
• Blue Shades – Tichelli
• Selections from Mary Poppins – medley
• From Maine to Oregon – Sousa
• Selections [TBA] – Alexander Zonjic

2014-2015

October 2014 – Special Guest: Lois Alexander, Euphonium

• OCTOBER – Whitacre
• RUSSIAN EASTER OVERTURE – Korsakov
• ST. LOUIS BLUES MARCH – Miller
• WHERE NEVER LARK NOR EAGLE FLEW – Curnow
• MAID OF THE MIST – Clarke , Lois Alexander, soloist
• BLACK HORSE TROOP – Sousa
• IRISH WASHERWOMAN – Anderson

December 2014 – Holiday Concert

• CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL – Anderson
• FANTASIA ON KINGSFOLD – arr. Longfield
• MIDNIGHT SLEIGH RIDE – Prokifiev, arr. Wallace
• JESU JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING – Bach, arr. Leidzen
• LAUGHING ALL THE WAY – Pierpont, arr. MacTaggart
• MERRY CHRISTMAS DARLING – Carpenter, arr. McDonald
• CELTIC CAROL – arr. R.W. Smith
• THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE – MacFall
• ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU – Carey, arr. Kirchner
• SLEIGH RIDE – Anderson

March 2015 – Special Guest: Bill Waterman

• THE KLAXON – Henry Filmore
• MISSOURI SHINDIG – H. Owen Reed
• ELSA’S PROCESSION TO THE CATHEDRAL – Richard Wagner
• CONCERTINO FOR TUBA AND BAND – Frank Bencriscutto
• BUGLER’S HOLIDAY – Leroy Anderson
• MOON RIVER – Henry Mancini
• TARANTELLA – Alfred Reed
• EL CAPITAN – John Philips Sousa

May 2015 – Special Guest: Michael Dease, Jazz Trombone

• HIS HONOR – Fillmore
• SALVATION IS CREATED – Tschesnokoff, arr. Houseknecht
• CHORALE AND ALLELUIA – Hanson
• APPASSIONATO – Nelhybel
• CHILDREN’S MARCH “OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY”
     – Grainger, rev. Erickson
• HIGHLIGHTS FROM GYPSY – Styne, arr. Yoder
• SCENES FROM “THE LOUVRE” – Joio