Directors: Kristina O'Dea and Justin Halat
The Hightstown High School Concert Band is open to all students who play wind and percussion instruments in the Hightstown Instrumental Music Program. The ensemble of 64 students rehearse during the school day and perform at the Winter, Pops and Spring Concert. The full year course provides students the opportunity to perform as an ensemble and improve their individual musicianship.
List of literature performed:
Festivo by Vaclav Nelhybel
Selections from The Nightmare Before Christmas arr. by Michael Brown
Three Ayres from Gloucester by Hugh M. Stuart
Anthem for Winds and Percussion by Claude T. Smith
Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli
Falling Water by Timothy Broege
Blackwater by Fergal Carroll
Night Dances by Bruce Yurko
A Walk in the Morning Sun by Pierre la Plante
Toccata for Band by Frank Erickson
Little English Suite by Clare Grundman
Reverberations by Brian Balmages
Suite from Symphonie Fantastique arr. by Michael Story
The Hightstown High School Concert Band is open to all students who play wind and percussion instruments in the Hightstown Instrumental Music Program. The ensemble of 64 students rehearse during the school day and perform at the Winter, Pops and Spring Concert. The full year course provides students the opportunity to perform as an ensemble and improve their individual musicianship.
List of literature performed:
Festivo by Vaclav Nelhybel
Selections from The Nightmare Before Christmas arr. by Michael Brown
Three Ayres from Gloucester by Hugh M. Stuart
Anthem for Winds and Percussion by Claude T. Smith
Cajun Folk Songs by Frank Ticheli
Falling Water by Timothy Broege
Blackwater by Fergal Carroll
Night Dances by Bruce Yurko
A Walk in the Morning Sun by Pierre la Plante
Toccata for Band by Frank Erickson
Little English Suite by Clare Grundman
Reverberations by Brian Balmages
Suite from Symphonie Fantastique arr. by Michael Story