JUNIOR/SENIOR
BAND & CHORUS FESTIVAL

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2025

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE | ROCK ISLAND

4:00PM BAND CONCERT
6:00PM CHOIR CONCERT

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Junior band

Conductor
Julianna Karvelius

Repertoire
Dark Side of the City - Joshua Idio

Mar Y Cielo - Jorge Vargas

Fragile - Randall Standridge

Byzantine Dances - Carol Britten Chambers

 
Student playing timpani at All-State concert

Senior band

Conductor
Vincent Kenney

Repertoire
Franco Cesarini - Alpina fanfare

Jess Langston Turner - The Exultant Heart

Florence Price arr. Cheldon R. Williams - Adoration

Arturo Marquez - Conga Del Fuego Nuevo

 
Female students singing with junior chorus at a district festival

junior Treble Chorus

Conductor
Julia Beer

Repertoire

Gallop (Unison/Two Part) - Ken Berg 

Carry The Light (Two Part/SSA) - Andy Beck 

Sesere Eeye (Two Part/SSA) - Strait Islands Folk Song, arr. Greg Gilpin

El Vito (Two Part) - Spanish Folk Song, arr. Emily Crocker

I Sing Because I’m Happy (SSA) - Rollo Dilworth 

 
Elementary boys singing at the All-State Chorus Concert

junior FESTIVAL Chorus

Conductor
Roland Hatcher

Repertoire
Sisi Ni Moja (SAB) - Jacob Narverud - State Selection

Yonder Come Day (SAB) - arr. Adam Podd & Matt Podd

Music Of Life (SAB) - B.E. Boykin

Down By The Riverside (SAB) - arr. Robert T. Gibson

 
Student soloist singing with All-state chorus in rehearsal

Senior chorus

Conductor
Lee Nelson

Repertoire

O Nata Lux - Guy Forbes - (SSAATTBB)

Sit Down Servant - arr. Garrett - (SATB divisi)

Can We Sing the Darkness to Light - Pederson - (SATB divisi)

Death Came A-Knockin’ - Foster/arr. Rardin - (SATB)

By Night - Hagenberg - (SSAA)

For My Brother - Ramsay - (TTB)


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