2023 Illinois SuperState Concert Band Festival

2023 ILLINOIS SUPERSTATE CONCERT BAND FESTIVAL

WelcoMe to the 2023 sUperstate concert Band festival!

to the SuperState Concert Band Festival, hosted by the University of Illinois Bands in the world-renowned Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. We look forward to hearing two days of incredible performances presented by some of the very finest middle and high school bands in Illinois. This incredible event brings thousands of students, teachers, parents, and other supporters to our campus, and we are very glad you’re here!

Welcome

University of illinois Bands

Although the history of the University of Illinois Bands can be traced to 1868 with the founding of a military band, it was the appointment of Albert Austin Harding in 1905 that formally launched the first and foremost college band program in the world. In the 1920s, John Philip Sousa referred to the Illinois Band as the “World’s Greatest College Band.”

Throughout history, the innovations made at Illinois literally transformed bands around the world. Directors Mark Hindsley, Harry Begian, James F. Keene, and Stephen Peterson continued the Illinois tradition of leadership, commissioning new works, presenting inventive performances, and mentoring many of the nation’s top college and high school band directors through the conducting program at Illinois.

Today, the University of Illinois Bands are proud to be among the most influential and historic college band programs in the United States, offering all students the highest quality ensemble experiences. These ensembles include five concert bands, the 375-member Marching Illini, Basketball Bands, Volleyball Bands, and Summer Band. Nearly 700 students participate each semester in these outstanding ensembles, all of which are open to any University student, regardless of major. Visit bands.illinois.edu for more information.

the University of illinois school of MUsic facUlty and staff

Kevin M. Geraldi, director of bands

Barry L. Houser, associate director of bands | director of athletic bands

Kimberly Fleming, assistant director of bands

Hannah Rudy, assistant director of athletic bands

Aaron Kavelman, percussion instructor | properties manager

Joy McClaugherty, business administrative associate

Jacob Arche, graduate assistant

Michelle Bell, graduate assistant

Isaac Brinberg, graduate assistant

Nathan Maher, graduate assistant

Andrew McGowan, graduate assistant

Lorraine Montana, graduate assistant

Jeremy Sison, graduate assistant

Luke Yoakam, graduate assistant

sUperstate honor Bands

2022 Honor Bands—Performing at the 2023 Festival

MS/JH: Wood Oaks Junior High School, Northbrook; Director: Wayne Gordon

1A: Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights; Director: Greg Bimm

2A: Vernon Hills High School, Vernon Hills; Director: Randy Sundell

3A: O’Fallon Township High School, O’Fallon; Director: Melissa Gustafson-Hinds

2019

McCracken Middle School

Monticello High School (A)

Tinley Park High School (AA)

John Hersey High School (AAA)

Evanston High School (AAAA)

2018

Field Middle School

O’Fallon Twp. High School Freshman (A)

Marian Catholic High School (AA)

Libertyville High School (AAA)

Waubonsie Valley High School (AAAA)

2017

McCracken Middle School

Illiana Christian High School (A)

Champaign Central High School (AA)

John Hersey High School (AAA)

Warren Twp. High School (AAAA)

2016

Wood Oaks Junior High School

Lockport Twp. High School Freshman (A)

Marian Catholic High School (AA)

Wheeling High School (AAA)

Lockport Twp. High School (AAAA)

2015

McCracken Middle School

Monticello High School (A)

Tinley Park High School (AA)

United Twp. High School (AAA)

Naperville North High School (AAAA)

2014

Central Middle School

Illiana Christian High School (A)

Normal West High School (AA)

Yorkville High School (AAA)

Lockport Twp. High School (AAAA)

2013

McCracken Middle School

Marian Catholic High School (A)

Vernon Hills High School (AA)

Libertyville High School (AAA)

2012

MacArthur Middle School

Illiana Christian High School (A)

Yorkville High School (AA)

John Hersey High School (AAA)

2011

McCracken Middle School

Macomb Senior High School (A)

Vernon Hills High School (AA)

Libertyville High School (AAA)

2010

Troy Middle School

Illiana Christian High School (A)

Marian Catholic High School (AA)

Warren Township High School (AAA)

2009

Clarendon Hills Middle School

Macomb Senior High School (A)

