2008

June 7 Festival of Bands

Firework
Chorale and Shaker Dance -- John P. Zdechlik
March of the Belgian Paratroopers -- Pierre Leemans arr. Charles A. Wiley
Tribute to Stephen Foster -- arr. Sammy Nestico
A Longford Legend -- Robert Sheldon
Suite in B Flat (March only) - Gordon Jacob

May 12th Pops Concert with the Wakefield Choral Society

Strike Up the Band, Ira & George Gershwin, arr. Warrn Barker
Tribute to Stephen Foster -- Pierre Leemans arr. Charles A. Wiley
In The Mood -- Glenn Miller, Joe Garland, arr. Andy Clark
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing (Let's Dance, Stompin' at the Savoy, Moonglow, Sing, Sing, Sing) -- arr. Paul Murtha
Buglers Holiday

with the Chorus:
Why We Sing
Over the Rainbow
Let Freedom Ring, arr. Keith Christopher and John Moss

March 15 & 16 - The Golden Age of Radio II: Steppin' Out

Themes Like Old Times (Alexander's Ragtime Band, Peg O' My Heart, I Want a Girl, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 12th Street Rag) -- arr. Warren Barker
In The Mood -- Glenn Miller, Joe Garland, arr. Andy Clark
Star Dust -- words by Mitchell Parish, music by Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Warren Barker
It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) -- words & musicy by Duke Ellington & Irving Mills, arr. John Moss
Embraceable You -- music & lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
A Salute to Spike Jones (Cocktails For Two, Chloe, Poet And Peasant Overture) -- arr. Calvin Custer
T.D.'s Boogie Woogie -- Tommy Dorsey & Deane Kincaide, arr. Andy Clark
Salute to Bob Hope (The Road to Morocco, Moonlight Becomes You, Buttons and Bows, Two Sleepy People, Thanks For the Memory) -- arr. Warren Barker
But Not For Me -- music & lyrics by George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
Puttin' On The Ritz -- Irving Berlin, arr. Jerry Nowak
A String of Pearls -- music by Jerry Gray, arr. John Wasson
Take The 'A' Train -- words & music by Billy Strayhorn & The Delta Rhythm Boys, arr. by Bob Lowden
Swing's the Thing (Night Train, I've Heard That Song Before, Don't Get Around Much Anymore) -- arr. Warren Barker
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing (Let's Dance, Stompin' at the Savoy, Moonglow, Sing, Sing, Sing) -- arr. Paul Murtha

2007

December 15th Holiday Concert with First Baptist Church

Overture to a Winter Festival -- James Curnow
Once in David's City -- Jack Bullock
A Longford Legend -- Robert Sheldon
Mary's Boy Child -- arr. Philip Sparke
Rhapsody for Hanukkah -- Stephen Bulla
Fantasia for Christmas "The Ukrainian Bell Carol" -- arr. Elliot Del Borgo
A Jubilant Christmas -- Joyce Eilers and Paul Jennings
Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messiah" -- G.F. Handel, arr. Clair W. Johnson

December 8th Holiday Concert with Wakefield Choral Society

Overture to a Winter Festival -- James Curnow
A Longford Legend -- Robert Sheldon
Mary's Boy Child -- arr. Philip Sparke
Rhapsody for Hanukkah -- Stephen Bulla
Fantasia for Christmas "The Ukrainian Bell Carol" -- arr. Elliot Del Borgo

With the Wakefield Choral Society:

Here We Come A-Caroling -- Douglas E. Wagner
When You Believe -- Stephen Schwartz, arr. Audry Snyder and John Moss
Hallelujah Chorus from "The Messiah" -- G.F. Handel, arr. Clair W. Johnson

September 16th Children's Concert

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves -- arr. Paul Lavender
Pictures At An Exhibition (Hut of the Baba-Yaga) -- M. Moussorgsky, arr. Erik W.G. Leidsen
A Longford Legend (A Collection of Irish Street Ballads) -- Robert Sheldon
A Night on Bald Mountain -- M. Moussorgsky, arr. Maurice Gardner
William Tell Overture -- Gioacchino Antonio Rossini arr. Erik Leidzen
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- John Williams, arr. Michael Story
The Liberty Bell march -- John Philip Sousa

