The Wilmette Community Band

​April 29, 2022 - Spring Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Ravinia Overture by Tatgenhorst

• Valdres March by Hanssen, arr. by Bainum

• Military Polonaise by Chopin arr. by Harnsberger

• Finale, Sy. No. 1 by Kalinnikov, arr. by Bainum

• Black and White Rag by Botsford, arr. by Daehn

• Gabriel’s Oboe by Morricone arr. by Daehn

  • Oboists Cheryl Filipek & Anne Fleming

• ​Concerto for Drum Set and Concert Band by Neeck

  • Debbie Katz Knowles, Drum Set​

• Ellington! - arr. Bulla

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2022 - Winter Concert - Cancelled for COVID

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December 17, 2022 - Holiday Concert - Park Center, Glenview, IL 

• Lighthouse Celebration by Dennis Eveland - World Premiere!​

• Deck The Halls with Boughs of Holly arr. by Grundman

• Concertino for Flute by Chaminade - Angela Wong, Soloist​

• Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer arr. by Tatgenhorst

• The Eighth Candle by Reinieke

• Emperor Nortons March by Richard Frazier

• Polar Express Medley arr. by Moss

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2021 Fall Concert - Cancelled for COVID

 

2021 Summer Events - Cancelled for COVID

 

2021 Spring Concert - Virtual Event

 

2021 Winter Concert - Virtual Event

 

2020 Holiday Concert - Virtual Event

 

2020 Fall Concert - Virtual Event

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2020 Summer Concerts - Cancelled for COVID

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April, 2020 - Spring Concert - Cancelled for COVID

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February 28, 2020 - Winter Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• Orion, by Jan Van der Roost

• Armenian Dances, Part 1, by Alfred Reed

• Let Your Spirit Sing, by Julie Giroux

• Giles Farnaby Suite, arranged by Gordon Jacob

• Alligator Alley, by Michael Daugherty 

• Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, by John Philip Sousa

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December 13, 2019 - Holiday Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• Christmas With Mozart, by Julie Giroux

• Russian Christmas Music, by Alfred Reed

• A Trumpeter's Lullaby, by Leroy Anderson

• Let's All Sing for Christmas, arr. by John Ployhar

• Festive Sounds of Hanukah, arr. by Bill Holcombe

• Candlelight Carol, arr. by Jay Dawson

• Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson

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October 25, 2019,  Fall Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• Procession of the Nobles,  by Nicholai Rimsky-Korsokov

• Irish Tune from County Derry, by Percy Aldridge Grainger

• Porgy and Bess, arr. by Robert Russell Bennett

• Horn Concerto #3, Allegro, by W. A. Mozart, arr. by Leidzen

• Hounds of Spring, by Alfred Reed

• Dum Spero Spero, by Chris Pilsner

• Music of the Night (clarinet choir),  A. L. Webber, arr. by Lavender

• Saber and Spurs, by John Philip Sousa

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2019 Summer Concerts - The Vi at the Glen, Independence Day Parades, Trinity United Methodist, and the Gross Pointe Lighthouse Concerts

Music selected from:​

• American Folk Rhapsody #3 by Clare Grundman

• America the Beautiful, arr. by Carmen Dragon

• Amparito Roca​, by Jaime Texidor

• An Irving Berlin Salute, arr. by Jennings

• Armed Forces Salute, arr. by Lowden

• Cohan Broadway Festival, arr. by Werle

• Dam Busters, by Eric Coates

• Die Meistersinger, arr. by Osterling

• Fairest of the Fair, by John Philip Sousa

• Liberty Bell, by John Philip Sousa

• Manhattan Beach, by John Philip Sousa

• Moon River, by Henry Mancini

• New York 1927, by Warren Barker

• Star and Stripes Forever, by John Philip Sousa

• Star Spangled Banner,  arr. by Damrosch

• Sure on This Shining Night, by Samuel Barber

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May 3, 2019 Spring Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• Cedar Canyon Sketches, by Carol Britain Chambers