Vernon Hills High School (AA)

Libertyville High School (AAA)

2008

Westlake Middle School

Illiana Christian High School (A)

Marian Catholic High School (AA)

John Hersey High School (AAA)

Year listed is the year the ensembles were selected. A more in-depth Illinois SuperState Honor Band History can be found at https://www.bands.illinois.edu/superstate-honorband-history

perforMance schedUle

friday, May 5, 2023

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH

Monticello Middle School Symphonic Band

Troy Middle School Symphonic Band

Central Middle School Symphonic Band

Break

Clarendon Hills Middle School 8th Grade Band

Glenn Westlake Middle School Wildcat Concert Band Field Middle School Wind Ensemble

lUnch Break

O’Fallon District 90 Symphonic Winds

Cooper Middle School Symphonic Winds

Wood Oaks Jr. High Wind Ensemble—HONOR BAND

aWards—Ms/Jh

DIRECTOR(S)

Amanda Allen

William Goetz, Jennifer Carlton

Jason Freeland

Eric Morong

Nicholas Martin

Mike Miller

Kate DeMonica

Cindy Severino

Wayne Gordon

PM

PM

Triad High School Wind Ensemble

Urbana High School Wind Symphony

Glenwood High School Wind Ensemble

Morton High School Wind Ensemble

dinner Break

Champaign Central High School Wind Symphony

Tinley Park High School Symphonic Band

O’Fallon Twp. HS Wind Ensemble—3A HONOR BAND

University of Illinois Wind Orchestra

aWards class a

Kevin Devany

Darren Hicks, Christi Fernsberg

Bill Mitchell

Craig Hatter, Katrina Fitzpatrick

John Currey, Jennifer Currey

Vince Aiello

Melissa Gustafson-Hinds

Barry L. Houser

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MONTICELLO MIDDLE SCHOOL, Monticello

Itaru Sakai

Randall D. Standridge

Yukiko Nishimura

Karl L. King

TROY MIDDLE SCHOOL, Plainfield

arr. James Swearingen Elliot Del Borgo

Jack Stamp

Brian Balmages

CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, Tinley Park

Timothy Rhea

John Zdechlik

Fanfare of Wakakusa Hill

Dark Heart

Ancient Flower

Prestissimo

Amanda Allen

William Goetz, Jennifer Carlton

Two British Folk Songs

Ere the World Began to Be...

Blue Ridge Reel

Jason Freeland

Symphonic Circus March

Chorale and Shaker Dance

CLARENDON HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Clarendon Hills

Karl L. King

arr. James Swearingen

Pavel Chesnokov

arr. Michael Brown

David R. Gillingham

Robert W. Smith

Rough Riders

Salvation Is Created

Andromeda

The Great Locomotive Chase

GLENN WESTLAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, Lombard

Samuel R. Hazo

Frank Ticheli

Aaron Perrine

Andrew Boysen, Jr.

FIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL, Northbrook

Douglas Akey

Samuel Hazo

Frank Ticheli

Ascend Joy

April

Tricycle A Tallis Prelude

A Kingsland Spring

Eric Morong

Nicholas Martin

Mike Miller

Cajun Folk Songs—I. La Belle et le Capitaine, II. Bell

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, continued

Tyler S. Grant

Traditional

arr. Robert Sheldon

Jack Wilds

Breakthrough

Black is the Color...

Karl L. King

arr. James Swearingen

Brian Balmages

David Shaffer

Viva! Allied Honor March

Legend of the Drop Bear

The Last to Defend

Karl L. King

Frank Ticheli

Randall D. Standridge

Monterey March

Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs

Choose Joy

O’FALLON DISTRICT 90, O’Fallon Kate DeMonica

COOPER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Buffalo Grove Cindy Servino

WOOD OAKS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL—HONOR BAND, Northbrook Wayne Gordon

HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS A

TRIAD HIGH SCHOOL, Troy Kevin Devany

Gerónimo Giménez

trans. Douglas McLain

Masanori Taruya

URBANA HIGH SCHOOL, Urbana

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Richard L. Saucedo

Samuel R. Hazo

La boda de Luis Alonso

Amelia, Flight Eternal

Darren Hicks, Christi Fernsberg

Shepherd’s Hey

With Each Sunset (Comes the Promise of a New Day)

GLENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, Chatham Bill Mitchell

Jack Stamp

Julie Giroux

Ralph Vaughan Williams

MORTON HIGH SCHOOL, Morton

Clifton Williams

John Mackey

David Maslanka

Arabesque Fanfare Furiosity

Shadow Falls

English Folk Song Suite

Craig Hatter, Katrina Fitzpatrick

Symphonic Dance No. 3 “Fiesta”

This Cruel Moon

Give Us This Day: II

CHAMPAIGN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, Champaign

Haydn Wood

Frank Ticheli

TINLEY PARK HIGH SCHOOL, Tinley Park

Dmitri Shostakovich

James Barnes

Richard Wagner

Mannin Veen

Wild Nights!

John Currey, Jennifer Currey

Vince Aiello

Galop

Impressions of Japan

Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral

O’FALLON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL—3A HONOR BAND, O’Fallon Melissa Gustafson-Hinds

Leonard Bernstein

trans. Paul Lavender

Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”

University of illinois Wind orchestra

Wind orchestra, Urbana-Champaign

ALFRED REED Armenian Dances, Part 1 DENNIS LLINÁS Un Cafecito

Prof. Barry L. Houser

Comprised of approximately fifty-five undergraduate and graduate students who have attained an exceptional level of proficiency on their instruments, the Wind Orchestra is the second artistic concert band in the University of Illinois Bands program. Similar to the Illinois Wind Symphony, the Wind Orchestra performs large and chamber wind repertoire, new and contemporary music, and has a specific curricular design focused on a variety of musical styles throughout the year. The Wind Orchestra rehearses four hours per week, and presents two concerts per semester. The performance range of this ensemble includes campus, local area, and statewide events. The Wind Orchestra is open to music majors and non-majors by audition in the fall and spring semesters.

