Chorale

Sesere Eeye - traditional Torres Strait Islands Song, Arr. Greg Gilpin

Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles, Arr. by Matt & Adam Podd

Concert Band

Theme From The Muppet Show - arr. F. Cofield

Terracotta Warriors - Scott Watson

Zoey Wiegerling - Flute

Combined Bands

The Great Locomotive Chase - Robert W. Smith

Wind Ensemble

Imaginarium - Randall Standridge

Angelique Rana, Bella Windsor - Flute

Selections from Grease - arr. Ted Ricketts

Megan Brouillette - Clarinet; Bella Windsor - Flute; Audrey Kleckner, Matthew Wieler - Alto Sax; Gabriela Detoro - Tenor Sax

Graftonics

I'm Coming Round - Thirdstory (arr. Summer Kleppek) 

Chasing You - Ben Platt (arr. Oliver Cardona) 

Solo: Arianna Fuentes 

Concert Choir 

Modimo - arr. Michael Barrett

El Grillo - Josquin Des Prez 

Not Strong Enough - Boy Genius, arr. Dylan Trân

Choirs and Wind Ensemble

Loch Lomond - Sam Batlzer

Soloists: Elena Daumont, Zach Bigler & Lucy Day 

Concert Choir: 

Adan Asif

Zachary Bigler

Rebecca Bosmans

Erin Brezovar

Shaunak Chaudhuri

Grace Cole

Lucy Day

Kathryn Didier

Juna Eberman

Maya Ertl

Brynn Forsythe

Arianna Fuentes

Alexa Gengler

Lyla Giron

Isabella Goodwin

Francesco Grasso

Audrey Gregory

Sophia Heil

Kylie High

Beaux Jung

Jaycee Kupcho

Ellis Marshman

Bailey Mazzari

Shea McGinley

Kathryn Murray

Ellana O'Connor

Ethan Poulos

Grace Rusch

Abigail Rygg

Mason Rygg

Liesel Schilling

Halie Schuette

Delilah Scott

Aryana Smith

Carrie Strange

Shea Tonn

Patrick Wilkins

Grace Zvara

Chorale: 

Adalynn Blankenburg

Everette Borchardt

Leila Coppersmith

Elena Daumont

Emma Eippert

Harper Flood

Evan Foerster

Leo Gailans

Elliott Garvey

Anna Gomez

Liliana Kahmann

Aiden Kidd

Kenaz Korth

Amaya Krummel

Nora McGowan

Nolan Murray

Peter Nolte

Olivia Pospichal

Ava Sand

Angel Smith-Kaylor

Lucy Wilke

Graftonics: 

Francesco Grasso 

Shaunak Chaudhuri 

Zach Bigler 

Ellis Marshman

Patrick Wilkins

Beaux Jung

Arianna Fuentes 

Mason Rygg  

Elle Garvey 

Abby Rygg 

Juna Eberman 

Kat Didier

Lucy Day 

Becca Bosmans 

Sophia Heil 

Alexa Gengler

Bella Goodwin 

Maya Ertl 

Congratulations to Elle Garvey, Arianna Fuentes, and Zach Bigler for being accepted into the WSMA state honors choir! 

Wind Ensemble

Flute - Angelique Rana, Isabella Windsor, Elaina Lubeck, Addison Town

Clarinet - Megan Brouillette, Aiden Kaestner, Grace Domres, Hailey Godersky

Bass Clarinet - Ashley Hansen

Alto Saxophone - Matthew Wieler, Audrey Kleckner, Marisa Bryhan

Tenor Saxophone - Gabriela Detoro

Baritone Saxophone - Asher Kagamba

Trumpet - Nolan Bumgardner, Grayson Slaminski, William Riley, James Kelly

Trombone - Charlotte Barnett, Liesel Schilling, Stuart Johnson

Euphonium - Guy Walton, Francesco Grasso

Tuba - Blake Rau, Jakob Nestler, Kellan Eberman

Percussion - Max Mazzari, Lincoln Greicar, Sam Pekarske, Connor Thyes, Dylan Marquardt, Alex Bergmann, Zach Schumacher, Gwen Williams, Jack Bennett

Concert Band

Flute - Zoey Wiegerling, Madelyn Janotta

Oboe - Kayla Brennan

Bassoon - Charlotte Barnett

Clarinet - Gracelyn Hundley

Alto Saxophone - Lillian Ferge, Leo Knetzger

Trumpet - Gabriella Riechers, Reed Warrner, Riley Redeker

Trombone - Chance McCarville, Blake Rau, Grayson Slaminski

Euphonium - Ella Michalak

Tuba - Liesel Schilling

Percussion - Liam Wall, Irene Johnson, Ella Hagermann, Colson Maurer

Thank you to the Grafton Music & Theatre Boosters, the GHS administration team, The GSD tech department, & Matt McEvilly for their support for this concert. 

