Program Archive

2009-2010 Season

"The Many Moods of Christmas", December 5, 2009, Gorham High School

  • Santa's Journey - Roy W. Kaighin
  • A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
  • December Dance - Andrew Boysen, Jr.
  • Hennepin County Dawn - Samuel R. Hazo
  • We Need a Little Christmas - Jerry Herman, Arr. T. Ricketts
  • Christmas in the Round - Arr. Sammy Nestico
  • Good Swing Wenceslas - Arr. Sammy Nestico
  • Christmas Winds - Douglas E. Wagner
  • Veni Immanuel - Arr. Philip Sparke
  • Mary’s Boy Child - Traditional Calypso Arr. Phillip Sparke
  • Patapan - Shelley Hanson
  • Night Before Christmas - Randol Alan Bass, Poem by Clement Clarke Moore, John Hall, Narrator
  • Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
  • A Christmas Sing-Along - Arr. James D. Ployhar

"People, Places, & Things", October 18, 2009, Gorham High School

  • The Star Spangled Banner - John Stafford Smith; arr. John Philip Paynter
  • Casco Bay Fanfare - Jack Stamp
  • Flight of the Piasa - Robert Sheldon
  • Machu Picchu - Satoshi Yagisawa
  • The Redwoods - Rossano Galante
  • Pineapple Poll - Sir Artthur Sullivan, Arr. by Charles MacKerras & W.J. Duthoit
    • Opening Number
    • Jasper's Dance
    • Poll's Dance
    • Finale
  • The Duke of Marlborough Fanfare - Percy Aldridge Grainger
  • Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger
    • Lisbon (Sailor's Song)
    • Horkstow Grange
    • Rufford Park Poachers
    • The Brisk Young Sailor
    • Lord Melbourne
    • The Lost Lady Found

2008-2009 Season

"Reflections", April 5, 2009, Gorham High School

  • Casco Bay Fanfare - Jack Stamp (2004)
  • American Fanfare - John Wasson
  • Huldigungsmarsch - Richard Wagner (Ed. Wm. A Schaefer)
  • English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1924)
    • March - "Seventeen Comes Sunday"
    • Intermezzo - "My Bonny Boy"
    • March - "Folk Songs from Somerset"
  • Scenes from "The Louvre" - Norman Dello Joio
    • The Portals
    • Children's Gallery
    • The Kings of France
    • The Nativity Paintings
    • Finale
    Performed in Memory of Norman Dello Joio, 1913-2008
  • Suite No. 1 in E-flat for Military Band - Gustav Holst (1909)
    • Chaconne
    • Intermezzo
    • March
  • "Sound Off" March - John Philip Sousa
  • Lincolnshire Posy (Movements I, II, VI) - Percy Grainger (1937)
    • "Lisbon" (Sailor's Song)
    • "Horkstow Grange"
    • "The Lost Lady Found"

"The Many Moods of Christmas", December 6, 2008, Gorham High School

  • A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
  • Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Major - J.S. Bach
  • Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Arr. Johan de Meij
    • March
    • Lyric Waltz
    • Dance I
  • A Hazo Set - Samuel Hazo
    • Rest, from "Minnesota Portraits"
    • Whisper to Their Souls (based on "Greensleeves")
  • Mary’s Boy Child - Traditional Calypso Arr. Phillip Sparke
  • Good Swing Wenceslas - Arr. Sammy Nestico
  • A Christmas Entrada - Alfred Reed (1980)
  • Adeste Fidelis - Arr. Arthur Harris, Transc. W.H. Silvester
  • Simple Gifts, Four Shaker Songs - Frank Ticheli
    • In Yonder Valley
    • Dance
    • Here Take this Lovely Flower
    • Simple Gifts
  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas - Randol Alan Bass, Poem by Clement Clarke Moore
  • Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
  • A Christmas Sing-Along - Arr. James D. Ployhar

"Heroes, Myths & Legends", October 19, 2008, Gorham High School

  • Raiders March - John Williams, transcr. by Paul Lavender
  • An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli
  • Prelude and Fugue in B-flat - J.S. Bach, transcr. by R.L. Moehlmann
  • Blessed are They, from “A German Requiem" - Johannes Brahms, Arr. by Barbara Buehlman
  • To the Heroes of the Patriotic War - Aram Khachaturian, arr. by William Berz
  • As Summer was Just Beginning (Song for James Dean) - Larry D. Daehn, Conducted by Dr. John P. Boyd
  • Der Traum des Oenghus - Rolf Rudin, op 37/1
  • Heroes, Lost and Fallen (A Vietnam Memorial) - David R. Gillingham
  • The Roosters Lay Eggs in Kansas (Sousa’s Favorite Encore) - Mayhew L. Lake, Ed. Robert E. Foster

2007-2008 Season

"Westward Ho!" April 6, 2008, Gorham High School

  • The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein, arr. Roy Phillippe
  • Sanctuary - Frank Ticheli
  • Trail of Tears - James Barnes
  • Sonoran Desert Holiday - Ron Nelson
  • The Battle of Shiloh - C.L. Barnhouse
  • Sunrise at Angel’s Gate - Philip Sparke
  • Fourth Symphony (Yellowstone Portrait), James Barnes
    I. Dawn on the Yellowstone River
    II. Pronghorn Scherzo
  • Little Buckaroo - Anthony DiLorenzo, arr. David Henderson
    Brian Diehl, Trombone

"Music in Our Schools", March 24, 2008, Orion Arts Center, Topsham, ME

   Mt. Ararat Wind Ensemble conducted by Allen Graffam

  • Canticle - Jack Stamp
  • With Quiet Courage - Larry Daehn
  • Light Calvary Overture - Franz von Suppe, arr. Will van der Beek