Spring 2023 Personnel

flute

Lisa Altaner

Kaitlyn Kowalski

Mariano Morales

Yanni Ovalle*

Heather Swartz, piccolo

Agnes Zochowska

oboe

Logan Lenahan

Timothy Park*

bassoon

Joe DeMaria

Amaan Mirza*

clarinet

Josh Agrest

Maia Eames

Clara Galbraith

Isaiah Lopez

Leah O’Dekirk*

Aidan Purcell, bass

Victor Rangel–Camacho

alto saxophone

Naomi Niekerk,* alto

Annika Marchi,* alto

Shelby Kook, alto

Carlos Ponce Vargas, tenor

Haley Hamilton, baritone

trumpet

Jet Conway

Jaelyn Hudson

Anna Poel

Mike Romero*

Sean Spenner

Nick Szoblik

Annika Templin

horn

Daphne Anderson

Maeve O’Hara*

Lizzy Mazzolini

Evan Peterson

Owen Robinson

trombone

Hannah Derik*

Ethan Groharing

Max Lanham

Lorraine Montana

Chris Vosburgh, bass

euphonium

Jake Guglielmi*

Eddie Ortiz*

Leo Schopick

tuba

Tyler Lange *

Wilson Shrout *

percussion

Eddie Brenmark

Anja Chen

Dominic Gomes

Danny Ortiz

Adrian Silva

Hunter Valkema

piano

Xiao Yang

double bass

Jose Javier Vásquez

*section leader

CLASS AA

perforMance schedUle

satUrday, May 6, 2023

Victor J. Andrew High School Wind Symphony

Waubonsie Valley High School Wind Ensemble

Buffalo Grove High School Wind Ensemble

Batavia High School Wind Symphony

Break

Maine South High School Wind Ensemble

John Hersey High School Symphonic Band

Alton High School Wind Ensemble

lUnch Break

Master classes

Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble

Mark Iwinski

Mark Duker

Vince Genualdi

Chris Owen, Brian Van Kley

Andrew Burkemper, David Hutter

Spencer Hile

Blake Korte, Chuck Willard

Adam Gohr

PM 3:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM

Vernon Hills HS Wind Ensemble—HONOR BAND

CLASS AAA

PM

PM

PM

PM

PM

PM

Randy Sundell

Break

William Fremd High School Wind Symphony

Evanston Township High School Wind Symphony

Break

Lyons Township High School Wind Ensemble

Lockport Township High School Wind Symphony

Oswego High School Wind Symphony

Matthew Moore

Matthew Bufis

Mark Dahl, Paul Meiste

Brian Covey

Stephanie San Roman, Kevin Schoenbach

dinner Break

Marian Catholic HS Symphonic Band—1A HONOR BAND

University of Illinois Wind Symphony

aWards cereMony class AA & AAA

Greg Bimm

Dr. Kevin M. Geraldi

HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS AA

VICTOR J. ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL, Tinley Park

Leonard Bernstein

arr. Claire Grundman

Julie Giroux

David Maslanka

Overture to Candide

Riften Wed

The Seeker

Mark Iwinski

WAUBONSIE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, Aurora Mark Duker

Charles Ives

arr. James Sinclair

Kevin Day

Fugue in C

Havana

BUFFALO GROVE HIGH SCHOOL, Buffalo Grove

Arturo Márquez

arr. O. Nickel

David Maslanka

BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL, Batavia

Michael Markowski

Carl Orff

arr. John Krance

MAINE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL, Park Ridge

Eric Whitacre

Satoshi Yagisawa

Conga del Fuego Nuevo

Give Us This Day: II

Vince Genualdi

Chris Owen, Brian Van Kley

Joyride

Carmina Burana (selected movements)

Andrew Burkemper, David Hutter

October

Machu Picchu—City in the Sky

HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS AA, CONTINUED

JOHN HERSEY HIGH SCHOOL, Arlington Heights Spencer Hile

Alfred Reed

David Maslanka

El Camino Real Symphony No. 9: I

ALTON HIGH SCHOOL, Alton Blake Korte, Chuck Willard

Steven Reineke

Jan Van der Roost

The Witch and the Saint Rikudim

LIBERTYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, Libertyville Adam Gohr

Carlos Simon

AMEN!

I. Lively

II. Soulfully

III. Mysteriously

Ron Nelson

Rocky Point Holiday

VERNON HILLS HIGH SCHOOL - HONOR BAND, Vernon Hills Randy Sundell

Arturo Marquez

trans. Oliver Nickel

David Maslanka

Danzon No. 2

Give Us This Day: II

HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS AAA

Leonard Bernstein trans. Clare Grundman

Candide Suite

I. “The Best of All Possible Worlds”

II. Westphalia Chorale and Battle Scene

III. Auto-Da-Fe

IV. Glitter and Be Gay

David R. Gillingham

With Heart and Voice

Paul Hindemith

Symphonic Metamorphosis

I. Allegro

II. Turandot, Scherzo

III. Andantino

IV. March

Frank Ticheli

Johan Halvorsen

ed. Frederick Fennel

Angels in the Architecture

Entry March of the Boyers, Op. 17

Carol Brittin Chambers

John Mackey

Dances for the Muse, Terpsichore

A Deep Reverberation Fills With Stars

Donald Grantham

Southern Harmony

I. The Midnight Cry

II. Wondrous Love

III. Exhilaration

IV. The Soldier’s Return

John Mackey

Asphalt Cocktail

LYONS TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, LaGrange

Mark Dahl, Paul Meiste

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, Lockport Brian Covey

OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL, Oswego

Stephanie San Roman, Kevin Schoenbach

WILLIAM FREMD HIGH SCHOOL, Palatine

Matthew Moore

EVANSTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, Evanston

Matthew Bufis

HIGH SCHOOL—CLASS AAA, continued

Adolphus Hailstork

edited by Brent Levine

American Guernica

Symphony #3 in C Minor

III. Juba

IV. Scherzo- Finale

Florence Price trans. Greg Bimm

MARIAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL—HONOR BAND, Chicago Heights Greg Bimm

University of illinois Wind syMphony

illinois Wind syMphony, Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Kevin M. Geraldi

IDA GOTKOVSKY “Prestissimo” from Poème du Feu

DANA WILSON Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble “With Great Energy”

JULES PEGRAM L.A.tudes—“The Figueroa Corridor,” “WeHo Tableau,” “Off-ramp”

The Illinois Wind Symphony is the premiere concert ensemble of the Illinois Bands program. Members of the Wind Symphony perform a wide range of repertoire through experiences in both large and small ensembles. The international reputation of the Wind Symphony has long defined performance excellence. The ensemble has given acclaimed performances at national conventions of the College Band Directors National Association and American Bandmasters Association, and in prestigious concert venues including Carnegie Hall in New York and Orchestra Hall in Chicago. Graduates of the Wind Symphony are members of leading orchestras and premiere US military bands, and distinguished teachers at every level of music education.