• Pastime, by Jack Stamp

• Sure on This Shining Night, by Samuel Barber, arr. by R. Saucedo

• Montmarte March, by Haydn Wood

• The Addison Red Line, by Jeremy Bell

• Mannin Veen, by Haydn Wood

• New York 1927, arr. by Warren Barker

• Dam Busters, by Eric Coates

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February 22, 2019 Winter Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• Wildcat Valley Fanfare, by Michael Sweeney

• Undertow, by John Mackey

• At Morning's First Light, by David Gillingham

• Lassus Trombone,  by Henry Fillmore

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• Forge Ahead! by Shirley Meier

• Golden Age of Broadway, arr. by Warren Barker

• Second Suite in F,  by Gustav Holst

• Bonds of Unity,  by Karl King

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December 14, 2018 Holiday Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

• A Christmas Festival, by Leroy Anderson

• One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships, and Men Rejoicing, by Julie Giroux

• Three Songs for Christmas, by Clare Grundman

• Carol of the Drum, by Katherine Davis

• Do You Hear What I Hear? arr. by Jay Bocook

• Holiday Sing-a-Long, Various

• Irving Berlin's Christmas - w/the TLC Choirs

• Halleluiah Chorus - w/the TLC Choirs

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October 19, 2018 Fall Concert -Trinity Lutheran Church 

•  ​ Women of the Podium, by Virgina Allen

• Appalachian Morning, by Robert Sheldon

• Candide! arr. by Clare Grundman

• Make our Garden Grow, arr. by Joseph Kreines

• Band-O-Ween, arr. by Patrick Roszell

• Salute to American Jazz, arr. by Sammy Nestico

• * Central Park Sketches, by Gregory Rudgers

• * Abracadabra, by Frank Ticheli

• * Illinois Loyalty, by T. H. Guild

* with guest conductor, Dr. Beth Peterson (UIUC) 

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2018 Summer Concerts - The Vi at the Glen, Trinity United Methodist, and the Gross Pointe Lighthouse Concerts

• Manhattan Beach, by J. P. Sousa

• West Side Story Selections

• Invincible Eagle

• The Music of Disneyland

• Fairest of the Fair

• Wrong Note Rag

• Bombasto March

• Funiculi Funicula

• America the Beautiful

• ​Stars and Stripes

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 May 4, 2018 Spring Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church 

"Spring Mix"

• Star Wars (Main Theme), Williams/Smith

• Sleepers Awake!, Bach/Reed

• Funiculi, Funicula, Denza/Reed 

• Instant Concert, Walters 

• Windfall for Woodwinds, Holcombe -Woodwind Choir

• Scenes From the Louvre, Dello Joio

• The Invincible Eagle, Sousa 

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March 9, 2018, Winter Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church

"From Across the Pond"

• Kirkpatrick Fanfare, Boysen

• Three English Folk Dances, Curnow

• Mock Morris, Grainger ​

• William Bird Suite, I, II, V, & VI, Jacob 

• Three Airs From Gloucester, Stuart

• In Town Tonight (Knightsbridge March), Coates

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December 8, 2017, Holiday Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church

"Celebrate!"

• Christmas Spectacular, Byers

• Let's All Sing for Christmas, arr. Ployhar

• Variants on a Medieval Tune, Dello Joio

• Festive Sounds of Hanukah, arr. Holcombe

• Candlelight Carol, arr. Dawson

• Christmas and Sousa Forever!, arr. Giroux

• Christmas Pop Sing-a-Long, arr. Ployhar

• Sleigh Ride, Anderson 

 

Friday, October 27, 2017, Fall Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church

"Re-Formation"

• Appalachian Spring, Copland/Longfield

• Autumn Leaves, Nestico

• Purple Carnival March, Alford

• Variations on a Mighty Fortress, Jenkins

• The Machine Awakes, Bryant

• Begin the Beguine

• Beyond the Horizon, Clark

  • I. Into the Future​

 

