Maroon Jazz Band

Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carloss Jobim, arr. John Berry

--Zack Bowman, Tenor Sax Solo

--Mason Lee, Trumpet Solo

North Shore Shuffle by Dean Sorenson

--Luca Deegan & Nishil Sharma, Guitar Solos

Work Song by Nat Adderly, arr. Erik Morales

Gold Jazz Band

It's the Holiday Season, arr. Roger Holmes

--Mason Lee, Trumpet Solo

--Zack Bowman, Guitar Solo

Over the Rainbow, by Harold Arlen, arr. Alan Baylock

--Corey Bank & Mason Lee, Trumpet Solos

Switch in Time by Sammy Nestico

--Tyler Tucker, Trombone Solo

--Manas Nair, Piano Solo

Concert Band

Cedar Valley March by Steve Hodges 

Down By the Salley Gardens, arr. Michael Sweeney

--Professor Stacey Dolan, Guest Conductor

Ride Through the Valley by Chris Bernotas 

Wind Ensemble

The American Red Cross by Louis Panella, arr. Andrew Glover

To Dream with Open Eyes by Steven J. Pyter

--Professor Stacey Dolan, Guest Conductor

--Corey Bank, Trumpet Solo

Mystery on Mena Mountain by Julie Giiroux-West

--Joy Haddadin & Abigail Dunn, Flute Solos

--Lilia Houser, F Horn Solo

--Corey Bank, Trumpet Solo

Maroon Jazz Band

The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema)

is a Brazilian bossa nova and jazz song. It was a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s and won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antônio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.

The first commercial recording was in 1962, by Pery Ribeiro. The Stan Getz recording featuring the vocal debut of Astrud Gilberto became an international hit. This version had been shortened from the version on the album Getz/Gilberto (recorded in March 1963, released in March 1964), which had also included the Portuguese lyrics sung by Astrud's then husband João Gilberto. In the US, the single peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and went to number one for two weeks on the Easy Listening chart. Overseas it peaked at number 29 in the United Kingdom, and charted highly throughout the world.

Numerous recordings have been used in films, sometimes as an elevator music cliché. It is believed to be the second most recorded pop song in history, after "Yesterday" by The Beatles. The song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. In 2004, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.

North Shore Shuffle

Nice loping shuffle on a long-form blues melody gives way to an easily opened blues solo section. Plenty of teaching opportunities in this chart exposing students to a style critical to playing jazz. The shuffle is one of the staple grooves of the big band, and this one jumps right after the opening lick and never looks back. Swinging melodies and punchy accompaniment figures are featured throughout. 

Work Song

"Work Song" is a work song and jazz standard by American trumpeter Nat Adderley and writer Oscar Brown Jr. It was first featured in Adderley's 1960 studio album of the same name, which was met with high praise and acclaim. "Work Song" is regarded as one of Adderley's best known compositions.

The song was originally only an instrumental, but Oscar Brown Jr. included lyrics in a cover released the following year on his album, Sin & Soul. 

"Work Song" was inspired by Nat Adderley's childhood experience of seeing a group of convict laborers singing while they worked on a chain gang, paving the street in front of his family’s home in Florida.

Gold Jazz Band

It's the Holiday Season

"Happy Holiday" was introduced by Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds (dubbed by Martha Mears) in the 1942 film Holiday Inn in a scene when the Inn opens for the first time. While it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song, in the film it is performed on New Year's Eve, and expresses a wish for the listener to enjoy "happy holidays" throughout the entire year. It contains certain melodic material first used in Berlin's earlier song "Easter Parade".

Jo Stafford was the first to release it on a Christmas album, on her album of the same name in 1955.

The Kay Thompson song "The Holiday Season" is sometimes paired with "Happy Holiday" as a medley. This was first popularized by Andy Williams (whom Thompson herself discovered and mentored). Other artists who have covered the "Happy Holiday"/"Holiday Season" medley include The Manhattan Transfer, She & Him, and Michael W. Smith.

Over the Rainbow

"Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.

This arrangement by Alan Baylock features two trumpet players with alternating solos.

Switch in Time

Recorded by Count Basie & His Orchestra in the late 1960's, this classic blues for developing ensembles features written or ad lib solos for trombone and drums. Midway through, shortly after the trombone solo ends, the full band gradually builds intensity and volume before launching into a roaring shout.

