Future Concerts

2027 Holiday Concert

• Sleigh Ride by Frederick Delius, arranged by Andrew Denyer and Geoff Kingston

• Fantasia on Silent Night by James Syler

• Away in a Manger by Julie Giroux

• Jingle Bells Fantasy by John Wasson

2027 Spring Concert

• Fanfare and Flourishes by James Curnow

• Four Cornish Dances by Malcolm Arnold

• Testament by Robert Jager

Intermission

• La Fiesta Mexicana by H. Owen Reed

  • Prelude and Aztec Dance

  • Mass

  • Carnival

• Olympia Hippodrome by Russell Alexander

2026 Holiday Concert

• Variants on a Moravian Hymn ("Morning Star, O Cheering Sight") by James Barnes

• Mysterium by Jennifer Higdon

• Away in a Manger by Julie Giroux

• Carol of the Drum by Katherine K. David, arranged by Floyd Werle, edited by R. Mark Rogers

• Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella by Gary Fry, transcribed by Russel C. Mikkelson

Intermission

• Festival Fanfare for Christmas by John Wasson

• Ding Dong Merrily on High by Julie Giroux

• A Winter's Tale by Phillip Sparke

• Jingle Bells by Morton Gould, edited by R. Mark Rogers

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke (O Come, All Ye Faithful; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High; Joy to the World; Silent Night)

2026 Fall Concert

• Fanfare Sounds (Fanfarenklänge) by Julius Fucik, arranged by John Bourgeois

• Fandango by Frank Perkins, arranged by Floyd Werle

• Handel in the Strand by Percy Grainger

• An Ellington Portrait by Duke Ellington, arranged by Floyd Werle

• Forgotten Dreams by Leroy Anderson

• March from Tabasco (from "The Pasha's Guard") by George Chadwick, arranged by John Bourgeois

2026 Spring Concert

• Portsmouth Point Overture by William Walton

• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, arranged by Randall Standridge 

• Don Hanna by Gabriel Musella

• First Suite for Band by Gustav Holst

Intermission

• La Chancla by Dennis Lliná

• The Final Covenant by Fisher Tull

• Incantation and Dance by John Barnes Chance

• March, Opus 99 by Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Paul Yoder

2025 Holiday Concert

• A Christmas Intrada by Alfred Reed

• Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus): Pastorale for Band by Pietro Yan, arranged by R. Mark Rogers

• Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head, arranged by Tom Wallace

• So Wondrous Bright (Based on a Puerto Rican Carol) by Carol Brittin Chambers

Intermission

• Joyride by Michael Markowski

• Suite of Sleighing Songs chosen from:

  • Sleigh Ride by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by George Wilson

  • Petersborough Sleighride (Galop), Op. 57 by Richard Eilenberg, arranged by Andrew Glover

  • Midnight Sleighride (Troika) by Sergei Prokofiev, arranged by Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan, transcribed by Tom Wallace

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke (O Come, All Ye Faithful; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High; Joy to the World; Silent Night)

2025 Fall Concert

• Canzona by Peter Mennin

• Cossack Dance from The Slippers by Peter Tchaikovsky, arranged by John Bourgeois

• Songs of Wales by Albert Oliver Davis

• Go Ring Them Bells! by Stephen Bulla

• Autumn Leaves by Joseph Kosma, arranged by Alfred Reed

• Carrollton March by Karl King

Current Season and Past Concerts

20th Anniversary Celebration!

Friday, April 25 at 7:00 pm
Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School Auditorium
700 West North Street

• Anniversary Overture by Malcolm Arnold

• Mannin Veen by Haydn Wood, conducted by Mike Snyder

• The King of Love My Shepherd Is, arranged by Alfred Reed

• Weekend in New York by Phillip Sparke

Intermission

• The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise by Ernest Seitz, arranged by Harry Alford

• Highlights from "The Music Man" by Meredith Willson, arranged by Alfred Reed

• Armenian Dances (Part I) by Alfred Reed

• Whip and Spur by Thomas Allen, edited by Ray Cramer

2024 Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Kresge Auditorium, Larsen Fine Arts Center
Olivet Nazarene University

River Valley Choral Ensemble

River Valley Wind Ensemble

• Slava by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged by Douglas Wagner

• Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed

• Mary's Little Boy Child, arranged by Phillip Sparke

• One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships, and Men Rejoicing by Julie Giroux

• Home for Christmas (from "Holiday Music") by Morton Gould, arranged by Mark Rogers

