ILMEA Large Group Festival

Band, Orchestra & Chorus

Olivet Nazarene University | March 11-12, 2026

  • 8:30-9:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Kirby SD 140 Concert Band
    Nicholas Forlenza, Director

    Now & 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, Director

    Shenandoah - 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, Directors

    Rest - 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, Director

    Terracotta 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, Director

    Darklands 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, Director

    Give Us this Day - David Maslanka

    2:00-2:45 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Homer Junior High Symphonic Band
    Kenton Brace, Director

    2:45-3:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Paxton Buckley Loda Junior High 7th & 8th Grade Band
    Dayna Breen, Director

    Rippling Watercolors - Brian Balmages

    Byzantine Dances - Carol Brittin Chambers

  • 9:00-9:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Summit Hill Jr. High String Ensemble
    Katie Goddard, Director

    9:30-10:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Carl Sandburg High School Orchestra
    Stewart Bailey, Director

    10:00-10:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Liberty Junior High Orchestra
    Elizabeth Darin, Director

    Fiddles 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, Director

    My 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, Director

    12:30-1:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Normal West High School Sinfonia Orchestra
    Kimberley Boehm, Director

    1:00-1:30 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Niles West High School Symphonic Orchestra
    Natalie Frakes, Director

    Death 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, Director

    Scherzo 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, Director

    2:30-3:00 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Indian Springs Philharmonic Orchestra
    Christina Dickenson, Director

    The Moldau - Bedrich Smetana, arr. Richard Meyer
    (Highland Etling First Philharmonic Series)

    Warrior Legacy - Soon Hee Newbold
    (FJH Full Orchestra Music)

  • 8:30-9:15 Warm-Up & Performance Block
    Morris Community High School - Varsity Choir
    Michael Kren, Director

    La 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, Director

    Erie 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, Director

    Invictus - 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, Director

    Carry 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, Director

    Dies 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, Director

    Come 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