2017 Summer Concerts  - Trinity Methodist Church, Wilmette Summerfest, Lighthouse Concert

• Sedona, Steven Reineke

• On the Quarter Deck, Kenneth Alford

• Fantasy on American Sailing Songs, Clare Grundman

• The Klaxon, Fillmore

• Gershwin!, arr. Warren Barker

• The Pathfinder of Panama, J. P. Sousa

• Burnished Brass, John Cacavas

• America the Beautiful, arr. Carmen Dragon

• Armed Forces Salute, arr. Bob Lowden

• Battle Hymn of the Republic, setting by Peter Wilhousky

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April 28, 2017, Spring Concert  - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Peregrin: A Traveler’s Tale, Douglas Akey

• Candide Suite, Leonard Bernstein, arr. Grundman

• Selections from Mary Poppins, Richard & Robert Sherman, arr. by Ricketts

• Gavorkna Fanfare, Jack Stamp

• The Beatles: Love, Lennon & McCartney, arr. by Bocook

• The Sinfonians Symphonic March, Clifton Williams

• Tiger Rag, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, arr. by Yoder

 

March 3, 2017, Winter Concert  - Trinity Lutheran Church

• A Festival Prelude, Alfred Reed, arr. by Curnow

• A Symphonic Prelude, Alfred Reed

• Karpatska Vatra, V. Matviychuk

• Mescalero Concert March, Jeffrey Gettleman

• Whirlwind, Daniel Fabricius

• Cajun Folk Songs, Frank Ticheli

• The Great Race, Henry Mancini, arr. by Bulla

• España Cañi, Pascual Marquina, arr. Longfield 

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December 16, 2016 - Holiday Concert  - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Sparkling Lights by Matt Conaway

• Christmas March by Edwin Franko Goldman

• Nutcracker Suite byTchaikovsky, arr. James Curnow

  • I. Miniature Overture

  • II. March

  • III. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

  • IV. Russian Dance (Trepak)

  • V. Arabian Dance

  • VI. Chinese Dance

  • VII. Dance of the Reed Pipes

  • VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

• Ceremonial for Christmas Brass by Bill Holcombe

• Christmas Variants by Elliot Del Borgo

• Christmas Carol Sing-a-Long by Various

• Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson 

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October 28, 2016 - Fall Concert  - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams

• Chorale and Shaker Dance by John Zdechlik

• Nessun Dorma by Giacomo Puccini, arr. Vinson

• Lincolnshire Posy by Percy Grainger, arr. Vinson

  • I. Lisbon

  • II. Harkstow Grange

  • VI. The Lost Lady Found

• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Paul Dukas, arr. Hubbell

• Kaleidosonic Suite by Audrey Morrison and featuring Audrey Morrison, Trombone

  • 1. Chant

  • 2. Blues

  • 3. Bebop

  • 4. Scherzo

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June 3, 2016 - Spring Concert "Happy 35th Anniversary!" - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Grand Canyon Fanfare

• Rhythm of the Winds*

• O Magnum Mysterium

• On The Mall

• Puszta

• Days of Glory*

• The King & I Symphonic Highlights*

• Colonel Bogey March*

* Songs performed at the very first WCB Concert, July 28, 1981.

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December 4, 2015 - Holiday Concert - Trinity Lutheran Church

• The Polar Express - Concert Suite, arr. By Jerry Brubaker

• The Sussex Mummers’ Christmas Carol, Percy Grainger

• Home for the Holidays, Robert Allen, arr. By Carl Strommen

• The Star Wars Epic – Part II, arr. By Robert W. Smith

• Holiday Sing-a-long, arr. by Forest Buchtel

• A Christmas Festival, Leroy Anderson

• Danza Final, Alberto Ginastera 

 

October 30, 2015, 2015 - Fall Concert - "Celebrations!" - Trinity Lutheran Church

• Fanfare and Flourishes, James Curnow

• Nimrod from “Enigma Variations” Edward Elgar, arr. by Alfred Reed

• First Suite in Eb, Gustav Holst

  • 1. Chaconne 2. Intermezzo 3. March

• Hands Across the Sea, John Philip Sousa

• Marchpast of the Kitchen Utensils, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Transcribed for Woodwind Choir by Robert H. Pearson