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke (O Come, All Ye Faithful; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Angels We Have Heard on High; Joy to the World; Silent Night)

2024 Fall Concert

Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 3:00 pm

• North-South College All Stars by Henry Fillmore, edited by Robert Foster

• Fantasy on a Theme by Haydn by Norman Dello Joio

• Come Sunday by Duke Ellington, arranged by Paul Murtha, featuring Lori Buckman, Alto Saxophone

• Second Military Suite in F by Gustav Holst (150th anniversary of Holst's birth)

2024 Spring Concert

“Something Olde, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue...
and a Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe”

• Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms, arranged Mark Hindsley (old)

• A Midwestern Suite by Tom Davoren (new)

  • Prairie

  • Storm

  • Sunset

• March for Two Left Feet by Leroy Anderson (borrowed)

• Intermission

• Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli (blue) with Amanda Gee, Conductor

• Wedding Dance by Jacques Press, edited by Frederick Fennell (silver sixpence in her shoe)

2024 Herscher High School Concert

Monday, Februry 5, 2024 at 7:00 pm

• Four Symphonic Themes by John Williams

• Dance of the Jesters by Peter Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ray Cramer

• Hands Across the Sea by John Phillip Sousa

• Give Us This Day: Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble (Movement Two) by David Maslanka (performed with members of the Herscher High School band) with Matt Cornwall, Conductor

2023 Holiday Concert

Special Guests: River Valley Concert Choir

• Selections from the opera “The Snow Maiden” 

  • Cortege and Fanfare by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged John Cacavas

  • Dance of the Jesters by P. I. Tchaikovsky, arranged by Ray Cramer

• Hands Across the Sea by John Phillip Sousa

• The First Noel by Morton Gould

• Minor Alterations II: Carols from the Dark Side by David Lovrein

• Last Silent Noël by Jeanie Murrow, arranged by David Lovrien

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Stephen Reinecke

2023 Fall Concert: World Cruise

• Song of the Fjords by Carol Brittin Chambers (Port: Bergen, Norway)

• Two Andean Folk Songs by John Zdechlik (Port: Lima, Peru)

• A Little Tango Music by Adam Gorb (Port: Buenos Aires, Argentina)

• Carnival by Pete Meechan (Port: Rio de Jenario, Brasil)

• Bushdance by Ralph Hultgren (Port: Sydney, Australia)

2023 Spring Concert: At The Movies!

May 12, 2023 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Silverado by Steve Broughton, arranged by Randol Alan Bass

  • Best Original Music Score (1985 - nominated) 

• Theme from Gone with the Wind by Max Steiner, arranged by Lorenzo Bocci

  • Best Original Score (19390 - won)

• Music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

  • Gee, Officer Krupke

  • Mambo

  • Best Scoring of a Musical Picture (1961 - won) 

• Theme from Schindler’s List by John Williams with Julie Tomisek, violin solo

  • Best Original Music Score (1993 - won) 

• Harry’s Wondrous World from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by John Williams

  • Best Original Music Score (2001 - nominated) 

• Intermission

• Symphony for Band ("West Point") by Morton Gould

• Onward-Upward by Edwin Franko Goldman

• Symphonic Suite from Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams

  • Best Original Music Score (2015 - nominated)

2023 Wilmington Concert

March 2023 -- Wilmington High School

• Silverado by Steve Broughton, arranged by Randol Alan Bass

• Theme from Schindler’s List by John Williams with Julie Tomisek, violin solo

• Symphonic Suite from Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams

  • Best Original Music Score (2015 - nominated)

2022 Holiday Concert

December 18, 2022 at 2:00 pm -- Kresge Auditorium at Olivet Nazarene University

• Gavorkna Fanfare by Jack Stamp

• Lauds: Praise High Day by Ron Nelson

• One Thousand Cranes by Robert Sheldon

• March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith, Transcribed by Keith Wilson

• Intermission

• Christmas Day by Gustav Holst, Arranged by Larry Daehn

• On That Night All Was Silent by David Samuel

• Santa’s Journey (Bringing Joy to the World) by Roy Kaighin

• Lo, How A Rose E're Blooming arranged by Larry Kerchner

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Stephen Reinecke

2022 Fall Concert

October 30, 2022 -- Kankakee High School Auditorium

• Sonata Pian’e Forte by Giovanni Gabrieli,  Transcribed by Anne McGinty

• Suite of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • • Flourish for Wind Band