   Mt. Ararat Symphonic Band conducted by Kate McRae

  • Manuel Paris March - Miguel de Oliveira, arr. Matthew McGarrell
  • Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Jay Bocook
  • On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David Holsinger

   Casco Bay Concert Band conducted by Peter Martin

  • The Magnificent Seven - Elmer Bernstein, arr. R. Phillippe
  • Sanctuary - Frank Ticheli
  • Sunrise at Angel’s Gate - Philip Sparke
  • Fourth Symphony (Yellowstone Portrait), James Barnes
    II. Pronghorn Scherzo

   Combined Bands conducted by Allen Graffam

  • Cavata - W. Francis McBeth

"The Many Moods of Christmas", December 1, 2007, Gorham High School

  • A Christmas Celebration - Kenny Bierschenk
  • Sanctuary - Frank Ticheli
  • Polish Christmas Music - Johan de Meij
  • Candlelight Carol - John Rutter; arr. Jay Dawson
  • A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
  • Holiday Overture - Kenneth P. Soper
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem - Lewis H. Redner; arr. Leif Strand & Jay Dawson
  • The Most Wonderful Time of the YearEddie - Pola & George Wyle; arr. John Moss
  • The Night Before Christmas - Randol Alan Bass (Poem by Clement Clarke Moore; Narrated by Jon Hall)
  • Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
  • Christmas Sing-A-Long - arr. James D. Ployhar

"Celebration", October 21, 2007, Gorham High School

  • The Star Spangled Banner - John Stafford Smith; arr. John Philip Paynter
  • Casco Bay Fanfare - Jack Stamp
  • Band of Gold - George Kenny
  • A Festival Parade - Alfreed Reed
  • Symphony for Band - Vincent Persichetti
  • A Leroy Anderson Tribute - Leroy Anderson
    The Syncopated Clock
    Blue Tango
    Sandpaper Ballet
  • Masque - W. Francis McBeth
  • Symphonic Song for Band - Robert Russell Bennett
    Spiritual
    Celebration
  • Broadway Show Stoppers Overture - arr. Warren Barker

2006-2007 Season

"27th Annual R.B. Hall Day"

"Boston Festival of Bands”", June 2, 2007, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Massachusetts

  • Casco Bay Fanfare - Jack Stamp
  • The New Colonial March - Robert Browne Hall
  • Ballo del Granduca - Jan Sweelinck/trans. Walters
  • Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold
  • Ghosts - Stephen McNeff

Combined concert: Casco Bay Concert Band, "Spring Preview", and Dartmouth Wind Symphony, "Blowin' in the Wind", February 11, 2007, Gorham High School

   Casco Bay Concert Band, Peter Martin, conductor

  • Casco Bay Fanfare - Jack Stamp
  • Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold, arr. by John Paynter
  • Ghosts - Stephen McNeff

   Dartmouth Wind Symphony, Max Culpepper, Conductor

  • Cloud Splitter Fanfare - Jack Stamp
  • The Thunderer March - John Philip Sousa
  • Windsong - John Zdechlik
  • Hurricane - Paul Yoder
  • Capricious Winds - Charles West, Clarinet Quartet and Band
  • Thunder and Lightning Polka - Johann Strauss
  • Expecting the Spring Wind - Xin with Sporano
  • Storm Scene from William Tell - Giacchino Rossini

"PCA Residency Concert with Dr. John Boyd, Guest Conductor/Composer", January 27, 2007, McCormack Performing Arts Center, Gorham, Maine

   Casco Bay Concert Band - Dr. Peter Martin, Director

  • Danse - Claude Debussy
  • Three Chorale Preludes - Johannes Brahams
  • Tournamet Galop - Louis Moreau Gottschalk

   University of Southern Maine Concert Band - Dr. Peter Martin, Director

  • Flourish for Glorious John - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Overture for Winds - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
  • Capriccio - Gustav Holst
  • Japanese Suite - Gustav Holst

   Gorham High School - Raymond J. Mathieu, Director

  • A Purcell Suite - Henry Purcell
  • Our Director March - F.E. Bigelow

   USM/Fleet Youth Wind Ensemble - Dr. Peter Martin, Director

  • Coronation March - Piotr Hyich Tchaikovsky
  • Orgia from “Three Fantastic Dances”: - Joaquin Turina
  • The Great Gate of Kiev - Modest Mussorgsky "Bandances!" - October 22, 2006, Gorham High School
  • Ballo del Granduca - Jan Pieterszoon Swelinck transcribed by Michael Waters
  • Vientos y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi (Maine Premiere Performance)
  • The Jig is Up - Daniel Kallman (Maine Premiere Performance)
  • Danza de los Duendes - Nancy Galbraith (Maine Premiere Performance)
  • Bandancing - Jack Stamp
  • Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich, edited by H. Robert Reynolds (Performed in honor of the centenary of the composer’s birth

"The Many Moods of Christmas", December, 2, 2006, Gorham High School

  • Veni Immanuel - arr. by Philip Sparks
  • Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring - Johann Sebastian Bachl
  • Christmas in the Round - arr. by Rober W. Smith (A Holiday Prism for Band)
  • Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre
  • Good Swing Wenceslas - arr. by Sammy Nesticook
  • Celebration - Chip Davis, transcribed by Michael Walters
  • Patapan - Shelley Hanson
  • The Night Before Christmas - John Moss (Narrator, Jon Hall)
  • Mary’s Boy Child - arr. by Philip Sparks
  • Auld Lang Syne - traditional Scottish Melody, arr. by Robert Longfield
Baritone Section - Photograph by Will Wohler

2009-2010 Season

2008-2009 Season

2007-2008 Season

2006-2007 Season