Concert Band
Following marching season, the band forms as a concert band, presenting at least three home concerts per year. The concert band plays a variety of repertoire, including standard wind literature, holiday music and popular music.
Below is a list of the band's recent repertoire.
2019-2020 School Year
Spring Concert
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
Winter Concert
Christmas Concert
2018-2019 School Year
Spring Concert
National Emblem (E.E. Bagley; ed. F. Fennell)
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (Roland Barrett)
Aladdin (arr. Paul Jennings)
Jupiter from "The Planets" (Gustav Holst/arr. Mark Williams)
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
Winter Concert
Renaissance Festival and Dances (Bruce Pearson)
Oxbow Hoedown (Jonathan Jaworski)
(Combined Ensembles)
Arabian Dances (Roland Barrett)
Christmas Concert
Themes from "The Nutcracker" (P.I. Tchaikovsky; arr. Ed Huckeby)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (A. Hague and E. Poddany; arr. Larry Clark)
(Combines Ensembles)
All is Calm (Robert W. Smith)
Adventum (arr. Jared Barnes)
2017-2018 School Year
Spring Concert
Military Escort (Harold Bennett/ed. Frederick Fennell)
Highlights from "Brave" (arr. Sean O’Loughlin)
Lassus Trombone (Henry Fillmore/arr. Loras J. Schissel)
(Combined Ensembles)
Jupiter from "The Planets" (Gustav Holst/arr. Mark Williams)
Winter Concert
The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
Disney Blockbusters (arr. John Higgins)
(Combined Ensembles)
The Hanging Tree (S. Collins, J. Fraites, and W. Shultz/arr. Michael Brown)
Christmas Concert
Royal Fireworks Music (G.F. Handel)
I. Overture
Salvation is Created (Tschesnokoff/arr. B. Houseknecht)
Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major (J.S. Bach, arr. R. L. Moehlmann)
(Combined Ensembles)
Stille Nacht (F. Gruber/arr. Chip Davis/tr. Robert Longfield)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (arr. Jack Bullock, poem by Clement Clark Moore)
--narrated by Mr. Tim Krupicka
2016-2017 School Year
Concert at the Alamo in San Antonio
-The Star-Spangled Banner
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Salute to America's Finest
-America, the Beautiful (Carmen Dragon)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
Spring Concert
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Flatwater Sketches (Nolan E. Schmit)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
Winter Concert
-Amparito Roca (J. Texidor/arr. Aubrey Winter)
-An Irish Rhapsody (Clare Grundman)
-Arabian Rhapsody (Roland Barrett)
Christmas Concert
-Snowflakes Dancing (Andrew Boysen, Jr.)
-American Christmas Festival (Frank Erickson)
-The Red Balloon (Anne McGinty)
-O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Claude T. Smith)
2015-2016 School Year
Spring Concert
-Renaissance Revel (T. Susato/arr. Kenneth Singleton)
-Sleep (Eric Whitacre)
-St. Louis Blues (arr. Luther Henderson/ad. Michael Brown)
-Slavonic Dances (A. Dvorak/arr. Robert Longfield)
Winter Concert
-Star Wars Epic, Pt. 2 (John Williams/arr. Robert W. Smith)
-Star Wars Marches (John Williams/arr. Jerry Brubaker)
-Selections from Up (Michael Giachinno/arr. Michael Brown)
-Lord of the Rings "Fellowship of the Ring" (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
Christmas Concert
-Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Erik Leidzen)
-A Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)
-Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah (George Friederich Handel, arr. Robert Longfield)
-O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. James Swearingen)
2014-2015 School Year
Spring Concert
-Helmsley Variations (Bryce Hesterman) - premiere performance
-...In Endless Song (Randall Standridge)
-On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (David Holsinger)
-Cajun Folk Songs (Frank Ticheli)
Winter Concert
-New Era Fanfare (Randall Standridge)
-Tricycle (Andrew Boysen, Jr.)