    • Rhosymedre, Arranged by Walter Beeler

    • Sea Songs

• Don Ricardo by Gabriel Musella

• English Dances by Malcolm Arnold, Transcribed by Maurice Johnstone

2019 Spring Concert: Around The World

May 5, 2019 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger, ed. Frederick Fennell (England)

• Shichi-Go-San by Itaru Sakai (Japan)

• Colditz March by Robert Farnon, arranged by Philip Sparke (Germany)

• Homage to Bharat by Brian Balmages (India)

• Suite Italienne by Jerry Bilik (Italy)

• The Quilting Party March by John Philip Sousa (United States)

• Ruckus by Russell Standridge

2018 Christmas Concert

December 16, 2018 -- ONU Larsen Fine Arts Center

• Gloria by Randol Alan Bass

• Sonoran Desert Holiday by Ron Nelson

• Christmas Travelogue by James Curnow

• Moon of Winter (The Huron Carol) arranged by Vince Gassi

• Between Two Worlds: The Flying Canoe (La Chasse Galerie) by Otto Schwartz, Michael Snyder, Narrator

• Christmas Pipes by Brendan Graham / arranged by Michael Brown 

• White Christmas by Irving Berlin arr. Robert Russell Bennett

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke, River Valley Festival Choir

• Hallelujah Chorus by G.F. Handel, arr. Clare Johnson, River Valley Festival Choir

2018 Spring Concert: American Journey

May 6, 2018 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Fanfare and Flourishes by James Curnow

• Texas Star by David Lovrein

• Yosemite Autumn by Mark Camphouse

• Missouri Shindig by H. Owen Reed, with Julie Tomisek, Violin

• Rushmore by Alfred Reed

• A Weekend in New York by Phillip Sparke

2017 Christmas Concert

December 16, 2017 -- ONU Larsen Fine Arts Center

• Snow Caps by Richard Saucedo

• Toccata by Girolamo Frescobaldi arranged Earl Slocum

• A Winter's Night arr. Rick Kirby

• Minor Alterations: Christmas Through the Looking Glass by David Lovrein

• Carol of the Shepherds by Philip Sparke

• Patapan by Shelley Johnson

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Stephen Reinecke

2017 Spring Concert

May 13, 2017 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Sailabration by Jay Chattaway

• The Planets by Gustav Holst, arr. Clark McAllister/ed. Alfred Reed

• Mars the Bringer of War

• Jupiter the Bringer of Jollity

• Carmen Fantasie by Francois Borne, arr. by Marc Oliver, Stephanie Lupo, Flute

• That's a Plenty By Lew Pollack and Ray Gilbert, arr. John Wasson, R.A. Brass Quintet

• America The Beautiful by Samuel Ward, arr. Chris Coletti, R.A. Brass Quintet

• National Emblem by E. E. Bagley

2016 Christmas Concert

ONU Larsen FIne Arts Center

• Kirkpatrick Fanfare by Andrew Boysen, Jr.

• Up On A Housetop arr. Jeff Simmons

• The Night Before Christmas by Randol Alan Bass,  Mike Snyder, Narrator

• Passacaglia on an Old English Carol (Coventry Carol) by Robert Longfield

• Ding Dong! Merrily on High arr. Leif Strand & Olov Helge

• On A Catalonian Carol (Et Noi de la Mare) arr. Russell Standridge

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke, River Valley Festival Choir

• Hallelujah Chorus by George Frideric Handel, River Valley Festival Choir

2016 Spring Concert

May 15, 2016 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Thunder and Lightning Polka by Johann Strauss, arranged Larry Daehn

• Concertante for Alto Saxophone by Clare Grundman, Lori Buckman, Alto Saxophone

• Peterloo Overture by Malcolm Arnold

• At Morning’s First Light by David Gillingham

• Star Wars: The Force Awakens by John Williams

• Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

2015 Christmas Concert

December 12, 2015 -- ONU Larsen Fine Arts Center

• Joyeaux Noel by Alfred Reed

• Courtly Airs and Dances by Ron Nelson

• Midnight Sleighride by Tom Wallace

• Christmas at the Circus by Russell Standridge

• Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa

• Festive Variations on "Lasst uns Erfreuen" by Thomas Root

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Candlelight Carol by John Rutter, BBCHS Mass Choirs

