ILMEA Large Group Festival
Band, Orchestra & Chorus
Olivet Nazarene University | March 11-12, 2026
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8:30-9:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Kirby SD 140 Concert Band
Nicholas Forlenza, DirectorNow & Forever - Tyler S. Grant
A New Light - Tyler S. Grant
Ocean Blue - Adrian B. Sims (Alfred)
9:15-10:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Lincoln-Way Central High School Concert Band
Chris Mroczek, DirectorShenandoah - Omar Thomas
(Omar Thomas Music)Variations on a Korean Folk Song - J.B. Chance (Boosey & Hawkes)
Galop - Dmitri Shostakovich
(Schirmer Publishing)10:00-10:45 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Lincoln-Way East Wind Ensemble
Bert Johnson Jessica Noga, DirectorsRest - Frank Ticheli
Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite - Karl L. King
10:45-11:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Liberty Junior High School Band
Jen Clark, DirectorTerracotta Warriors - Scott Watson
Of Lochs and Thistles - Christina Huss
Heartland March - Randall Standridge
12:30-1:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Richland Symphonic Band
Tony Rallis, DirectorDarklands March - Randall D. Standridge
Largo from New World Symphony - Antonin Dvorak, arr. Mark Williams
Joy - Frank Ticheli
1:15-2:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Lincoln-Way West Wind Ensemble
Cary Ruklic, DirectorGive Us this Day - David Maslanka
2:00-2:45 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Homer Junior High Symphonic Band
Kenton Brace, Director2:45-3:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Paxton Buckley Loda Junior High 7th & 8th Grade Band
Dayna Breen, DirectorRippling Watercolors - Brian Balmages
Byzantine Dances - Carol Brittin Chambers
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9:00-9:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Summit Hill Jr. High String Ensemble
Katie Goddard, Director9:30-10:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Carl Sandburg High School Orchestra
Stewart Bailey, Director10:00-10:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Liberty Junior High Orchestra
Elizabeth Darin, DirectorFiddles On Fire - Mark Williams
(Highland Etling Publisher)Sweet Moment - Alan Lee Silva
(Carl Fischer Publisher)Medieval Wars - Brian Balmage
(FJH Publisher)10:30-11:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Addison Trail High School
Alex Stombres, DirectorMy Neighbor Totoro - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Yukihiro Matsubara
(Doremi Music Publishing)Kiki's Delivery Service - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Yukihiro Matsubara
(Doremi Music Publishing)Merry-Go-Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle - Joe Hisaishi, arr. Jen Mathers
(Sony/ATV Music Publishing)Four Noveletten, Movement 4 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
(Lucks Music Library)11:00-11:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
William F. Gurrie Middle School Chamber Orchestra
Will Arnold, Director12:30-1:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Normal West High School Sinfonia Orchestra
Kimberley Boehm, Director1:00-1:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Niles West High School Symphonic Orchestra
Natalie Frakes, DirectorDeath of Ase - Grieg
Symphony No. 25 - Mozart, arr. LaJoie
March from Moorside Suite - Holst
1:30-2:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Argo Community High School Chamber Orchestra
Megan Fitzgerald, DirectorScherzo from Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. Jamin Hoffman
(Hal Leonard)Andante Festivo - Jean Sibelius, ed. James Richards
(Galaxy Music Corporation, Inc.)Palladio, Movement 1: Allegretto - Karl Jenkins
(Boosey & Hawkes)2:00-2:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Herscher High School Orchestra
Katrina Cessna, Director2:30-3:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Indian Springs Philharmonic Orchestra
Christina Dickenson, DirectorThe Moldau - Bedrich Smetana, arr. Richard Meyer
(Highland Etling First Philharmonic Series)Warrior Legacy - Soon Hee Newbold
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8:30-9:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Morris Community High School - Varsity Choir
Michael Kren, DirectorLa Lluvia - Stephen Hatfield
(Boosey and Hawks)Earth Song - Frank Tichelli
(Hinshaw Music)Ad Astra - Jacob Narverud
(Carl Fischer)9:15-10:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Liberty Junior High Chorus
Tom Jesse, DirectorErie Canal - Traditional, Earlene Rentz
(Heritage Music Press)Cool Moon - Richard A. Williamson
(Heritage Music Press)Sing (A Song) - Joe Raposo/Maurice White & Al McKay, arr. Roger Emerson
Paul Langford - Tom Jesse
10:00-10:45 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Lincoln-Way West Chorale
Tom Venutolo, DirectorInvictus - Joshua Rist
Time - Jennifer Lucy Cook
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan, arr. Adam Podd
Masquerade from The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Ed Lojeski
10:45-11:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Richland Junior High School / Richland Chorale
Liz Powers, DirectorCarry the Light - Andy Beck
(Alfred Music)Baloo Baleerie - Scottish Folk Song, arr. Ruth Elaine Schram
(Brilee)Mixolydian Gloria - Remel Derrick
(Brilee)12:30-1:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Centennial High School - Expressions
Stefanie Eustice, DirectorDies Irae, Ryan Main
(Endeavor Publishing)Prayer of the Children, Kurt Bestor, Andrea S. Klouse
(Alfred)Glow, Eric Whitacre
(Hal Leonard)The Road Home, Stephen Paulus
(Timepiece Publishing)As the Ship Went Down, Woodpigeon, George Chung
(Cypress Publishing)
1:15-2:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Hoopeston Area High School Concert Choir
Kayden Gonzalez, DirectorCome In From the Firefly Darkness - Amy Feldman Brown
(Heritage Music Press)Ave Verum - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joyce Eilers Bacak
(Jenson Publications)Over My Head - arr. Adam and Matt Podd
(Podd Brothers Music)2:00-2:45 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Homewood Flossmoor Viking Choir
Steve Sifner, Director
2:45-3:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
Homewood Flossmoor Concert Choir
Steve Sifner, Director
