CONCERT BAND

Conducted by Emily McIntosh

Program

Spooky Mansion

Composed by Timothy Loest

Take your audience on a forbidden tour of a former grand house that now sits in darkness. Anxious articulations, daunting dynamics, and spine-chilling sound effects will have everyone on the edge of their seats. Only six notes, but be careful… no one really knows what evil lurks behind the boarded-up windows and creaky staircases!

Personnel

SYMPHONIC BAND

Conducted by Cameron Seale

Program

Creatures in the Attic

Composed byBrian Balmages

I have a little secret that I’ll no longer keep. Explaining lots of little sounds when everyone’s asleep... So begins the poem that can be read by a student or faculty member before the performance. Mysterious effects and easy aleatoric passages combine to create a sinister background from which the creatures emerge.

Ghost Chase

Composed by John Dupuis

Take a wild ride through a haunted house with this new work perfect for Halloween concerts. John Dupuis has given us an accessible work with lots of stuff to chew on…well, that is, if Ghosts had teeth!

Personnel

HONORS BAND

Conducted by Emily McIntosh

Program

Pulse Pounding

Composed by Sean O'Loughlin

As the title describes, this piece gets the pulse pounding! It contains driving rhythms, simple syncopated melodies, and angular harmonies. It has all of the ingredients that have made Sean O'Loughlin's pieces so popular. It will certainly raise the heart rate of your students and audiences alike!

Scream

Composed by Randall Standridge

Scream is a bombastic work for concert band that utilizes three main components to create its soundscape: a 12-tone row, an octatonic scale (created by alternating whole and half steps), and the sounds of screaming (both from our human performers and from a nifty little instrument with the best name ever: The Aztec Death Whistle).  The three elements combine to make a highly dissonant, energetic piece of music whose main purpose is to channel the negative emotions of the performers into something exciting for themselves and the audience.

Personnel

Instructional Staff

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