-Kindred Spirits (Brian Balmages)
-The Liberty Bell (John Philip Sousa/arr. Michael Story)
Christmas Concert
-Chant and Jubilo (W. Francis McBeth)
-A Celtic Christmas (James L. Hosay)
-Good King Wenceslas (arr. Tom Wallace)
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany/arr. Larry Clark)
-Adventum (arr. Jared Barnes)
2013-2014 Repertoire:
Spring Concert
-Joy in All Things (Brian Balmages)
-Shenandoah (Frank Ticheli)
-Fairest of the Fair (J.P. Sousa/arr. Bill Holcombe)
-Lassus Trombone (H. Fillmore/ed. Frederick Fennell)
-Celebration Fanfare (Steven Reineke)
Winter Concert
-Dragons Fly on the Winds of Time (Larry Neeck)
-Sonus Ventorum (Claude T. Smith)
-Visions of Flight (Robert Sheldon)
-The Firebird Suite (I. Stravinksy/arr. Michael Story)
Christmas Concert
-Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
-Christmas Fanfares (Todd Statler)
-Christmas Concerto (Robert W. Smith)
-Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre)
-Sine Nomine (R. Vaughan Williams/arr. Jack Bullock)
-A Christmas Fantasy (Roland Barrett)
2012-2013 Repertoire:
Spring Concert
-The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith)
-Simple Gifts (Frank Ticheli)
-Iota (Dalton Stout)
-The Mansions of the Lord (Nick Glennie-Smith/arr. Ted Ricketts)
-America, the Beautiful (S.A. Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon), with "I Am the Nation" poetry by Otto Whittaker
Winter Concert
-Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (J.S. Bach/arr. Victor Lopez)
-The Nutcracker (P.I. Tchaikovsky/arr. Ed Huckeby)
-Night on Bald Mountain (Modeste Moussorgsky/arr. Mark Williams)
-The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas/arr. James Curnow)
-The Pines of Rome (Ottorino Respighi/arr. James Curnow)
Christmas Concert
-Flourish for Wind Band (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
-Greensleeves (Alfred Reed)
-Christmas Carillon (James Curnow)
-A Yuletide Festival (Randall D. Standridge)
-O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. James Swearingen)
2011-2012 School Year
Spring Concert
-Signature (Jan van der Roost)
-Salvation is Created (Tschesnokoff/arr. Bruce H. Houseknecht)
-The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Henry W. Baker/arr. Tonilynn Birch)
-Kentucky--1800 (Clare Grundman)
-On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (David R. Holsinger)
-Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Jay Dawson)
Winter Concert
-Aladdin (Alan Menken/arr. Paul Jennings)
-Up! (Michael Giacchino/arr. Michael Brown)
-Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken/arr. Calvin Custer)
-The Lion King (Hans Zimmer/arr. John Higgins)
Christmas Concert
-Die Meistersinger (Richard Wagner/tr. Eric Osterling)
-Winder Dances (Brian Balmages)
-Fantasy on a Bell Carol (Edward J. Madden)
-Angels We Have Heard on High (Edward Shippen/arr. Chip Davis, tr. Robert Longfield)
-Galop (Dmitri Shostakovich/tr. Donald Hunsberger)
2010-2011 School Year
Spring Concert
-Scenes from "The Louvre" (Norman Dello Joio)
-Prayer of St. Francis (Danielle E. Jim)
-What Wondrous Love is This (Jennifer A. Zarek)
-Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (J.S. Bach/arr. R.L. Moehlmann)
-The Divine Comedy (Robert W. Smith)
-Australian Up-Country Tune (Percy Aldridge Grainger)
-Riverdance (Bill Whelan/arr. Tom Wallace)
Winter Concert
-The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard/arr. Victor Lopez)
-Indiana Jones "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (John Williams/arr. Ralph Ford)
-Harry Potter "...and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (John Williams/arr. Victor Lopez)
-The Lord of the Rings, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
-The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz/arr. Jay Bocook)
-Pirates of the Caribbean "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Klaus Badelt/arr. Ted Ricketts)
-Star Wars (John Williams/arr. Jerry Brubaker, Robert W. Smith)
-Christmas Concert
English Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Stille Nacht (Franz Gruber, arr. Chip Davis, arr. Robert Longfield)
