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 The concert season at Marian is of great importance to us. We consider it our "bread and butter". We feel that there should be a good balance between marching and concert season, instead of a preference for one or the other. We have three concert bands at Marian Catholic, based on experience and age. The Symphonic Band is the most advanced group, playing literature representing the Grade 6 level of difficulty. The Concert Band is the next level group, playing literature representing the Grade 5 level of difficulty. The Cadet Band is made up of all freshmen in the Marian band program. While all freshmen have the opportunity to audition for one of the upper level groups, they must also play in the Cadet Band as well. We feel it is essential that they develop friendship and identity by staying together their first year here at Marian.
Here is a list of some of the literature we will perform/read this spring in each band:
Symphonic Band:
Spiel - Ernst Toch
Dance of the New World - Dana Wilson
Australian Up-Country Tune - Percy Grainger
Medea's Dance of Vengeance - Barber/Bimm
Profanation from Jeremiah Symphony - Bernstein/Bencriscutto
Rocky Point Holiday - Ron Nelson
Tulsa - Don Gillis
Divertimento - Vincent Persichetti
Irish Tune from County Derry & Shepard's Hey - Percy Grainger
Blues for a Killed Cat - Jack End
Concert Band:
Canzona - Peter Mennin
Folk Dances - Shostakovich/Reynolds
March, op. 99 - Prokofiev/Yoder
Incantation & Dance - John Barnes Chance
Pas Redoubles - Saint-Sa'ns/Frackenpohl
Rhosymedre - Vaughan Williams/Beeler
Elegy for a Young American - Ronald Lo Presti
Armenian Dances (Pt.1) - Alfred Reed
Elegy - John Barnes
Chance The Tsar's Bride - Rimsky-Korsakov/Harding
Concerto for Faculty and Band - Ployhar
Cadet Band:
Lone Star Celebration - Jim Curnow
Senor Senor - Carlos Guermo
A Day at the Zoo - Jim Curnow
Toast to Honor - Quincy Hilliard
African Road - Paul Jennings
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