Concert Band

Cedar Valley March

This traditional concert march has a great toe-tapping melody that is distributed evenly throughout the band.

Down by the Salley Gardens was a poem written by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1889 as "An Old Song Re-Sung, an attempt to reconstruct an old song from three lines imperfectly remembered by an old peasant woman in the village of Ballisodare, Sligo, who often sings them to herself.”

Down by the Salley Gardens

my love and I did stand,

And on my leaning shoulder

she laid her snow-white hand.

She bid me take life easy,

as the grass grows on the weirs;

But I was young and foolish,

and now am full of tears.

In a field by the river

my love and I did meet

She passed the Salley Gardens

With little snow-white feet

She bid me take love easy,

as the leaves grow on the tree;

But I, being young and foolish

With her would not agree

The haunting melody of this traditional Irish folk song is treated here in a warm and colorful setting. The instrumentation is varied and a wealth of musical elements are provided through creative harmonizations and carefully placed key changes.

Ride Through the Valley 

The fast-paced opening of Bernotas' Ride Through the Valley builds momentum, leading to a bright and tuneful main theme. A lyrical contrasting section follows featuring a warmth of colors enhanced by vibraphone and gracefully cascading arpeggiated pyramids. A brief transition leads to a return of the main theme including a key change, bringing the piece to a driving conclusion.

Wind Ensemble

The American Red Cross

This march was written during World War I, a time when Americans, as well as other national, were deeply grateful for the humanitarian work performed by the Red Cross. The International Red Cross was established at a convention in Geneva in 1864, largely through the efforts of J.H. Dunant, a Swiss. The organization's symbol, a red cross on a white background, has been prominent during public health campaigns and periods of disaster ever since that time. The American society (one of eighty-six) was organized by Clara Barton in 1881. The organization is supported entirely by voluntary contributions.

To Dream with Open Eyes

Composer's Note:

"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers oof the day are dangerous men, for they may act oon their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible."   - T.E. Lawrence

This text has served as an inspiraton to me since first reading it. I have often thought it is an excellent message for people of all ages. No matter how young or old, it is always the time to be curious, ot approach life as an adventure, and to invite new experiences wiith a sense of child-like wonder.  To Dream With Open Eyes captures the sense of wonder, imagination, and possibility that turns dreams into reality.  The best dreams are the oones you live by day, with open eyes.

Mystery on Mena Mountain

This popular programmatic piece was first played and recorded by Frank Wickes and the Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble in 1985. The title refers to a story of two children who disappeared in the vicinity of Mena Mountain in 1940. According to a legend in the Ozark Mountains of western Arkansas, the two children set out to meet angels who were believed to live in the clouds above Mena Mountain.

As the work opens, the sun is rising above the mountain top with the main theme representing the power of the mountain itself. An allegro tempo indicates that the children are beginning their climb; a slower section describes their wandering through the foggy morning until a break in the mist reveals a choir of 200 white-robed angels singing and playing golden instrument. Entranced by the music, the children walk on the clouds and accept the invitation of the angels to accompany them to heaven. As the piece closes, the clouds rise and float slowly out of sight, leaving Mena Mountain as it was before.

Maroon Jazz Band

Alto Sax - Lillian Bath, Matthew Kirkham, Ashlyn Schrader, Gabe Teeter-Rodriguez

Tenor Sax - Zack Bowman, Victoria Gonzalez Zorce

Bari Sax - Ronan Igoe

Trumpet - Elikem Ayivor, Henry Dunn, Connor Ferguson, Mason Lee, Clara Mendez-Falcon

Trombone - Alexa Briggs, Eric Dahl, Brady Hogan, Kai Kauffman

Piano - Selikem Ayivor

Guitar - Luca Deegan, Nishil Sharma

Bass - Liam Otten

Drums/Percussion - William Green, Ryder Growdon

Vibes - Janelle Falk

Gold Jazz Band

Alto Sax - Connor Ferguson, Rio Hall, Will Sautter

Tenor Sax - Kedar Gupte, Liam Staufenberg

Bari Sax - Matthew Stucke

Trumpet - Corey Bank, Lily Houser, Mason Lee, Rachel Maletz

Trombone - Jackson Bowser, Jaden Gao, Liam Otten, Rohan Ranjan, Tyler Tucker

Piano - Manas Nair

Guitar - Zack Bowman

Bass - Logan Jarema

Drums - Collin Miller

Concert Band

Flute - Manas Nair, Janelle Falk, Victoria Gonzalez Zorce, Olivia Horne, Aasama Prabhakar