Greensleeves (Alfred Reed)
A Christmas Three (David Bobrowitz)
2009-2010 School Year
Spring Concert
Puszta (Jan Van der Roost)
Bravura (C.E. Duble)
Irish Tune from County Derry (Percy Aldridge Grainger)
Be Thou My Vision (Larry Clark)
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (Roland Barrett)
Winter Concert
Quixotic Episode (Robert Sheldon)
Balladair (Frank Erickson)
Chant and Jubilo (W. Francis McBeth)
Christmas Concert
First Suite in Eb: I. Chaconne (Gustav Holst)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach/arr. Erik W.G. Leidzen)
Christmas Carillon (James Curnow)
A Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)
2008-2009 School Year
Christmas Concert
Flourish for Wind Band (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Joy to the World (arr. Chip Davis/Robert Longfield)
Stille Nacht (arr. Chip Davis/Calvin Custer)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
Spring Concert
Procession of the Nobles (Nicholas Rimsky-Korsokov/arr. Jay Bocook)
Sun Dance (Frank Ticheli)
Apollo: Myth and Legend (Rob Romeyn)
Amparito Roca (Jaime Texidor/arr. Aubrey Winter)
The St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy/arr. Luther Henderson, ad. Michael Brown)
Dragons Fly on the Winds of Time (Larry Neeck)
Pops Concert
Raiders March (John Williams/arr. John Edmondson)
John Williams in Concert (John Williams/arr. Paul Lavendar)
Jurassic Park (John Williams/arr. Jay Bocook)
Disney Blockbusters (Alan Menken/arr. John Higgins)
Preview of 2009 Marching Show: In Caelum Fero (Karl Jenkins/arr. Tom Wallace)
Below is a list of the band's recent repertoire.
2019-2020 School Year
Spring Concert
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
Winter Concert
Christmas Concert
2018-2019 School Year
Spring Concert
National Emblem (E.E. Bagley; ed. F. Fennell)
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (Roland Barrett)
Aladdin (arr. Paul Jennings)
Jupiter from "The Planets" (Gustav Holst/arr. Mark Williams)
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
Winter Concert
Renaissance Festival and Dances (Bruce Pearson)
Oxbow Hoedown (Jonathan Jaworski)
(Combined Ensembles)
Arabian Dances (Roland Barrett)
Christmas Concert
Themes from "The Nutcracker" (P.I. Tchaikovsky; arr. Ed Huckeby)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (A. Hague and E. Poddany; arr. Larry Clark)
(Combines Ensembles)
All is Calm (Robert W. Smith)
Adventum (arr. Jared Barnes)
2017-2018 School Year
Spring Concert
Military Escort (Harold Bennett/ed. Frederick Fennell)
Highlights from "Brave" (arr. Sean O’Loughlin)
Lassus Trombone (Henry Fillmore/arr. Loras J. Schissel)
(Combined Ensembles)
Jupiter from "The Planets" (Gustav Holst/arr. Mark Williams)
Winter Concert
The Lord of the Rings (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
Disney Blockbusters (arr. John Higgins)
(Combined Ensembles)
The Hanging Tree (S. Collins, J. Fraites, and W. Shultz/arr. Michael Brown)
Christmas Concert
Royal Fireworks Music (G.F. Handel)
I. Overture
Salvation is Created (Tschesnokoff/arr. B. Houseknecht)
Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major (J.S. Bach, arr. R. L. Moehlmann)
(Combined Ensembles)
Stille Nacht (F. Gruber/arr. Chip Davis/tr. Robert Longfield)
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (arr. Jack Bullock, poem by Clement Clark Moore)
--narrated by Mr. Tim Krupicka
2016-2017 School Year
Concert at the Alamo in San Antonio
-The Star-Spangled Banner
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Salute to America's Finest
-America, the Beautiful (Carmen Dragon)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
Spring Concert
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Flatwater Sketches (Nolan E. Schmit)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
NSBA State Concert Band Festival (held at Northwest)
-Niobrara River Sketches (Larry MacTaggart)
-Alamo March (Karl King/arr. J. Swearingen)
Winter Concert
-Amparito Roca (J. Texidor/arr. Aubrey Winter)
-An Irish Rhapsody (Clare Grundman)
-Arabian Rhapsody (Roland Barrett)
Christmas Concert
-Snowflakes Dancing (Andrew Boysen, Jr.)