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reinecke, BBCHS Choirs

2014 Christmas Concert

December 21, 2014 -- ONU Larsen Fine Arts Center

• Bells by Ian McDougall

• Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo by Malcolm Arnold

• H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge by Malcolm Arnold

• Lo, How A Rose E’er Blooming arranged by Larry Kerchner

• Whip and Spur by Thomas Allen

• A Holiday Rhapsody by Larry MacTaggart

• A Winter’s Carol by Mark Williams

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke

2014 Spring Concert: Southwest Chronicles

April 13, 2014 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland

• On A Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss by David Holsinger

• Prairie Dances by David Holsinger

• Southwestern Wildflowers by Randol Alan Bass

• Sol y Sombra by George Gates

• Selections from “Oklahoma” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein

• Prestissimo by Karl King

March 10, 2014 -- ONU Larsen Fine Arts Center

• Prairie Dances by David Holsinger

• Southwestern Wildflowers by Randoll Bass

• Prestissimo by Karl King

• Tribute by Mark Camphouse, New Horizons Band of Kankakee Valley

2013 Christmas Concert

December 8, 2013 -- BBCHS Auditorium

• Christmas Introit by John Francis Wade, arranged by Douglas Wagner

• Ceremonial for Christmas Brass, arranged Bill Holcombe

• Ancient Carol Variants by Chris Bernotas

• December Dances by Andrew Boysen 

• Mary's Boy Child by Phillip Sparke

• Nocturne by Alexander Scriabin, arranged by Alfred Reed, Fran Beaudry, Clarinet

• Holiday Ornaments by Stephen Bulla 

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reinecke

2013 Spring Concert: Memories of World War II

April 14, 2013 -- Wesley United Methodist Church

• Midway March by John Williams

• Prelude: The Spitfire by William Walton, arranged by Paul Noble

• Suite Francaise by Darius Milhaud

• Variants on a Nautical Hymn by Mark Williams

• March of the Belgian Parachutists by Pierre Leemans, Dr. Keith Ramsden

• The Homefront: Musical Memories of World War II, arranged by James Christiansen, Dr. Keith Ramsden

• America arranged by John Cacavas

• Stars and Stripes Forever by John Phillip Sousa

2012 Christmas Concert

December 9, 2012 -- BBCHS Auditorium 

• The Call of Christmas by Wim Stallman 

• The Twelve Days Christmas arranged by Jerry Bilik

• Nativity Carol by John Rutter, arranged Monty Musgrave

• Fantasia on a 13th Century Carol (March of the Three Kings) by James Hosay

• A Fireside Christmas, arranged by Sammy Nestico

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reinecke

2012 Spring Concert

April 22, 2012 -- Asbury United Methodist Church

• El Capitan by John Phillip Sousa

• Armenian Dances (Part II) by Alfred Reed

• Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli

• West Highlands Sojourn by Robert Sheldon

• Old Churches by Michael Colgrass

• Disney At The Movies arranged by John Higgins

• Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

2011 Christmas Concert

December 11, 2011 -- Manteno United Methodist Church

• Overture to a Winter Celebration by James Stephenson

• The Sound of Music by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, arr. Howard Cable

• To The Max (On The Truck) by Robert W. Smith

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Laughing All The Way arr, by Larry MacTaggart

• All Is Calm arranged by Robert W. Smith

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reinecke

2011 Spring Concert

2010 Christmas Concert

• Santa’s Journey (Bringing Joy to the World) by Roy Kaighin

• I Wonder As I Wander by John Jacob Niles, arranged by Terry Vosbein

2010 Spring Concert Series

Asbury United Methodist Church 

• Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold

• E Pluribus Unim by Fred Jewell

• The Hounds of Spring by Alfred Reed

• Ave Maria by Franz Biebl

• Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland

• Down a Country Lane by Aaron Copland

2010 Winter Concert

Wesley United Methodist Church

• Canzon primi toni by Giovanni Gabrieli

• Four Scottish Dances by Malcolm Arnold

• Classic Duke arranged by Paul Murtha

• American Anthem from "The War" by Gene Scheer, arranged by Michael Brown

• March of the Two Left Feet by Leroy Anderson

2009 Christmas Concert: The Holiday Spirit

December 3, 2009 -- College Church of the Nazarene

• Sound the Bells! by John Williams, transcribed by Paul Lavender

• Home Stretch by Leroy Anderson

• Helios by Jan Van der Roost

• In The Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst, arranged by Robert W. Smith