• Variations on a Korean Folk Song, John Barnes Chance

• Sinatra in Concert, arr. By Jerry Nowak 

 

August 9, 2015 - Lighthouse Lawn, Evanston

• Chamber Music by the WCB Woodwind Quintet & Horn Quintet

• U.S. Field Artillery March, Sousa

• Joy Revisited, Ticheli

• Broadway Showstoppers, arr. Barker

• Shenandoah, arr. Ticheli

• Our Own Red White and Blue March, by Fillmore

• Selections from The Sound of Music, arr. Bennett

• Chimes of Liberty March, Goldman

• Hebrides Suite, arr. Grundman

• Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa

 

July 26, 2015 - The Vi at the Glen, Glenview

• Joy Revisited, Ticheli

• Broadway Showstoppers, arr. Barker

• On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, arr. by Holsinger

• Chimes of Liberty, Goldman

• Green Bushes, arr. by Daehn

• Our Own Red White and Blue March, by Fillmore

• Hebrides Suite, arr. Grundman

• Armed Forces Salute, arr. Lowden

• Stars and Stripes Forever, Sousa

 

July 4, 2015 - Independence Day Parades in Niles and Skokie

• National Emblem, by Edwin Eugene Bagley

• Liberty Bell, by J. P. Sousa

• Washington Post, by J. P. Sousa

• The Thunderer, by J. P. Sousa

• Stars and Stripes Forever, by J. P. Sousa

 

June 7, 2015 - Three Crowns, Evanston

• Broadway Showstoppers, arr. Barker

• Brindisi, Verdi, arr. Brand

• Festival of American Spirituals, arr. Nowak

• U. S. Field Artillary March, Sousa

• Sound of Music, Selections, arr. Bennett

• Armed Forces Salute, arr. Lowden

• Young Person's Giude to John Williams, arr. Bocook

• Semper Fidelis, Sousa

 

May 25, 2015 - Wilmette Memorial Day Ceremony

• U. S. Field Artillary March, by Sousa

• Second American Folk Rhapsody, Arr. by Clare Grundman

• Star Spangled Banner, Arr. by Damrosch

• Armed Forces Salute, Arr. by Lowden

• America The Beautiful, arr. by Dragon

• Semper Fidelis, by Sousa

 

May 3, 2015 - Wilmette Historical Museum Open House Concert

• Flashing Winds, arr. by Jan Van der Roost

• Toccata, arr. by Earl Slocum

• Valdres, 

• Peter and the Wolf, arr. by James Curnow

and narrated by Amy Niemira

• Second American Folk Rhapsody, arr. by Clare Grundman

• A Copland Tribute, arr. by Clare Grundman

• Original Dixieland Concerto, arr. by Johnny Warrington

• Young Person's Guide to John Williams, arr. by Jay Bocook

• Emblem of Unity, by J. J. Richards

 

April 30, 2015 - Spring Concert - "Music is for All Ages" at Wilmette JHS

• Flashing Winds, arr. by Jan Van der Roost

• Toccata, arr. by Earl Slocum

• Peter and the Wolf, arr. by James Curnow

and narrated by Mark George, Director and

CEO of The Music Institute of Chicago

• A Copland Tribute, arr. by Clare Grundman

• Original Dixieland Concerto, arr. by Johnny Warrington

For the final two selections, the band was joined by select members of the Wilmette JHS Band Program, and their director, Kimberly Farris:

• Young Person's Guide to John Williams, arr. by Jay Bocook

• Emblem of Unity, by J. J. Richards

 

February 26, 2015 - Concert for the Presbyterian Homes of Evanston, IL

• Flashing Winds,  by Jan Van der Roost

• Valdres Concert March,  by Johannes Hanssen

• Second American Folk Rhapsody, arr. by Clare Grundman

• Commando March,  by Samuel Barber, arr. by James Curnow

• Brindisi, by Giuseppe Verdi, arr. by Geoffrey Brand

• Broadway Showstoppers, arr. by Warren Barker

• Emblem of Unity March, by J. J. Richards

 