Upcoming GHS Music Dates:

November 14 - Fall Jazz Concert: ...but make it JAZZY!

December 11 - Winter Band Concert

December 15 - Winter Choral Concert

Theme from The Muppet Show

arr. Frank Cofield

The Muppet Show Theme (written by Jim Henson and Sam Pottle in 1976) is the show's theme song. It is the opening and closing theme for every episode of The Muppet Show and was performed by The Muppets in a scene of The Muppets.

At the end of the song, Gonzo the Great appeared onstage to play the final note, with various comical results. For the first series, he struck the O in the show's logo as a gong; in all other series, he appeared within the O to play a trumpet. Each episode ended with an extended instrumental performance of The Muppet Show Theme by the Muppet orchestra before Statler and Waldorf gave the last laugh of the night.

Every series, the TV version of the song was presented with re-worked lyrics. While the opening sequence evolved visually over the course of the show's five series, the musical composition remained essentially the same. Throughout the years, the song has become a staple of the franchise.

Terracotta Warriors

Scott Watson(b. 1962)

Terracotta Warriors was inspired by the extraordinary "spirit army" of clay statues -- numbering more than 6,000 -- created in the third century B.C. for the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China. This astounding array of armed sculptures was placed in the emperor's tomb, along with hundreds of terracotta horses and chariots, to protect the emperor in the afterlife.

The music begins with a brief, plaintive folk chant summoning the army from their centuries-old sleep. The faithful warriors respond, coming to life to protect their emperor with musical representations of uniform marching and weapons display. Terracotta Warriors captures the legend and grandeur of the Qin dynasty in this striking and unique piece for band.

Terracotta Warriors was commissioned by the Albemarle County (Virginia) Middle School Honors Band and was premiered at their November 2016 festival.

The Great Locomotive Chase

Robert W. Smith(1958-2023)

Inspired by the events surrounding the railway between Atlanta and Chattanooga during the early years of the Civil War, Robert W. Smith stages the train chase complete with fascinating textures and effects. Listeners become engulfed in the vivid sounds. You can almost smell the smoke. All aboard! 

Imaginarium

Randall Standridge(b. 1976)

Inside every person, there is a place where creativity dwells. Gears turn, dreams flow, and ideas spark into life. Imaginarium is the place that every creative person goes to, again and again, to find their muse, flesh out ideas, and to exert change on the world around them.

Commissioned for the 2015 Association of Texas Small School All-State Band, Imaginarium is comprised of four sections: Sparks where ideas begin to germinate; “The Cloud Factory” which represents the day-dreamy zone where one imagines endless possibilities: Here, There be Monsters... is that moment of panic or nightmare that all creative people feel when self-doubt sets in and the task seems too monumental to overcome; a brief recapitulation to Sparks before Eureka!, the idea is fully realized!

This piece is dedicated to all of the dreamers who see more in the world than is actually there, who see possibilities where others see only dead ends, and who believe in creation rather than destruction.

Selections from Grease

arr. Ted Ricketts

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey with additional songs written by John Farrar. Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers, the musical is set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School and follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love. The score attempts to recreate the sounds of early rock and roll.

Grease was first performed in 1971 in the original Kingston Mines nightclub in Chicago. From there, it has been successful on both stage and screen, but the content has been diluted and its teenage characters have become less Chicago habitués and more generic. At the time that it closed in 1980, Grease's 3,388-performance run was the longest yet in Broadway history. It went on to become a West End hit, a successful feature film, two popular Broadway revivals in 1994 and 2007, and a staple of regional theatre, summer stock, community theatre, and high school and middle school drama groups.

Loch Lomond

Sam Baltzer

At the time in Scottish history when Loch Lomond was a new song, the United Kingdom (which united Scotland, England, and Wales) had already been formed. But the Highland Scots wanted a Scottish, not an English, king to rule. Led by their Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) they attempted unsuccessfully to depose Britain's King George II. An army of 7,000 Highlanders were defeated on April 16, 1746, at the famous Battle of Culloden Moor.