Holiday Concert Repertoire:
Fanfare for the Festival of Lights - arr. Evan VanDoren
Joy - Frank Ticheli
Winter Milky Way - Yukiko Nishimura
Ancient Carol Variants - arr. Chris Bernotas
Holiday Favorites w/ OHS Chorale and OHS Orchestra
March Concert Repertoire:
Rough Riders - Karl L. King arr. Swearingen
Rainbow in the Clouds - Carol Brittin Chambers
Rampage! - Todd Stalter
DarkHeart - Randall Standridge
Star Wars - arr. Carl Strommen
Spring Concert Repertoire:
Dedicatory Overture - Clifton Williams
Rippling Watercolors - Brian Balmages
Brighton Beach - W. P. Latham
Chan Chan - William Owens
To Create a Voice - Carol Brittin Chambers
The Concert Band performed at OMEA District Large Group Adjudicated Event, again at Westlake High School. The band dedicated much effort to improving their scores, receiving an Excellent (II) in sight-reading, and the first Superior (I) rating from a judge in quite some time. The band missed the mark overall, however, and received an Excellent (II) rating. This definitely motivated them going into the 2025-26 school year.
Contest Repertoire:
Rough Riders - Karl L. King arr. Swearingen
Rainbow in the Clouds - Carol Brittin Chambers
DarkHeart - Randall Standridge
Holiday Concert Repertoire:
Festivo - Vaclav Nelhybel
Auld Lang Syne - arr. Karl L. King
Shalom Aleichem - arr. Hawley Ades
You Better Sleigh! - JaRod Hall
"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music w/ OHS Chorale and OHS Orchestra
March Concert Repertoire:
Tanglewood - John Tatgenhorst
Blue Ridge Reel - Brian Balmages
Winds of a New Day - Travis J. Weller
*Sight-Reading Demonstration*
Oceanscapes - Rob Romeyn
Spring Concert Repertoire:
Silver Jubilee Overture - John Edmondson
As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Daehn
Percy Grainger Suite - arr. Frank Erickson
Celebration and Ceremonial March - Clarence Barber
*Consortium Premiere*
Selections from "The Wiz" - Charlie Smalls arr. Bob Lowden
Concert Band once again performed at OMEA District Large Group Adjudicated Event, this year at Westlake High School. The band worked very hard to improve its score, and devoted much time and focus into increasing the quality of their performance. This year they received an Excellent (II) rating!!
Contest Repertoire:
Tanglewood - John Tatgenhorst
Blue Ridge Reel - Brian Balmages
Oceanscapes - Rob Romeyn
Holiday Concert Repertoire:
Flourish for Wind Band - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
Silent Night w/ OHS Chorale and OHS Orchestra
Spring Concert Repertoire:
Phoenix Overture - Benjamin Yeo
Beauty and the Beast - arr. Jay Bocook
Sundance - Carl Strommen
Yorkshire Ballad - James Barnes
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - arr. Robert Longfield
His Honor - Henry Fillmore arr. Frederick Fennell
Ancient Flower - Yukiko Nishimura
Summer in Rio - Claude T. Smith
Sabre Dance - Aram Khachaturian arr. Kenneth Henderson
Concert Band performed at OMEA District Large Group Adjudicated Event at Olmsted Falls High School. The band worked very hard to go to contest for the first time since prior to COVID. The band got a Good (III) rating.
Contest Repertoire:
Phoenix Overture - Benjamin Yeo
Yorkshire Ballad - James Barnes
His Honor - Henry Fillmore arr. Frederick Fennell