Tri-State Middle School Honor Band Past Programs
Musical Selections for 2016
8th Grade Band - Bret Lee, Marshalltown IA
The Great Steamboad Race - Robert W. Smith
Them Basses - Huffine, arr. Balent
Rites of Tamburo - Robert W. Smith
Hymnsong of Philp Bliss - Holsinger
7th Grade Band - Michael Fisher, Waterloo IA
Pevensy Castle - Robert Sheldon
Salvation is Created - Chesnokov, arr. Michael Brown
Summit March - Bennett, arr. Clark
Beyond the Stars - Ed Huckeby
Musical Selections for 2015
8th Grade Band - Chris Gleason, Sun Prairie WI
Falcon Fanfare - Balmages
A Shaker Giftsong - Ticheli
Shadows Unleashed - Balmages
One Giant Leap - Morales
7th Grade Band - Dr. Robert Ouren, Edina MN
Rampage….by Todd Stalter
An American Hymntune - Robert Sheldon
The Planets (themes from) - arr. Wagner
Espana Cani - Michael Story
Musical Selections for Festival 2014 - 20th Anniversary
Directors, Rick Kirby and James Fritz
8th Grade Band
Tales of A Minstrel Boy - Rick Kirby
The Thunder and the Roar - Pierre La Plante/Daehn Publishing
commissioned 2004 Tri-State Honor Band 10th Anniversary
Commissioned Works 2014
The Legend of Tizona by Rick Kirby
Say What? Movts. 3 & 4 by Michael Golemo
7th Grade Band
Fox River Overture - Rick Kirby (unpublished)
March for a Celebration - Bruce Pearson/Kjos
commissioned 2004 Tri-State Honor Band 10th Anniversary
Commissioned Works 2014
Through the Eyes of the Dragon by Rick Kirby
Say What? Movts. 1 & 2 by Michael Golemo
Musical Selections for Festival 2013
8th Grade Band, Leon Kuehner
Awakening Hills - Richard Saucedo
Lost Lady Found - Michael Sweeney
Royalty Rag - Ryden
Psalm 42 - Samuel Hazo
7th Grade Band , Steve Shanley
Thunderbird - Rob Grice
As Winds Dance - Samuel Hazo
Old Irish Tune - Larry Daehn
Valdres March - R.W. Smith
Musical Selections for Festival 2012
8th Grade Band - Lane Powell, director
Soaring - Morales/FJH
Love and Peace - Powell/Barnhouse
Rough Riders - KIng/Barnhouse
Amen! - Ticheli/Manhattan Beach
7th Grade Band - Dr. Juan Tony Guzmán
Alamo - King/Swearingen/Barnhouse
Snow Child - Spears/Grand Mesa
Chester Variations - Del Borgo/Hal Leonard
Nordic Sketches - LaPlante/Daehn
Musical Selections for Festival 2011
8th Grade Band - Elizabeth Jackson Kirchoff, director
Blue Goose Rag - Timothy Broege
Air from County Derry - Joseph Krienes
Rough Riders - King/Swearingen
Creed - Himes
7th Grade Band - Patti Bekkerus
A Children's Hymn- Holsinger
Summit March - Harold Bennett/arr. Clark
Portrait of a Clown - Ticheli
Chant and Tribal Dance - David Shaffer
Musical Selections for Festival 2010
7th Grade Band - Director -Shanti Nolan
Bunker Hill March - John Edmondson
Country Wildflowers - Larry Daehn
Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes - Timothy Broege
Joy - Frank Ticheli
8th Grade Band - Tamara Thies
Ghost Walk -Chris Brubeck
Whirlwind -Jodie Blackshaw
Gladiator March. -John Philip Sousa/arr. Andrew Balent
Fireflash -Rob Romeyn
Musical Selections for Festival 2009
Seventh Grade Band, Leon Kuehner, conductor
Beyond The Stars - Ed Huckeby, Barnhouse
Witche’s Brew - David Schaffer, Hal Leonard
At A Turkish Market - William Owens, FJH
St. Petersburg March - Johnnie Vinson, Hal Leonard
Eighth Grade Band - Brian Stevens, conductor
Russian Sailor’s Dance - arr. Paul Lavender, Hal Leonard
Moscow, 1941 - Brian Balmages, FJH
Patton - arr. Ralph Ford, Alfred
Winter Winds - Larry Neeck, Barnhouse
Musical Selections for Festival 2008
7th Grade Band - Director, John Gosnell
Knights of the Royal Realm by Robert W. Smith
River Valley Legacy by Kevin Mixon
All Ye Young Sailors arr. Pierre LaPlante
Adagio for Winds by Larry Daehn
8th Grade Band - Director, Jim Gosnell
Big Four March by King/Swearingen
Annabel Lee by Douglas Wagner
Flight of the Thunderbird by Richard Saucedo
Tame the Savage Sea by Eliot Del Borgo
Musical Selections for Festival 2006
7th Grade Band - Shawn Sandersfeld
...and the Nations Rejoice by Robert W. Smith
Three Renaissance Dances by John Moss
Appalachian Air by Michael Brown