Spring 2023 Personnel

flute

Julia Escobar, piccolo

Abby Grace, piccolo

Natasha Kozintseva

Noah Livingston*, piccolo

Deepti Vadhiyar

Yuyuan Yang

oboe

Wesley Boehm*

Kaitlyn Dunn

Evabeth Ellis, english horn

Adrianna Mirabal

bassoon

Michael Deresz

Alexis Esher, contra

Ashley Watkins*

clarinet

Axel Aguilera

Becca Keller

Matt Kelley, E-flat

Jeremy Sison, bass

Vanna Tsiknias*

Kevin Valois, bass

Peter Varga*

Justina Wojahn

Jason Wu

saxophone

Jonathan Dufresne,*soprano/alto

Jack Govern, alto

Kyle Soliz, tenor

Nathan Maher, baritone

trumpet

Ela Eames

Ryan Kazda

Hana Marek

Julia Stowell*

Noah Weisbard

Luke Yoakam

horn

Ian Welch*

Luke Suarez

Jacob Arche

Matthew Fonda

David Martinez

trombone

Peter Karda*

Poorna Kumar

Lorraine Montana

Jerry Min, bass

euphonium

Jonathan Boudreaux

Andrew McGowan

tuba

Logan Clark*

Zac Gilbertson

percussion

Joe Cangelosi

Noah Coughlen

Tanner Day

Chase Dunaway

Matt Neuberger*

Collin Vanderkarr

piano/celesta

Dain Lee

harp

Sabrina Vaughan

double bass

Jacob Nagler

*section leader

Damien Crutcher is currently the co-founder and CEO of Crescendo Detroit and serves as the conductor of the Farmington Community Band, the Detroit Symphony’s Civic Youth Concert Band, and the Detroit Community Concert Band. Additionally, he has conducted the Pacific Orchestra Youth Wind Ensemble, the Detroit Chamber Winds, and the Michigan State University Wind Symphony. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Michigan State University, and a master’s in conducting from the University of Michigan. Damien studied horn with Bryan Kennedy and Doug Campbell and conducting with Dr. Ronnie Wooten and Professor H. Robert Reynolds. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Damien served as director of bands and orchestra at Southfield–Lathrup High School.

Dr. Bradley Kent serves as state director of music for the University Interscholastic League, which serves some 750,000 student participants in Texas. Prior to his UIL appointment, he held the position of director of fine arts for the Richardson Independent School District, where he was the administrator for all band, choir, orchestra, visual art, and theatre programs. Dr. Kent began his career as a band director in the Lewisville Independent School District and went on to serve on the faculties of Texas A&M University at Commerce and Lamar University. Dr. Kent holds the doctor of musical arts degree and the master of music degree from The University of Texas at Austin, as well as the bachelor of music education degree from Louisiana State University.

Dr. Sarah McKoin is the director of bands and professor of conducting at Texas Tech University. Her responsibilities include conductor and musical director of the TTU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, administrating the graduate program in wind conducting, teaching conducting and wind literature, and overseeing all facets of the University band program. Prior to her appointment at Texas Tech, Professor McKoin was the director of bands at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory of Music and held appointments at the State University of New York at Buffalo and SUNY Fredonia. Dr. McKoin holds her doctor of musical arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin as well as degrees from Wichita State University and Michigan State University.

Allan McMurray is an internationally acclaimed artist conductor, teacher, author, and collaborator. He has conducted professional orchestras, ballet, opera, and contemporary chamber ensembles, but it is his passion for wind music and the teaching of conducting that has inspired the majority of his artistic career. As professor of conducting emeritus and distinguished professor at the University of Colorado, he served as director of bands from 1978–2013, where he established the masters and doctorate degrees in wind conducting, and, for three decades, hosted and taught the College Band Directors National Association Conducting Symposium.