ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR & SENIOR
CONCERT FESTIVAL

 

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2025
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY | MACOMB

 
 
Elementary boys performing in an All-State Chorus Concert

ELEMENTARY CHORUS

Conductor
Andrea Ferguson

Repertoire
Give Me A Kite - Andy Beck (2 part)

Lightning! - Greg Gilpin (2 Part)

Listen to the Rain - Stephen Lawrence (Unison/2 part)

Shine on Me - Rollo Dilworth (2 part)

 
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JUNIOR BAND

Conductor
Todd Stalter

Repertoire
TBA

 
Student playing timpani in all-state band concert

SENIOR BAND

Conductor
Rubén Darío Gómez

Repertoire
TBA

 
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JUNIOR CHORUS

Conductor
Melissa Miller

Repertoire
STATEWIDE PIECE:
Sisi ni Moja – Jacob Narverud (SAB)
Santa Barbara Publishing

DISTRICT 4 PIECES:
Celebrate with Jubilant Song - Mary Lynn Lightfoot (SAB)
Heritage Music Press

When I Close My Eyes - Jim Papoulis (SAB)
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.

Home (from "The Wiz") - Charlie Smalls, arr. Beck & Spresser (SATB)
Alfred Music Publishing

 
High school student in chorus rehearsal

SENIOR CHORUS

Conductor
James Henry

Repertoire
STATEWIDE PIECES:
O Nata Lux – Guy Forbes (SSAATTBB)
Pavane Publishing – 08301844

Sit Down, Servant – Marques L.A. Garrett (SATB)
G. Schirmer – 50600744

DISTRICT 4 PIECES:
Connected – Brian Tate (SSAA)
John Rich Music Press 00225662

Run – Jacob Narverud (TTB)
Hal Leonard 00390876

Gloria (from Missa Pastoril) – José Maurício Nunes Garcia (SATB)
IMSLP #777278

We Are Held – Susan LaBarr & Jim Wilson (SATB)
Walton Music Corp WW1889

 
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JUNIOR ORCHESTRA

Conductor
Marie Brown

Repertoire
Water on Mars - Kevin Sluder

Dramatic Essay - Mark Williams

It Don't Mean a Thing - Duke Ellington, arr. Longfield

 
Student cellist in orchestra rehearsal

SENIOR ORCHESTRA

Conductor
John Welch

Repertoire
On Top of the World - Brian Balmages

Danse Negre from African Suite, Op 35, No 4 - Samuel Coleridge Taylor, arr. Deborah Baker Monday

Carmen Suite No 1 - Georges Bizet (Hoffman Edition)
No. 1 - Prelude
No. 1a - Arogonaise
No. 2 - Intermezzo
No 5 - Les Toreadors