Genius (March) by Bennett
8th Grade Band - Randy Swiggum
Ravel: 3 Songs by Anne McGinty
Mozart: Allelujah arr. Curnow
Rhythm Stand by Higdon
Valdres March by Hanssen/Smith
Musical Selections for Festival 2005
Director- Chris Gleason - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 7th Grade Band
Ancient Voices - Michael Sweeney
Childhood Hymn - David Holsinger
Coast Guards March - arr. James Swearingen
The Red Balloon - Anne McGinty
Director -Laura Sindberg - Chicago, IL
Jody - Timothy Broege
As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Daehn
King Across the Water - Bruce Fraser
Circus Bee March - Fillmore, arr. Custer
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2004
10th Anniversary Festival
Director- Bruce Pearson 6th & 7th Grade Band
Caprice /William Himes
March for a Celebration /Bruce Pearson
Renaissance Triptych /Bruce Pearson
Prehistoric Suite /Michael Sweeney
Esprit! /Chuck Elledge
Directors - Leon Kuehner and Pierre LaPlante
Gathering of the Yeoman /Robert W. Smith
Three Ayres from Gloucester/Mvt 2 Hugh Stuart
Rough Riders /Karl King arr. Swearingen
The Thunder and the Roar /Pierre La Plante
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2003
Director- Brian Hughes 6th & 7th Grade Band
Dinosaurs....... Daniel Bukvich
Monterey March........ Pierre La Plante
Canto..... Francis McBeth
Director- Dwayne Johnson 8th & 9th Grade Band
Highlights from Harry Potter....
Foxfire...... James Barnes
Accord...... Fred Allan
Sunrise Song........
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2002
Director- John Gosnell 6th & 7th Grade Band
Snow Child........ Jared Spears
Nordic Sketches........ Pierre La Plante
Two British Folk Songs..... Elliot Del Borgo
Marches of the Armed Forces...... arr. Michael Sweeney
Director- Richard DuFault 8th & 9th Grade Band
Theme from Green Bushes...... Grainger/Daehn
The Great Locomotive Chase...... Robert W. Smith
Shaker Variants....... Elliot Del Borgo
The Belle of Chicago......... Sousa/Gore
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2001
6th & 7th Grade Band -John Aboud
March for A Festival.................Pearson & Elledge
Jazz Ramble...............John Edmondson
Song of Tosagata...............Mike Hannickel
Psalm ................................William Hines
8th & 9th Grade Band - Tom Haugen
The Streets of Madrid....................John Moss
Lassus Trombone..................Fillmore/Schissel
Legend of the Saura.................William Harbinson
Fantasy on an African-American Spiritual.....Bruce Preuninger
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2000
6th & 7th Grade Band -Tony Guzmán
The Stormquest...................Stephen Mellilo
A March on the King's Highway.......Pierre LaPlante
Rhythm Machine...................Timothy Broege
El Cumbachero..........Herandez/Ford
8th & 9th Grade Band -Bruce Jolivette
Caro Mio Ben ...................Giordani/Hoegestein
A Percy Grainger Suite.......................Grainger/Erickson
Miss Emmie's Front Porch........................Larry Dureski
Days of Dixie...............................Pastore
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1999
6th & 7th Grade Band - Bard Mackey
Valdres March......................Johannes Hanssen/Smith
Chorale from Jupiter....................Holst
Alexander's Ragtime Band...........Berlin/Balent
An Echo of the Infinite.................Anne McGinty
8th & 9th Grade Band - Leon Kuehner
Hymn for Band ...................Hugh Stuart
I Got Rhythm.......................Gershwin/Dye
Circus Days..........................King/Schissel
On An American Spiritual ..........David Holsinger
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1998
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Brian Stevens
Fanfare and Canticle.................. James Curnow
Hymne Vangelis ........................arr. Curnow
The Screaming Eagles..................... John Edmondson
Candle on the Water.................. arr. Frank Cofield
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - Fred Nyline
