Middle School Band

Symposium Concert

* NOT SCHEDULED FOR 2010 *

1:30pm

MCC Performing Arts Center Theater

* Presentation on Concert Etiquette

* Intonation Demonstration

* Selections from the PML Grade 1 & 2 List

PLEASE NOTE: This event has not been scheduled for 2010. If you are willing to commit to bringing students to this event, please contact me. In past years, some schools have decided not to come at the last minute and this severely affected attendance at the performance. Please obtain general permission from your principal (to include funding for buses), then let me know:

1. you would attend, not cancelling at the last minute
2. estimate the number of students you would bring
3. specify your prefered date (rank in decending order of preference, indicating dates you could not come)

The date would be either December 3, January 28, February 3, or February 4.

This 35-minute program is designed especially for middle school band students. The concert will include the performance of several PML Grade 1 and 2 works and lecture/demonstrations about concert etiquette and tuning (TEKS friendly!).
Please submit repertoire suggestions to Brian Harris - bharris@mclennan.edu
View a campus map, complete with bus parking information.
View a sample program from the 2005 Symposium Concert.

Repertoire :

2009 Symposium Concert

  • Contempo - Mike Story (Grade 2; requested by University MS)

  • Under an Irish Sky - Larry Neeck (Grade 2; requested by Lake Air MS)

  • Journey Down Niagra - Christopher Tucker (Grade 2: requested by Brazos MS)

  • Pinnacle - Rob Grice (Grade 1; requested by Brazos MS)

  • Halo 3 - arr Mike Story [non-PML selection]

2007 Symposium Concert

  • Two Minute Symphony - Bob Margolis (Grade 1; requested by Tennyson MS)
  • Sakura - Mike Story (Grade 1: requested by Brazos MS)
  • Nottingham Castle - Larry Daehn (Grade 1: requested by Brazos MS)

  • Knights of Dunvegan - Robert W. Smith (Grade 2 requested by Lake Air MS)

  • Fanfare, Ode, and Festival - Gervaise/Margolis (Grade 2: requested by Milford MS)

2006 Symposium Concert

  • Canterbury Coronation - James Curnow (Grade 2)
  • Dance Celebration - Robert W. Smith (Grade 1: requested by Salado MS)
  • Kenya Contrasts - William Himes (Grade 2; requested by Tennyson MS)
  • Chanson - John Kinyon (Grade 1; requested by Brazos MS)
  • Tricycle - Andrew Boysen, Jr. (Grade 2; requested by Lake Air MS)

2005 Symposium Concert

  • Liturgical Fanfare - Robert W. Smith
  • Ballet of Spring - Tom O’Connor
  • Shalom Chaverim - Timothy Johnson
  • Canon of Peace - arr. Paul Jennings
  • The Steppes of Russia - Elliot Del Borgo

2004 Symposium Concert

  • Gathering in the Glen - Michael Sweeney
  • Korean Hill Song - Mark Williams
  • Cedar Canyon Roundup - Mark Williams
  • Ming Court - Donald Pitter
  • Fantasy on an Irish Air - Richard Saucedo
  • Voodoo Dance - Elliot Del Borgo

2003 Symposium Concert

  • A Childhood Hymn - David Holsinger
  • Song for Friends – Larry Daehn
  • Train Heading West – Timothy Broege
  • March of the Irish Guard -
  • Tunbridge Meadows – Mark Williams
  • Soldier’s Procession and Sword Dance – Bob Margolis
  • Canto – Francis McBeth
  • Wildwind Overture – John Kinyon
  • Atlantis – Anne McGinty

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