Summer Concert Series - On the Street Where You Live

On the Square -- Frank A. Panella, arr. Loras John Schissel
The Liberty Bell march -- John Philip Sousa
United We Stand -- arr. Sally K. Albrecht & Jay Althouse, scored for band by John O'Reilly
A Salute to New York City (New, York, New York; Give My Regards to Broadway; Forty-Second Street; The Sidewalks of New York) -- arr. Jack Bullock
On the Esplanade from Bostonia Suite -- Keith Crosby Brown, arr. Howard E. Akers
My Fair Lady -- Lerner & Loewe, arr. C. Paul Herfurth
On the Mall -- Edwin Franko Goldman
Main Street Celebration -- Steven Reineke
Twelfth Street Rag -- Euday Bowman arr. Lloyd Conley
Armed Forces Salute, arr. Bob Lowden
The Star-Spangled Banner -- John Philip Sousa
The Stars and Stripes Forever -- John Philip Sousa
A Longford Legend (A Collection of Irish Street Ballads) -- Robert Sheldon
Salute to Bob Hope (The Road to Morocco, Moonlight Becomes You, Buttons and Bows, Two Sleepy People, Thanks for the Memory) -- arr. Warren Barker
Themes Like Old Times (Alexander's Ragtime Band, Peg O' My Heart, I Want a Girl, By the Light of the Silvery Moon, 12th Street Rag)-- arr. Warren Barker

May 12th Pops Concert with the Wakefield Choral Society

William Tell Overture -- Gioacchino Antonio Rossini arr. Erik Leidzen
Folk Song Suite -- R. Vaughn Williams
I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
Twelfth Street Rag -- Euday Bowman arr. Lloyd Conley
Someone to Watch Over Me -- George and Ira Gershwin arr. Warren Barker
In the Miller Mood (In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, Serenade in Blue, Little Brown Jug, At Last, Anvil Chorus) -- arr. Warren Barker

with the chorus:
America, the Beautiful, Samuel Augustus Ward, arr. Carmen Dragon
Mansions of the Lord

March 24 - The Golden Age of Radio featuring radio script readings by Boston Conservatory Musical Theatre students and Wakefield High School announcer

Big Band Spectacular (In the Mood, Satin Doll, Ciribiribin, Jumpin' at the Woodside), arr. John Higgins
As Times Goes By, Herman Hupfeld, arr. Warren Barker
Blue Moon, Rogers & Hart, arr. Warren Barker
The Homefront: Musical Memories from World War II (It's Been a Long, Long Time, Thanks for the Memories, Bell Bottom Trousers, The White Cliffs of Dover, I'll Be Seeing You, Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition), arr. James Christensen
In the Miller Mood (In the Mood, Moonlight Serenade, I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo, Serenade in Blue, Little Brown Jug, At Last, Anvil Chorus), arr. Warren Barker
Recorded by Sinatra (High Hopes, Young at Heart, Love is the Tender Trap, Love & Marriage, My Kind of Town), arr. Warren Barker
Twelfth Street Rag, Euday Bowman arr. Lloyd Conley
A Tribute to Harold Arlen (It's Only a Paper Moon, Come Rain or Come Shine, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, That Old Black Magic), arr. James Kessler
South Pacific: Symphonic Scenario (Some Enchanted Evening, Bloody Mary, There is Nothing Like a Dame, Bali Ha'i, I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair, Younger Than Springtime, This Nearly Was Mine), Rogers & Hammerstein
William Tell Overture, Gioacchino Antonio Rossini arr. Erik Leidzen