Ye Banks and Braes ...............Percy A. Grainger
Rock'n March ........................H. Fujikake
Canto ..............................Francis MacBeth
Time in the Balance ............Stephen Melillo
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1997
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Diana Blake
By Dawn's Early Light ............David Shaffer
Jazz Cats ................John Edmondson
Chester Variations ................Elliot Del Borgo
March of the Irish Guard............... arr. Ployhar
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - David Reul
The Belle of Chicago ................Sousa/Gore
Flourish for Wind Band............. Vaughn Williams
Grizzly Bear Rag.................. Timothy Broege
The Hunt with Belle Meade........... Robert W. Smith
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1996
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Bobbi Garringer
British Isles Suite Mvt. 2 ................Chuck Elledge
An Echo of the Infinite ..................Anne McGinty
Jazz Ramble ........................John Edmondson
The Hundred Pipers................. Nairne/Ployhar
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - Regina Zakrejsek
Cenotaph ...................Jack Stamp
Serengeti ...................John Higgins
Clair De Lune ...............Debussy/Henderson
Snakes! ..................Thomas Duffy
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1995
6th & 7th Grade Band Alden Hoefer, conductor
March on a King's Highway................Pierre LaPlante
Air for Band........................................... Frank Erickson
Canto................................................. Francis McBeth
Portrait of a Clown.............................Frank Ticheli
8th & 9th Grade Band Tom Haugen, conductor
Bonds of Unity................................Karl King/Swearingen
Friends for Life...............................Dizzy Stratford
Disney Blockbusters.......................arr. Higgins
Fall River Overture........................Robert Sheldon
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1994
8th & 9th Grade Band Ross Leeper, conductor
Pentland Hills March...............................James Howe
Linden Lea..................Vaughn Williams/arr. Stout
Esprit!................................Chuck Elledge
Momentations...........................Jared Spears
6th & 7th Grade Band Leon Kuehner, conductor
Le Sabre March.........................Eric Osterling
Pachelbel Canon.......................arr. Andy Balent
Jazz Cat.................................... John Edmondson
Brookpark Overture............... James Swearingen
8th Grade Band - Bret Lee, Marshalltown IA
The Great Steamboad Race - Robert W. Smith
Them Basses - Huffine, arr. Balent
Rites of Tamburo - Robert W. Smith
Hymnsong of Philp Bliss - Holsinger
7th Grade Band - Michael Fisher, Waterloo IA
Pevensy Castle - Robert Sheldon
Salvation is Created - Chesnokov, arr. Michael Brown
Summit March - Bennett, arr. Clark
Beyond the Stars - Ed Huckeby
Musical Selections for 2015
8th Grade Band - Chris Gleason, Sun Prairie WI
Falcon Fanfare - Balmages
A Shaker Giftsong - Ticheli
Shadows Unleashed - Balmages
One Giant Leap - Morales
7th Grade Band - Dr. Robert Ouren, Edina MN
Rampage….by Todd Stalter
An American Hymntune - Robert Sheldon
The Planets (themes from) - arr. Wagner
Espana Cani - Michael Story
Musical Selections for Festival 2014 - 20th Anniversary
Directors, Rick Kirby and James Fritz
8th Grade Band
Tales of A Minstrel Boy - Rick Kirby
The Thunder and the Roar - Pierre La Plante/Daehn Publishing
commissioned 2004 Tri-State Honor Band 10th Anniversary
Commissioned Works 2014
The Legend of Tizona by Rick Kirby
Say What? Movts. 3 & 4 by Michael Golemo
7th Grade Band
Fox River Overture - Rick Kirby (unpublished)
March for a Celebration - Bruce Pearson/Kjos
commissioned 2004 Tri-State Honor Band 10th Anniversary
Commissioned Works 2014
Through the Eyes of the Dragon by Rick Kirby
Say What? Movts. 1 & 2 by Michael Golemo