• Ave Maria by Franz Biebl, arranged by Robert Cameron

• Holiday by Clare Grundman

• A Jubilant Holiday by Sean O'Loughlin

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke

2009 Spring Concert Series

• Flourish by Timothy Mahr

• Black Horse Troop by John Phillip Sousa

• As Summer Was Just Beginning by Larry Daehn

• Fiesta del Pacifico by Roger Nixon

• Columbian March by Karl King, arranged by Gene Milford

• On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss by David Holsinger

• Fanfare and Flourishes by James Curnow

2009 Winter Concert Series

• Fanfare and Flourishes by James Curnow

• First Suite for Band by Gustav Holst

• Prospect from "The Southern Harmony" by Pierre LaPlante

• Slavonic Dances #8 by Antonin Dvorak, arranged by Robert Longfield

• The King of Love My Shepard Is arranged by Alfred Reed

• Columbian March by Karl King, arranged by Gene Milford

• Majesty of the Mountains by David Shaffer

• America arranged by John Cacavas

• America the Beautiful arranged by Carmen Dragon

• Yankee Doodle by Morton Gould

• Handel in the Strand by Percy Grainger

• Scenes from "The Louvre" by Norman Dello Joio

2008 Christmas Concert

• In The Bleak Midwinter by Gustav Holst, arranged by Robert W. Smith

• "Glendy Burk" from Cameo Suite by Thomas Root

• Slavonic Dances #8 by Antonin Dvorak, arranged by Robert Longfield

• His Honor by Henry Fillmore

• Holiday by Clare Grundman

• The King of Love My Shepherd Is by Alfred Reed

• Three Christmas Songs by Clare Grundman

• Merry Christmas, Everyone! by Steven Reineke

2008 Spring Concert Series

• The Silver Quill by Dale Harpham and Sammy Nestico

• The Lads of Wamphray by Percy Grainger

• Festive Overture arranged by Dimitri Shostakovich, arranged by Donald Hunsberger

• John Williams: Visions of Flight arranged by Robert Smith

• Athletic Festival March by Sergei Prokofiev

• Armenian Dances (Part I) by Alfred Reed

• In Storm and Sunshine by J.C. Heed

2007 Christmas Concert

• Emmanuel Variants by Robert Foster

• Stars and Bars by Robert Jager

• Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson

• The Lion King: Soundtrack Highlights arranged by Calvin Custer

• Deir in De arranged by Warren Barker

• Holiday by Clare Grundman

• Variations on "Joy To The World" arranged by Clare Grundman

• Deck The Halls arranged by Chip Davis

• A Canadian Brass Christmas arranged by Howard Cable

2007 Salute to Veterans

Northfield Square Mall

• Uncommon Valor by Robert Jager

• Syncopated Clock by Leroy Anderson

• The Lion King: Soundtrack Highlights arranged by Calvin Custer

• Deir in De arranged by Warren Barker

• Stars and Bars by Robert Jager

• Armed Forces Salute arranged by Robert Lowden

• Highlights from "The Music Man" arranged by Alfred Reed

• America arranged by John Cacavas

2006 Spring Concert

• Parade of the Tall Ships by Jay Chattaway

• Symphonic Dance #3 - Fiesta by Clifton Williams, Keith Ramsden, Conductor

• John Williams: Four Symphonic Themes arranged by Paul Lavender

• Blue Shades by Frank Tichelli, Amanda McCabe, Director

• Cole Porter Selections arranged by John Moss

• Black Horse Troop by John Philip Sousa

2005 Christmas Concert: Psalms and Affirmations

• Lauds: Praise High Day by Ron Nelson

• Children's March: Over The Hills and Far Away by Percy Grainger

• Psalm for Band by Vincent Persichetti

• Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennett

• Cannonade (Concert March) by Joseph Wilcox Jenkins

2005 Spring Concert

Asbury United Methodist Church

• Alleluia! Laudamus Te by Alfred Reed

• Blessed Are They from "A German Requiem" by Johannes Brahms

• Celtic Hymns and Dances by Eric Ewazen

• Four English Dances by Malcolm Arnold

• Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda The Bagpiper" by Jaromir Weinberger

• On The Mall by Edwin Franko Goldman

2005 January Concert: Something Borrowed, Something New

Asbury United Methodist Church

• Uncommon Valor by Robert Jager

• Polly Oliver by Thomas Root

• Vaughan Williams Suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • I. Flourish for Wind Band 

  • II. Rhosymedre, arr. Walter Beeler

  • III. Sea Songs

• Sketches on a Tudor Psalm by Fisher Tull

• Chester Overture by William Schuman

• Yankee Doodle by Morton Gould