-American Christmas Festival (Frank Erickson)
-The Red Balloon (Anne McGinty)
-O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Claude T. Smith)
2015-2016 School Year
Spring Concert
-Renaissance Revel (T. Susato/arr. Kenneth Singleton)
-Sleep (Eric Whitacre)
-St. Louis Blues (arr. Luther Henderson/ad. Michael Brown)
-Slavonic Dances (A. Dvorak/arr. Robert Longfield)
Winter Concert
-Star Wars Epic, Pt. 2 (John Williams/arr. Robert W. Smith)
-Star Wars Marches (John Williams/arr. Jerry Brubaker)
-Selections from Up (Michael Giachinno/arr. Michael Brown)
-Lord of the Rings "Fellowship of the Ring" (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
Christmas Concert
-Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Erik Leidzen)
-A Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)
-Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah (George Friederich Handel, arr. Robert Longfield)
-O Come All Ye Faithful (arr. James Swearingen)
2014-2015 School Year
Spring Concert
-Helmsley Variations (Bryce Hesterman) - premiere performance
-...In Endless Song (Randall Standridge)
-On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (David Holsinger)
-Cajun Folk Songs (Frank Ticheli)
Winter Concert
-New Era Fanfare (Randall Standridge)
-Tricycle (Andrew Boysen, Jr.)
-Kindred Spirits (Brian Balmages)
-The Liberty Bell (John Philip Sousa/arr. Michael Story)
Christmas Concert
-Chant and Jubilo (W. Francis McBeth)
-A Celtic Christmas (James L. Hosay)
-Good King Wenceslas (arr. Tom Wallace)
-How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Albert Hague and Eugene Poddany/arr. Larry Clark)
-Adventum (arr. Jared Barnes)
2013-2014 Repertoire:
Spring Concert
-Joy in All Things (Brian Balmages)
-Shenandoah (Frank Ticheli)
-Fairest of the Fair (J.P. Sousa/arr. Bill Holcombe)
-Lassus Trombone (H. Fillmore/ed. Frederick Fennell)
-Celebration Fanfare (Steven Reineke)
Winter Concert
-Dragons Fly on the Winds of Time (Larry Neeck)
-Sonus Ventorum (Claude T. Smith)
-Visions of Flight (Robert Sheldon)
-The Firebird Suite (I. Stravinksy/arr. Michael Story)
Christmas Concert
-Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
-Christmas Fanfares (Todd Statler)
-Christmas Concerto (Robert W. Smith)
-Lux Aurumque (Eric Whitacre)
-Sine Nomine (R. Vaughan Williams/arr. Jack Bullock)
-A Christmas Fantasy (Roland Barrett)
2012-2013 Repertoire:
Spring Concert
-The Star-Spangled Banner (John Stafford Smith)
-Simple Gifts (Frank Ticheli)
-Iota (Dalton Stout)
-The Mansions of the Lord (Nick Glennie-Smith/arr. Ted Ricketts)
-America, the Beautiful (S.A. Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon), with "I Am the Nation" poetry by Otto Whittaker
Winter Concert
-Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (J.S. Bach/arr. Victor Lopez)
-The Nutcracker (P.I. Tchaikovsky/arr. Ed Huckeby)
-Night on Bald Mountain (Modeste Moussorgsky/arr. Mark Williams)
-The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas/arr. James Curnow)
-The Pines of Rome (Ottorino Respighi/arr. James Curnow)
Christmas Concert
-Flourish for Wind Band (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
-Greensleeves (Alfred Reed)
-Christmas Carillon (James Curnow)
-A Yuletide Festival (Randall D. Standridge)
-O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. James Swearingen)
2011-2012 School Year
Spring Concert
-Signature (Jan van der Roost)
-Salvation is Created (Tschesnokoff/arr. Bruce H. Houseknecht)