Musical Selections for Festival 2013
8th Grade Band, Leon Kuehner
Awakening Hills - Richard Saucedo
Lost Lady Found - Michael Sweeney
Royalty Rag - Ryden
Psalm 42 - Samuel Hazo
7th Grade Band , Steve Shanley
Thunderbird - Rob Grice
As Winds Dance - Samuel Hazo
Old Irish Tune - Larry Daehn
Valdres March - R.W. Smith
Musical Selections for Festival 2012
8th Grade Band - Lane Powell, director
Soaring - Morales/FJH
Love and Peace - Powell/Barnhouse
Rough Riders - KIng/Barnhouse
Amen! - Ticheli/Manhattan Beach
7th Grade Band - Dr. Juan Tony Guzmán
Alamo - King/Swearingen/Barnhouse
Snow Child - Spears/Grand Mesa
Chester Variations - Del Borgo/Hal Leonard
Nordic Sketches - LaPlante/Daehn
Musical Selections for Festival 2011
8th Grade Band - Elizabeth Jackson Kirchoff, director
Blue Goose Rag - Timothy Broege
Air from County Derry - Joseph Krienes
Rough Riders - King/Swearingen
Creed - Himes
7th Grade Band - Patti Bekkerus
A Children's Hymn- Holsinger
Summit March - Harold Bennett/arr. Clark
Portrait of a Clown - Ticheli
Chant and Tribal Dance - David Shaffer
Musical Selections for Festival 2010
7th Grade Band - Director -Shanti Nolan
Bunker Hill March - John Edmondson
Country Wildflowers - Larry Daehn
Train Heading West and Other Outdoor Scenes - Timothy Broege
Joy - Frank Ticheli
8th Grade Band - Tamara Thies
Ghost Walk -Chris Brubeck
Whirlwind -Jodie Blackshaw
Gladiator March. -John Philip Sousa/arr. Andrew Balent
Fireflash -Rob Romeyn
Musical Selections for Festival 2009
Seventh Grade Band, Leon Kuehner, conductor
Beyond The Stars - Ed Huckeby, Barnhouse
Witche’s Brew - David Schaffer, Hal Leonard
At A Turkish Market - William Owens, FJH
St. Petersburg March - Johnnie Vinson, Hal Leonard
Eighth Grade Band - Brian Stevens, conductor
Russian Sailor’s Dance - arr. Paul Lavender, Hal Leonard
Moscow, 1941 - Brian Balmages, FJH
Patton - arr. Ralph Ford, Alfred
Winter Winds - Larry Neeck, Barnhouse
Musical Selections for Festival 2008
7th Grade Band - Director, John Gosnell
Knights of the Royal Realm by Robert W. Smith
River Valley Legacy by Kevin Mixon
All Ye Young Sailors arr. Pierre LaPlante
Adagio for Winds by Larry Daehn
8th Grade Band - Director, Jim Gosnell
Big Four March by King/Swearingen
Annabel Lee by Douglas Wagner
Flight of the Thunderbird by Richard Saucedo
Tame the Savage Sea by Eliot Del Borgo
Musical Selections for Festival 2006
7th Grade Band - Shawn Sandersfeld
...and the Nations Rejoice by Robert W. Smith
Three Renaissance Dances by John Moss
Appalachian Air by Michael Brown
Genius (March) by Bennett
8th Grade Band - Randy Swiggum
Ravel: 3 Songs by Anne McGinty
Mozart: Allelujah arr. Curnow
Rhythm Stand by Higdon
Valdres March by Hanssen/Smith
Musical Selections for Festival 2005
Director- Chris Gleason - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 7th Grade Band
Ancient Voices - Michael Sweeney
Childhood Hymn - David Holsinger
Coast Guards March - arr. James Swearingen
The Red Balloon - Anne McGinty
Director -Laura Sindberg - Chicago, IL
Jody - Timothy Broege
As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Daehn
King Across the Water - Bruce Fraser
Circus Bee March - Fillmore, arr. Custer
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2004
10th Anniversary Festival
Director- Bruce Pearson 6th & 7th Grade Band
Caprice /William Himes
March for a Celebration /Bruce Pearson
Renaissance Triptych /Bruce Pearson
Prehistoric Suite /Michael Sweeney
Esprit! /Chuck Elledge
Directors - Leon Kuehner and Pierre LaPlante
Gathering of the Yeoman /Robert W. Smith
Three Ayres from Gloucester/Mvt 2 Hugh Stuart
Rough Riders /Karl King arr. Swearingen
The Thunder and the Roar /Pierre La Plante
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2003
Director- Brian Hughes 6th & 7th Grade Band
Dinosaurs....... Daniel Bukvich
Monterey March........ Pierre La Plante
Canto..... Francis McBeth
Director- Dwayne Johnson 8th & 9th Grade Band
Highlights from Harry Potter....
Foxfire...... James Barnes
Accord...... Fred Allan
Sunrise Song........