2006

December 9th Holiday Concert

Russian Christmas Music -- Alfred Reed
Toccata -- Girolamo Frescobaldi, arr. Earl Slocum
C'est Noel! (It is Christmas!) -- Andre Jutras
all through the night -- arr. Sammy Nestico
The Legend of Christmas -- arr. Sammy Nestico

with the chorus: TBD

September 24th Children's Concert

Fanfare - Also Sprach Zarathustra -- Richard Strauss arr. Robert Longfield
OBOE demo
March -- March of the Belgian Paratroopers (Marche Des Parachutistes Belges) -- Pierre Leemans arr. Charles A. Wiley
FLUTE demo
Rhapsody - Rhapsody for Flute (with flute solo) -- Stephen Bulla
CLARINET AND BASS CLARINET demo
Passacaglia -- Themes from "Green Bushes" -- Percy Aldridge Grainger arr. Larry D. Daehn
BASSOON demo
Movie Musical with words -- The Wizard of Oz-- Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg arr. James Barnes
ALTO SAX demo
Mixed Meter -- The Eighth Candle -- Steve Reisteter
GUEST CONDUCTOR
American March - Stars and Stripes Forever -- John Philip Sousa
HORN demo
Movie Music without words - Pirates of the Carribbean -- Klaus Badelt arr. John Wasson
TRUMPET demo
Waltz - Chim Chim Cheree from Disney at the Oscars -- Robert M. and Robert B Sherman arr. John Moss
TROMBONE AND EUPHONIUM demo
Calypso - Under The Sea from Disney at the Oscars -- Howard Ashman and Alan Menken arr. John Moss
TUBA demo
Rag - Tuba Tiger Rag (with tuba solo) -- Harry DeCosta arr. David Marshall
PERCUSSION demo
Jazz - Chicago -- Fred Ebb and John Kander arr. Ted Ricketts

Summer Concert Series - Water Music and More

Fantasy on American Sailing Songs, Clare Grundman
Victory at Sea - Symphonic Scenerio, Richard Rodgers, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
Sea Songs, R. Waughan Williams
Pirates of the Caribbean - Symphonic Suite (The Curse of the Black Pearl. The Medallion Calls, The Black Pearl, To The Pirate's Cave, One Last Shot, He's a Pirate), Klaus Badelt arr. John Wasson
Irving Berlin's Songs for America (This is the Army Mister Jones, Give Me Your Tired Your Poor, This is a Great Country, God Bless America), Irving Berlin, arr. James Swearingen
A Cohan Salute, arr. Hawley Ades
Armed Forces Salute, arr. Bob Lowden
The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa, arr. Keith Brion
The Fairest of the Fair, John Phillip Sousa, arr. Frederick Fennell
Marche of the Belgian Paratroopers, Pierre Leemans, arr. Charles A. Wiley
Into the Joy of Spring, James Swearingen
Rhapsody for Flute (Judy Manning, flute), Stephen Bulla
American River Songs
National Emblem, E.E. Bagley, edited by Frederick Fennell
Parade of the Tall Ships
Broadway in the 90s, (Beauty and the Beast, Seasons of Love, This is the Moment, Godspeed Titanic (Sail On)), Circle of Life) arr. John Higgins
Colonel Bogey
Strike Up the Band, Ira & George Gershwin, arr. Warrn Barker
Seventy Six Trombones, Meredith Willson, arr. Leroy Anderson
Big Band Spectacular (In the Mood, Satin Doll, Ciribiribin, Jumpin' at the Woodside), arr. John Higgins
United We Stand (An American Medley), arr. Sally K. Albrecht & Jay Althouse, scored by John O'Reilly

June 3 Festival of Bands

Variations on a Shaker Melody, Aaron Copland
As Summer Was Just Beginning, Larry Daehn
Rhapsody for Flute (Judy Manning, flute), Stephen Bulla
Old Churches, Michael Colgrass
Sheperd's Hey, Percy Aldridge Grainger
The Fairest of the Fair, John Phillip Sousa, arr. Frederick Fennell
Into the Joy of Spring, James Swearingen

May 13th Pops Concert with the Wakefield Choral Society

Marche of the Belgian Paratroopers, Pierre Leemans, arr. Charles A. Wiley
Tuba Tiger Rag (James O'Dell, tuba), Harry DeCosta, arr. David Marshall
Irish Tune from County Derry, Percy Aldridge Grainger
Sheperd's Hey, Percy Aldridge Grainger
Into the Joy of Spring, James Swearingen

with the chorus:
Armed Forces Salute, arr. Bob Lowden
Battle Hymn of the Republic, arr. Peter J. Wilhousky