December 12, 2014 - Holiday Concert at Trinity Lutheran Church

• In The Bleak Midwinter, arr. by Robert W. Smith

• Festive Sounds of Hanukah, arr. by Bill Holcombe

• An English Christmas, by Clare Grundman

• Russian Christmas Music, by Alfred Reed, arr. by James Curnow 

• The Nutmeggers March, by Eric Osterling

• Greensleeves, arr. by Alfred Reed

• Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson

• An Irving Berlin Christmas, arr. by Michael Brown

with the Trinity Lutheran Choir

Hallelujah Chorus, by Fredrick Handel, arr. by A. Chiafferelli

with the Trinity Lutheran Choir

 

October 30, 2014 - Fall Concert - "How Suite it is!" at Wilmette JHS

• Courtly Airs and Dances, I, III, IV, & Vi by Ron Nelson

• October, by Eric Whitacre

• English Folk Song Suite, I, II, & III, by Ralph Vaughan Williams

• The Lord of the Rings: Excerpts from Symphony No. 1, arr. by Paul Lavender

• Spoon River, arr. by Robert Sheldon

• River Songs of the South, by William Harbison

 

August 17, 2014 - Lighthouse Concert in Evanston, IL

• Strike up the Band, arr. by Andrew Ballent

• Country Gardens, by Percy Grainger

• Liberty Bell, by J. P. Sousa

• Selections from The Wizard of Oz, arr. by James Barnes

• Bugler's Holiday,  by Leroy Anderson

• American Folk Rhapsody No. 1, by Clare Grundman

• Charter Oak,  by Eric Osterling

• Selections from Wicked, arr. by Jay Bocook

• Satchmo!  Arr. by Ted Ricketts 

featuring our special guest artist David Young

• Stars and Stripes Forever, by J. P. Sousa

 

July 4, 2014 - Independence Day Parades (Niles & Evanston, IL)

• National Emblem, by Edwin Eugene Bagley

• Liberty Bell, by J. P. Sousa

• Washington Post, by J. P. Sousa

• The Thunderer, by J. P. Sousa

• Stars and Stripes Forever, by J. P. Sousa

 

June 15, 2014 - Father's Day Concert for The Vi at the Glen

• Bach Prelude and Fugue in Bb Major, by J.S. Bach, arr. Moehlmann

• Charter Oak Concert March, by Eric Osterling

• Longford Legend, I, II, III, by Robert Sheldon

• American Patrol, by Meecham

• Benny Goodman in Concert, arr. by Wayne Scott

• Billboard March, by John Klohr

• West Side Story, by Sondheim & Bernstein, arr. W. J. Duthoit

• Armed Forces Salute, by Bob Lowden

• Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Wilhousky

• Midway March, by John Williams, arr. John Moss

 

May 26, 2014 - Wilmette Memorial Day Ceremony

• The Star Spangled Banner, arr. by Walter Damrosh

• Armed Forces Salute, arr. by Bob Lowden

• Battle Hymn of the Republic,  by Wilhousky

 

May 4, 2014 - Concert for the Wilmette Historical Society

• Rejoiussance, by James Curnow

• Longford Legend, I, II, III by Robert Sheldon

• Billboard March, by (John Klohr

• Benny Goodman in Concert, arr. by Wayne Scott

• American Patrol, by Meecham

• West Side Story, by Sondheim & Bernstein, arr. W. J. Duthoit

• Amparito Roca, by Jaime Texidor

 

February 20, 2014 - Concert for the Presbyterian Homes of Evanston, IL

• Florentiner March, by Julius Fučík

• Selections From The Music Man, by Meredith Wilson, arr. by Alfred Reed

• Second Suite in F, I, II, III, IV, by Gustav Holst

• Sinatra in Concert, arr. by Jerry Nowak

• Irish Tune from County Derry,  by Percy Grainger

• America The Beautiful, by Samuel Ward, arr. Dragon

• Amparito Roca, by Jaime Texidor