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2002
Director- John Gosnell 6th & 7th Grade Band
Snow Child........ Jared Spears
Nordic Sketches........ Pierre La Plante
Two British Folk Songs..... Elliot Del Borgo
Marches of the Armed Forces...... arr. Michael Sweeney
Director- Richard DuFault 8th & 9th Grade Band
Theme from Green Bushes...... Grainger/Daehn
The Great Locomotive Chase...... Robert W. Smith
Shaker Variants....... Elliot Del Borgo
The Belle of Chicago......... Sousa/Gore
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2001
6th & 7th Grade Band -John Aboud
March for A Festival.................Pearson & Elledge
Jazz Ramble...............John Edmondson
Song of Tosagata...............Mike Hannickel
Psalm ................................William Hines
8th & 9th Grade Band - Tom Haugen
The Streets of Madrid....................John Moss
Lassus Trombone..................Fillmore/Schissel
Legend of the Saura.................William Harbinson
Fantasy on an African-American Spiritual.....Bruce Preuninger
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 2000
6th & 7th Grade Band -Tony Guzmán
The Stormquest...................Stephen Mellilo
A March on the King's Highway.......Pierre LaPlante
Rhythm Machine...................Timothy Broege
El Cumbachero..........Herandez/Ford
8th & 9th Grade Band -Bruce Jolivette
Caro Mio Ben ...................Giordani/Hoegestein
A Percy Grainger Suite.......................Grainger/Erickson
Miss Emmie's Front Porch........................Larry Dureski
Days of Dixie...............................Pastore
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1999
6th & 7th Grade Band - Bard Mackey
Valdres March......................Johannes Hanssen/Smith
Chorale from Jupiter....................Holst
Alexander's Ragtime Band...........Berlin/Balent
An Echo of the Infinite.................Anne McGinty
8th & 9th Grade Band - Leon Kuehner
Hymn for Band ...................Hugh Stuart
I Got Rhythm.......................Gershwin/Dye
Circus Days..........................King/Schissel
On An American Spiritual ..........David Holsinger
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1998
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Brian Stevens
Fanfare and Canticle.................. James Curnow
Hymne Vangelis ........................arr. Curnow
The Screaming Eagles..................... John Edmondson
Candle on the Water.................. arr. Frank Cofield
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - Fred Nyline
Ye Banks and Braes ...............Percy A. Grainger
Rock'n March ........................H. Fujikake
Canto ..............................Francis MacBeth
Time in the Balance ............Stephen Melillo
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1997
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Diana Blake
By Dawn's Early Light ............David Shaffer
Jazz Cats ................John Edmondson
Chester Variations ................Elliot Del Borgo
March of the Irish Guard............... arr. Ployhar
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - David Reul
The Belle of Chicago ................Sousa/Gore
Flourish for Wind Band............. Vaughn Williams
Grizzly Bear Rag.................. Timothy Broege
The Hunt with Belle Meade........... Robert W. Smith
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1996
6th & 7th Grade Band Director- Bobbi Garringer
British Isles Suite Mvt. 2 ................Chuck Elledge
An Echo of the Infinite ..................Anne McGinty
Jazz Ramble ........................John Edmondson
The Hundred Pipers................. Nairne/Ployhar
8th & 9th Grade Band Director - Regina Zakrejsek
Cenotaph ...................Jack Stamp
Serengeti ...................John Higgins
Clair De Lune ...............Debussy/Henderson
Snakes! ..................Thomas Duffy
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1995
6th & 7th Grade Band Alden Hoefer, conductor
March on a King's Highway................Pierre LaPlante
Air for Band........................................... Frank Erickson
Canto................................................. Francis McBeth
Portrait of a Clown.............................Frank Ticheli
8th & 9th Grade Band Tom Haugen, conductor
Bonds of Unity................................Karl King/Swearingen
Friends for Life...............................Dizzy Stratford
Disney Blockbusters.......................arr. Higgins
Fall River Overture........................Robert Sheldon
Musical Selections for Festival Bands 1994
8th & 9th Grade Band Ross Leeper, conductor
Pentland Hills March...............................James Howe
Linden Lea..................Vaughn Williams/arr. Stout
Esprit!................................Chuck Elledge
Momentations...........................Jared Spears
6th & 7th Grade Band Leon Kuehner, conductor
Le Sabre March.........................Eric Osterling
Pachelbel Canon.......................arr. Andy Balent
Jazz Cat.................................... John Edmondson
Brookpark Overture............... James Swearingen