-The King of Love My Shepherd Is (Henry W. Baker/arr. Tonilynn Birch)
-Kentucky--1800 (Clare Grundman)
-On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss (David R. Holsinger)
-Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Jay Dawson)
Winter Concert
-Aladdin (Alan Menken/arr. Paul Jennings)
-Up! (Michael Giacchino/arr. Michael Brown)
-Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken/arr. Calvin Custer)
-The Lion King (Hans Zimmer/arr. John Higgins)
Christmas Concert
-Die Meistersinger (Richard Wagner/tr. Eric Osterling)
-Winder Dances (Brian Balmages)
-Fantasy on a Bell Carol (Edward J. Madden)
-Angels We Have Heard on High (Edward Shippen/arr. Chip Davis, tr. Robert Longfield)
-Galop (Dmitri Shostakovich/tr. Donald Hunsberger)
2010-2011 School Year
Spring Concert
-Scenes from "The Louvre" (Norman Dello Joio)
-Prayer of St. Francis (Danielle E. Jim)
-What Wondrous Love is This (Jennifer A. Zarek)
-Prelude and Fugue in G Minor (J.S. Bach/arr. R.L. Moehlmann)
-The Divine Comedy (Robert W. Smith)
-Australian Up-Country Tune (Percy Aldridge Grainger)
-Riverdance (Bill Whelan/arr. Tom Wallace)
Winter Concert
-The Dark Knight (Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard/arr. Victor Lopez)
-Indiana Jones "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (John Williams/arr. Ralph Ford)
-Harry Potter "...and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (John Williams/arr. Victor Lopez)
-The Lord of the Rings, "The Fellowship of the Ring" (Howard Shore/arr. Ralph Ford)
-The Prince of Egypt (Stephen Schwartz/arr. Jay Bocook)
-Pirates of the Caribbean "The Curse of the Black Pearl" (Klaus Badelt/arr. Ted Ricketts)
-Star Wars (John Williams/arr. Jerry Brubaker, Robert W. Smith)
-Christmas Concert
English Folk Song Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Stille Nacht (Franz Gruber, arr. Chip Davis, arr. Robert Longfield)
Greensleeves (Alfred Reed)
A Christmas Three (David Bobrowitz)
2009-2010 School Year
Spring Concert
Puszta (Jan Van der Roost)
Bravura (C.E. Duble)
Irish Tune from County Derry (Percy Aldridge Grainger)
Be Thou My Vision (Larry Clark)
Of Dark Lords and Ancient Kings (Roland Barrett)
Winter Concert
Quixotic Episode (Robert Sheldon)
Balladair (Frank Erickson)
Chant and Jubilo (W. Francis McBeth)
Christmas Concert
First Suite in Eb: I. Chaconne (Gustav Holst)
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (J.S. Bach/arr. Erik W.G. Leidzen)
Christmas Carillon (James Curnow)
A Christmas Festival (Leroy Anderson)
2008-2009 School Year
Christmas Concert
Flourish for Wind Band (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
Joy to the World (arr. Chip Davis/Robert Longfield)
Stille Nacht (arr. Chip Davis/Calvin Custer)
Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson)
Spring Concert
Procession of the Nobles (Nicholas Rimsky-Korsokov/arr. Jay Bocook)
Sun Dance (Frank Ticheli)
Apollo: Myth and Legend (Rob Romeyn)
Amparito Roca (Jaime Texidor/arr. Aubrey Winter)
The St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy/arr. Luther Henderson, ad. Michael Brown)
Dragons Fly on the Winds of Time (Larry Neeck)
Pops Concert
Raiders March (John Williams/arr. John Edmondson)
John Williams in Concert (John Williams/arr. Paul Lavendar)
Jurassic Park (John Williams/arr. Jay Bocook)
Disney Blockbusters (Alan Menken/arr. John Higgins)
Preview of 2009 Marching Show: In Caelum Fero (Karl Jenkins/arr. Tom Wallace)