Maroon Jazz Band

In a Mellow Tone by Duke Ellington

~Trombone Solo: Eric Dahl

~Trumpet Solo: Clara Mendez-Falcon

Topsy by Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham

~Trumpet Solo: Elikem Ayivor

~Alto Sax Solo: Lilly Bath

Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona

~Trombone Solo: Eric Dahl

Gold Jazz Band

Cagney & Lacey Theme arr. John Berry

~Alto Sax Solo: Connor Ferguson

Dateline Newport 

~Tenor Sax Solo: Kedar Gupte

~Trumpet Solo: Corey Bank

Double Agent by Rick Lawn

~Tenor Sax Solo: Kedar Gupte

~Guitar Solo: Zack Bowman

Concert Band

(Risk) Everything for a Dream by Richard Saucedo

~Flute Solo: Manas Nair

~Alto Sax Solo: Richard Gilchrist

~Trumpet Solo: Mason Lee

Gallant Marines by Karl L. King, arr. James Swearingen

Highland Legend by John Moss

Hope, Honor and Glory by David Shaffer

Wind Ensemble

True Blue by Karl L. King, arr. James Swearingen

Festivo by Vaclav Nelhybel

Fields Overture by Hiroki Takahashi

Maroon Jazz Band

In a Mellow Tone

Duke Ellington wrote “In a Mellow Tone” (1939) as a variation on “Rose Room" (1917) by Art Hickman, using the same chord changes with an added riff and a number of solos. Also known as “In a Mellotone”, musicians responded with enthusiasm to the changes and went on to make many notable recordings. The lyrics appear to have been added several years later and were credited to record producer Milt Gabler of Commodore Records who later went on to Decca Records.

Duke Ellington (1899-1974) was one of the best known and best loved band directors, composers and musicians of the twentieth century. His compositions and arrangements were tailored to highlight and celebrate the talents of the musicians he gathered in his band from 1923 until his death in 1974 and he was known to prefer arranging music to performing it. From a very early age he was known for the impeccable taste which led to the nickname “Duke”.

Topsy

Topsy was a 1938 instrumental release for bandleader Benny Goodman, written by Edgar Battle and Eddie Durham, which became a #14 pop hit. The tune had previously been recorded by Count Basie and His Orchestra on August 9, 1937. In 1958, drummer Cozy Cole recorded the song and issued it in two parts as a single. The A-side made it to #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while the B-side reached #3 on the Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart, staying atop the latter for six weeks. The two songs were simultaneous hits; they were closest together on the Hot 100 chart for the week ending November 2, 1958, when Topsy I was at #27 and Topsy II was at #4.

Malagueña

Malagueña is a song by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. It was originally the sixth movement of Lecuona's Suite Andalucía (1933), to which he added lyrics in Spanish. The song has since become a popular, jazz, marching band, and drum and bugle corps standard and has been provided with lyrics in several languages. In general terms Malagueñas are flamenco dance styles from Málaga in the southeast of Spain.

The melody that forms the basis of Malagueña was not of Lecuona's invention. It can be heard in 19th century American composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk's solo piano composition Souvenirs & Andalousie. Based on Gottschalk's international renown, it is reasonable to assume Lecuona heard it and either wittingly or unwittingly co-opted it in composing his most famous piece. Further research is required to determine if Gottschalk's composition and the melody popularized as Malagueña is itself based on a folkloric Spanish tune.

Gold Jazz Band

Cagney and Lacey Theme

Cagney & Lacey was a CBS network crime drama television series created by Barbara Avedon & Barbara Corday, starring Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless in the lead roles. The show aired from March 25, 1982 until May 16, 1988, lasting for seven seasons & 125 episodes. This jazz band arrangement of it’s theme song arranged by John Berry features flashy saxophone lines along soaring melodies from the brass all over a driving rock beat. It will also feature the alto saxophone in an open solo section.

Dateline Newport

Music educator and conductor Marshall Brown began scouting high school talent for the Newport Youth Band when George Wein instituted the program in 1958. His crop of recruits from 1960 was especially exceptional and included such future stars as pianist Mike Abene (currently the musical director and arranger for the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany), baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber (a former member of the George Benson Quartet and frequent collaborator with Michael and Randy Brecker as well as with drumming great Steve Gadd), bassist Eddie Gomez (a former sideman to jazz piano great Bill Evans, a frequent collaborator with Chick Corea as well as a charter member of the band Steps Ahead and a leader in his own right), trumpeter Jimmy Owens (a sideman to the likes of Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band), and drummer Larry Rosen (co-founder of GRP Records).