Bassoon - Silas Wirt

Clarinet - Sawyer Barber, Matthew Kirkham, Selikem Ayivor, Ornob Amin, Avery Bartels, Addie Billups, Maggie Hill, Katie McMunn, Gabe Teeter-Rodriguez, Alexis Greene

Bass Clarinet - Avery Bartels, Gabe Teeter-Rodriguez

Alto Sax - Richard Gilchrist, Liam Staufenberg, Matthew Kirkham

Trumpet - Dominick Rosas, Mason Lee, Henry Dunn, Leif Seckman, Madolyn Dailey, Owen Basham, Max Appiah, Owen Boutell, Alex Stossel, Elikem Ayivor, Timothy Lopez

F Horn - Brady Hogan, Lily Houser

Trombone - Ayush Chakravarty, Chase Zatezalo, Rohan Thung, Kai Kauffman, Jacob Hunter, Ben Pesetsky, Kenny Fischer, Kate Bohman, Sarah Krzeminski, Roan Winch, Eric Dahl, Grant McGraw, Hope Schimming

Euphonium - Aaliyah Williams, Aidan Millerick, Graydon Kappes

Tuba - Alexa Briggs, Samuel Silva, George Vergits III, Sydney Wamsley, Brandon Jones

Percussion - Ryder Growdon, Olivier Saltre, Benjamin Yosowitz, Omar Monowar-Jones, Arul Shegaonkar, Luka Ingram, Luis Silva Salazara, Ben Silverman, Diane Stevens

Wind Ensemble

Flute - Lillian Bath, Joy Haddadin, Abigail Dunn, Kyra Moenter, Stephanie Thomas, Ashlyn Schrader 

Bassoon - Logan Jarema, Silas Wirt 

Clarinet - Sawyer Barber, Roshan Sharma, Cooper Anderson, Simon Limpach, Ronan Igoe

Bass Clarinet - Will Sautter

Alto Sax - Connor Ferguson, Rio Hall, Zack Bowman

Tenor Sax - Kedar Gupte, Adam Thompson

Bari Sax - Matthew Stucke

Trumpet - Corey Bank, Dominick Rosas, Andrew Schockman, Clara Mendez-Falcon, Miranda Petty, Rachel Maletz, Lucas Burnard 

F Horn - Lily Houser, Luke Maxeiner, Nick Hernandez, Lyndsey Hilliard, Haleigh Justen

Trombone - Liam Otten, Tyler Tucker, Jackson Bowser, Kyle Gilchrist, Miles Zimmerman

Euphonium - Luca Deegan, Aaliyah Williams 

Tuba - Rohan Ranjan, Jaden Gao

Percussion - William Green, Collin Miller, Anshul Dalal, Joseph Quigley, Andrew Dauber

Thank you to the McCoy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors for providing the grant to bring Professor Dolan to New Albany! We appreciate your support and commitment to our band program!

Thank you to members of Concert Band for attending an additional Sunday afternoon rehearsal to meet with Professor Dolan!

Thank you for the New Albany Music Parents Association for your ongoing support of the band! From chaperoning band camp to fitting students for uniforms to sponsoring the Marching Band Festival. 

Thank you to Jon Gillie & the CAPA staff for providing technical support for our performance tonight!

Thank you to our student teachers from THE Capital Unversity for all of their help this semester! Mr. Gregory, Ms. Haskell and Mr. Miller, Ms. Patterson: congratulations on your progress toward your degree!

Thank you for the maintenance and custodial staff for transporting our instruments from the High School Band room to the McCoy Center for the Performing Arts (and back)!

HS Band families - we hope to release the 2023 Summer Calendar soon - please stay tuned! We anticipate it will be quite similar to recent schedules with rehearsals leading up to the July 4th parade, band camp shortly after the July 4th parade and on-campus rehearsals near the start of the 2023 school year.

The next NAMPA meeting will take place in the HS Band Room Wednesday January 4, 2023 at 7pm. All parents are welcome to attend. Discussion topics will include 2023 Summer Calendar and Chicago trip updates.