Here are all the concerts our bands will be playing at this year, in order.
The first concert was here in the WCI gym, and here are the songs that the bands played.
Squire Band- "Journey to the Stars," "Soar with the Dragons," and "Inferno in the Lost Pines"
Jazz Band - "Fiesta del Tigre," "Autumn Leaves," and "The Hog-Squealin', Rip-Snortin', Belly-Achin' Blues"
Orchestra - "Appalachian Hymn," "Prelude and Fugue," and "Burst"
Symphonic Band- "Fanfare and Flourishes," " The Avengers," and "Danse Macabre"
Here are all the dates of the band concerts yet to come:
--Sat. Dec. 10 @ San Ramon Valley HS -SRV Jazz Fest- Jazz Bands
--Tue. Dec. 13 @WCI -Winter Concert- All
--Thur. Jan. 12 @Las Lomas- Symphonic Band, Orchestra
-- Fri. Jan 20 or 21 @El Cerrito High School, CMEA Jazz Fest.
--Sat. Jan 28 @Folsom - Folsom Jazz fest- Jazz band
-- Sat. Feb. 11 @Amador Valley HS- Campana Jazz Fest- Jazz Band
-- Thur.- Sun. March 9-12 @Anaheim- Eighth Grade Band
-- April 11-12- @ Santa Cruz - Jazz Band
--Tue. April 18- @WCI- All
-- April 21 or 22 - @San Ramon Valley HS-CMEA Festival- All except Jazz Band
-- May 17- @Las Lomas HS- WCSD Instrumental Music Fest.- All
-- May 25- @WCI - 8th Grade Graduation- all 7th graders and 6th grade volunteers
This is a song called "Soar with the Dragons", by Bob Romeyn, and is a song that the Squire Band played at the first concert. The song is quite fast paced, and came out in 2015. The Squire/Cadet band also played two other songs titled, "Journey to the Stars" by James Swearingen and "Inferno in the Lost Pines" by Larry Clark.
Flute:
Noella Lee, Joanne Kim, Joohyung Kim, Sabrina Goumnadji, Malak Khalilieh, and Lily Koschmann
Clarinet:
Helena Folke, Julieta Barrera Garza , Axel Pohl, Arina Setareh, Angelina Deng, Ky Torres-Stingfield
Alto saxophone:
Audrey Iyengar, Pierce Polsley, Rachel Tonsing, and Christine Gomez
Baritone Saxophone:
Clayton Janke
Trumpet:
Lia Hansen, Kyrylo Skoropadskyi, Sally Flores, Luke Beauchemin, Crofton Frieders, Kyle Rojas, Ingrid Yott, and Ben Penaloza
Trombone:
D'Hani Heath, Theo Yott, Judd Woods, William Gagen, and Declan Tubbs
Tuba:
Abraham Hayat
Percussion:
Matthew Lee, Eddie Bragar, Roscoe Juachon, Benji Zaccai
This soothing song, "Applachian Hymn, was one of the three songs played by the orchestra in the first concert, and has a soft tune.
Violin:
Zhianna Zamora, Andrew Ho, Logan Ansaldo, Kaia Vasquez, Kaleb Linkey-Schoonmaker, and Valentina Cabezas
Viola:
Juni Silverthorne, Sean Wylan, Uriah Gatto, Angel Ganbaatar, and Sophia Valencia
Cello:
Ava Avalos, Zach Cheng, Jordan Castillo, Flynn Gholston, Maggie Xiang, and Ella Vaserman
Double bass:
Jason Surnee, Mateo Sosa, and Ananda Simon
Saxophone:
Joseph Du, Kamila Sanchez, Kyle Eren Rotner, Nehla Espiritu-Blackstone, and Ismael Blas
Trumpet/Clarinet:
Mia Donaldson, Michael Raspudic, Amita Rajendran, Ava Sadigh, and Joseph Ugalde
Trombone:
Rafael Blas and Max Raspudic
Rhythm section:
David Kang, Ava Avalos, Juni Silverthorne, and Lena Naim
This is a song called "Hog Squealin' Rip Snortin' Belly Achin' Blues", by Michael Sweeney. The song is smooth with a jazz-like tune.
It was played by the Jazz band at the first concert.