2005

A Legend of Kings, a Christmas Fantasy, Charles Richard Spinney
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, J.S. Bach, arr. Alfred Reed
Themes from the Nutcracker Suite, P. Tschaikovsky, arr. Clair W. Johnson
A Christmas Serenade, arr. Warren Barker
The Eighth Candle, Prayer and Dance for Hanukkah, Steve Reisteter

with the chorus:
Sleigh Ride, Leroy Anderson
Do You Hear What I Hear, Noel Regney & Gloria Shayne, arr E. Crocker & J. Moss
Hallelujah Chorus, G.F. Handel, arr. Clair W. Johnson

Hooray for Hollywood Oct. 22, 2005
A Musical Revue Saluting Great Music from Great Movies

Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odessey (1968), Richard Strauss arr. by Robert Longfield
Hooray for Hollywood (Tara Theme(Gone with the Wind), 42nd Street, Born Free, Merrily We Stroll Along, The High and the Mighty, theme from A Summer Place, Swanee, Days of Wine and Roses, theme from Lawrence of Arabia, As Time Goes By, Hooray for Hollywood), Arr. by Warren Barker
007-A James Bond Medley (The James Bond Theme, Goldfinger, From Russia with Love) Arr. Marty Gold
Wizard of Oz (Over the Rainbow, Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead, We're Off to See the Wizard, The Merry Old Land of Oz, If I Only Had a Brain) Words & Music by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, arr. James Barnes
Music Man (Seventy Six Trombones, Till There Was You, The Wells Fargo Wagon, Marian the Librarian), Meredith Willson arr. by Philip J. Lang
Theme from New York, New York Words by Fred Ebb, music by John Kander, arr. John Ford
An American in Paris George Gershwin arr. John Krance
Pirates of the Caribbean (The Curse of the Black Pearl. The Medallion Calls, The Black Pearl, To The Pirate's Cave, One Last Shot, He's a Pirate), music by Klaus Badelt arr. John Wasson
As Time Goes By words & music by Herman Hupfeld arr. Warren Barker
Disney at the Oscars (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Song of the South), Chim Chim Cher-ee (Mary Poppins), When You Wish Upon a Star (Pinocchio), The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book), Under the Sea (The Little Mermaid)), arr. John Moss
James Horner: Hollywood Blockbusters (Main Title from Apollo 13, Somewhere Out There (An American Tail), Bannockburn (Braveheart), My Heart Will Go On (Titanic), Southampton), arr. John Moss
Selections from Chicago (And All That Jazz, Cell Block Tango, Roxie, We Both Reached for the Gun), Words by Fred Ebb, Music by John Kander arr. by Ted Ricketts
Dry Your Tears, Afrika Music by John Williams, vocal adaptation by Audrey Synder, band accomp. by Paul Lavender

Summer Concert Series - An American Salute: Red, White and Blue

May 14th Spring Pops Concert with the Wakefield Choral Society

June, 2004 Festival of Bands

The Black Horse Troop, John Phillips Sousa
Chester, William Schuman
Prelude from "Suite Bergamasque", Claude Debussy, arr. Bill Holcolm
Symphony for Brass, Herbert Haufrecht
Scenes from "The Louvre", Norman Dello Joio
Amparito Roca, Jamie Texidor

May, 2004 Spring Pops Concert with the Wakefield Choral Society

Strike up the Band, Ira and George Gershiwn, arr. Warren Barker
As Summer Was Just Beginning, Larry Daehn
Selections from West Side Story, Leonard Bernstein, arr. W.J.Duthoit
Scenes from "The Louvre", Norman Dello Joio
An Ellington Festival, arr. Sammy Nestico
The Black Horse Troop, John Phillips Sousa

with the Chorus:
Irving Berlin - A Symphonic Portrait, Hawley Ades
Armed Forces Salute, arr. Bob Lowden