Dateline Newport was a staple in this group’s repertoire and features both tenor saxophone and trumpet in this classic swing tune.

Double Agent

This Rick Lawn chart is a high-energy thriller working both ends of the deal! Streetwise by day and suave and sophisticated by night, this chart covers all the bases from the opening rock guitar riff to the sax soli quote of Miles Davis' solo on So What and back again. The solos feature tenor sax during the swing section, with drums and guitar for the rock portion.

Concert Band

(Risk) Everything for a Dream

This beautiful and sensitive composition was written to celebrate the beginning of UNITED SOUND, an organization whose purpose is to put instruments into the hands of special needs students. The beginning section features optional solo opportunities for flute, alto sax and trumpet. From there the piece adds layers of sonorities as the full ensemble builds to the

emotional and powerful final strains.

Gallant Marines

Here's a march that'll get your toes tapping! Karl King is right up there with Sousa as a composer of wonderfully tuneful marches, and this is a great one. You'll especially love the trio melody in the baritones coupled with clarinets in the low register.

Hope, Honor and Glory 

This compelling selection has a grown up sound to it and is thrilling for both performers and audiences. The composer's exquisite ability to create advanced colors and moods for younger ensembles is well illustrated here.

Hope, Honor and Glory was commissioned by and is dedicated to the Hopewell Junior High School Eighth Grade Bands, Lakota School District, West Chester, Ohio, for the 1999 OMEA/MENC Professional Conference, February 5, 1999, Julia Fuqua and Joe Tignor, directors.

Wind Ensemble

True Blue

Clean and sparkling, this delightful march is as honest and uncomplicated as its name, but overflowing with musical interest. Charming, tuneful melodies are perfectly balanced with refreshing countermelodies, giving every section a chance to shine without overtaxing technical demands. A flawless, crowd-pleasing piece of true Americana!

Festivo

Nelhybel states, "Festivo is an overture-type composition in which the woodwinds and the brasses are constantly confronting each other like two antagonists in a dramatic scene." The resulting percussive concept of wind performance, which is prevalent in twentieth-century music, provides a striking impact for the performer and listener.

Fields Overture

Commissioned by Ohda Junior High School Band, Ibaraki, Osaka and premiered in their 2013 annual summer concert. 

Composer's Note: 

Back in my school band days, the music of Swearingen, Huckeby and Barnes ("Alvamar Overture") was considered essential educational band literature. They were the inspiration for this work utilizing the typical overture form, fast-slow-fast. I am not sure what impression contemporary school students get from my writing, but I aim to write music that is both enjoyable and memorable. Another aspect I consider when composing is having a lyrical melodic line (in Japanese, we say "singing", or expressive melody). Since musical instruments cannot literally sing, it is crucial for instrumentalists to express their thoughts and emotions through techniques such as musical phrasing and tonal blending. In the context of structure, a change of pace occurs twice in this work, known as A-B-A form. However, there is more to music then simple form. Change of character is an important part of the musical storyline just as many different scenes make up a movie or a novel. I would like young musicians to participate in a complete musical experience. Therefore, I am eager to compose a work where school students can develop both technique and musical expressiveness.

The title "Fields Overture" is based on the nature-rich field scenery surrounding Ohda Junior High School. The impression is of a horse running freely in a magnificent meadow where brilliant rays of the sun are shining.

Maroon Jazz Band

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

Tenor Sax - Zack Bowman, Victoria Gonzalez Zorce, Janelle Falk

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

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 - Matthew Kirkham, Selikem Ayivor, Ornob Amin, Avery Bartels, Addie Billups, Maggie Hill, Katie McMunn, Alexis Greene

Bass Clarinet - Gabe Teeter-Rodriguez

Alto Sax - Richard Gilchrist, Liam Staufenberg

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

F Horn - Brady Hogan, Aaliyah Williams

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, Murphy Ritter, 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 for the New Albany Music Parents Association for your ongoing support of the band! From chaperoning the recent trip to Chicago, 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 teacher from THE Capital Unversity for all of his help this semester! Mr. Schneider is doing an outstanding job and will make a great band director. (If you know a school that's hiring a band director, let us know!)

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 refer to the 2023 Summer Calendar. June and July are nearly finalized. August has a few on campus rehearsal details to work out near the start of the school year. Those will be posted soon!

The next NAMPA meeting will take place in the HS Band Room Wednesday April 5, 2023 at 7pm. All parents are welcome to attend. Discussion topics will include 2023 Band Camp Planning, a spring spirit sale and more!