Method Books Used for building Fundamentals:
Treasury of Scales – Leonard B Smith
Symphonic Warm-ups – C.T. Smith
Wind Technique Book – Zimbelman
For events please refer to the Band Calendar
Many questions can be answered by referring to the Band Handbook.
Concert Attire Information
Wind Ensemble & Jazz Ensemble Auditions
WIND ENSEMBLE – Permission Slips and Itineraries
PLAY-A-THON SET
Illumination – Maslanka
2nd Suite in F – Holst
WINTER CONCERT SET
Festive Proclamation – Smith
Evening Snow at Kambara – Giroux (scroll down to menu to find 5th movement)
Sleigh Ride – Anderson
OSU, MHCC & PIL FESTIVAL SET
La Lira de Pozuelo – Luis Serrano Allarcon (5:20)
Sky Above Clouds – James M David (7:45)
2nd Suite in F – Holst (12:00)
AWARDS CONCERT
State Set
STATE CONTEST SET
La Lira de Pozuelo – Luis Serrano Allarcon (5:20)
Paris Sketches – Ellerby (3 movements)
After Fairest of the Fair (5:00)
Bookmarks from Japan (6 movements/we would perform 3-4 of them) – Julie Giroux (entire piece is 20:10)
Movements 1,2,5,4 (12:00)
FESTIVAL SET OPTIONS
2026 – 27 Possible Pieces (take a listen)
A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
This has multiple movements so we can pick and choose, allowing us to add other pieces.
We could also play it in it’s entirety. This piece fits our band VERY well. All soloists are strengths in the ensemble.
Unending Stream of Life – Maslanka (entire piece is 25:00)
**1. Overture (1:38)
2. Seeking (3:43)
**3. Brooding March (3:05)
4. As you proceed… (3:27)
5. A hard thought… (4:37)
**6. A Sweet Tune (5:29)
**7. All Creatures of our God and King (2:47)
Sky Above Clouds – James M David (7:45)
Bookmarks from Japan (6 movements/we would perform 3-4 of them) – Julie Giroux (entire piece is 20:10)
**1. Mount Fuji (2:20)
**2. Nihonbashi (2:40)
3. The Great Wave off Kanigawa (4:00)
**4. Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (3:06)
**5. Evening Snow at Kambara (4:05)
6. Hakone (4:00)
OPENER
**Cajon’s Reverb – Dennis Llinas (4:55) (Midi version from his site)
Carnaval! – Giroux (6:00)
Florentiner March – Fucik (5:30)
Free Lance March – Sousa / edt. Revelli
Hounds of Spring – Reed (8:20)
Illumination – Maslanka (4:50)
**La Lira de Pozuelo – Luis Serrano Allarcon (5:20)
Revelry – William Pitts (3:00)
Rise – Adam Schoenberg (10:00) RENTAL
**Three Latin Dances – Jeff Tyzik (6:00)
**Through the Looking Glass – Jess Turner (3:00)
To Be Vivid Stars – Satoshi Yagisawa (6:30)
Until the Scars – John Mackey (5:30)
CLOSER
La Procession du Rocio – Joaquin Turina / Arr. Reed (8:30)
Liturgical Dances – David Holsinger (8:20)
Machu Picchu – Yagisawa (11:00)
Merry Widow Selections – Lehar /arr. Suzuki (9;00)
Ringmaster’s March – Mackey (3:50)
Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa – Ira Hearshen (13:00)
2. “Largamente after The Thunderer” (8:00)
3. “After Fairest of the Fair” (5:00)
LYRICAL/TONE POEM
Be Thou My Vision – David Gillingham (6:30)
Down A Country Lane – Copland/Arr. Patterson
“Largamente after The Thunderer” (8:00)
**O Magnum Mysterium – Lauridsen / arr. Reynolds (6:00)
Redwood – Ryan George (7:15)
Rest – Frank Ticheli (8:20)
Riften Wed – Julie Giroux (7:00)
The Hearthstone (6:35)