Bands of America
Encyclopedia
| Bands of America | |
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| Division: | Music for All, Inc. |
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| Activity: | Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra |
| Founded: | 1975 |
| Country: | United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
| Current Grand Nationals Champion: | Broken Arrow High School - Broken Arrow, OK (2011) |
| Official Website: | http://www.musicforall.org |
Bands of America (BOA), a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships. The BOA Grand National Championships is considered the largest and most prestigious national marching band event available to high school marching bands
Lucas Oil Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium celebrated its grand opening on August 24, 2008, and its ribbon-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The stadium was built to...
in Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
with 80 to 90 high school marching bands participating from around the country. More than 50,000 participants and spectators attend this event annually. No performance qualifications are required to compete.
BOA considers music to be the most important aspect of the performance and this is reflected in their scorining system with 60% value placed on music, 40% value placed on visual, 60% value placed on general effect and 40% on performance
In addition to marching band events, Music for All, Inc. organizes concert band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
festivals and symposia, musical and leadership clinics, as well as the Honor Band of America and the newly formed Jazz Band of America. One of the largest events of the year is the annual Summer Symposium, which offers a week of instruction from some of the most renowned musicians in the world. High school students from across the nation come together on the campus of Ball State University
Ball State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
. The week includes camps for concert band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
, jazz band
Jazz band
A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
, percussion, marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
, colorguard, and the famous George N. Parks
George N. Parks
George N. Parks was the director of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1977 until his sudden death in 2010. Considered a national authority on drum majoring, he led the George N...
Drum Major
Drum Major
A drum major is the leader of a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or pipe band, usually positioned at the head of the band or corps. The drum major, who is often dressed in more ornate clothing than the rest of the band or corps, is responsible for providing commands to the ensemble regarding...
Academy.
History of Grand National Championships
In 1976, the first Bands of America (originally founded in 1975 as "Marching Bands of America") marching band championship was held during the Summer National Championship in Whitewater, WI, as part of the Summer Workshop/Festival. Four years later, the first Grand National Championships (now commonly referred to as "Grand Nationals") was held at the Gator BowlGator Bowl Stadium
Gator Bowl was an American football stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, it was radically reconstructed in 1994 in preparation for the Jacksonville Jaguars inaugural season and became Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, now EverBank Field. It is most notable for hosting the Gator...
in Jacksonville, FL, which was won by the J. M. Tate High School.
Beginning in 1984, they officially changed their name to Bands of America and the competition was moved to Indianapolis, Indiana's Hoosier Dome (later renamed the RCA Dome
RCA Dome
RCA Dome was a domed stadium, located in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the home of the Indianapolis Colts NFL franchise for 24 seasons ....
in 1994). Except for Grand Nationals being briefly held in the Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac Silverdome
The Silverdome is a domed stadium located in the city of Pontiac, Michigan, USA, which sits on . It was the largest stadium in the National Football League until FedEx Field in suburban Washington, D.C...
in 1987 and 1988, it has remained in Indianapolis ever since.
In 2006 BOA merged with Music for All Foundation to create Music for All, Inc. Bands of America is used as the organization name for all marching band competitions through the Music for All, Inc.
With the start of the 2008 marching season, the Grand National Championships has been held in the Lucas Oil Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium
Lucas Oil Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The stadium celebrated its grand opening on August 24, 2008, and its ribbon-cutting ceremony August 16, 2008. It replaced the RCA Dome as the home field of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts. The stadium was built to...
located immediately south of the former site of the RCA Dome. Fans and competitors who were previously thrilled by the sight of the dome's roof appearing on the city's skyline were disappointed to learn of its deflation and subsequent demolition which allowed for the expansion to the Indiana Convention Center
Indiana Convention Center
The Indiana Convention Center is a convention center located in Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. It contains over of open exhibit space and almost of group meeting space. It was finished in late 1983 along with the Hoosier Dome , which it was connected to prior the Dome's deconstruction in 2008....
and the construction of Lucas Oil Stadium. The expansion will ultimately benefit the competition's student workshops and various demonstrations held there during the Grand National Championships when completed.
Headquarters
The Music for All/Bands of America headquarters is located in Downtown Indianapolis, IndianaIndianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
at the historic Union Station. BOA's headquarters were previously located in Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. A common misspelling of the city name is Schaumberg, a spelling which persists on some modern maps. Schaumburg is located just under northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As...
before relocating to Indianapolis in 2003.
BOA Honor Band in the Rose Parade
Bands of America has twice (2005 and 2009) been invited to have an Honor Marching Band perform at the Tournament of Roses ParadeTournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...
in Pasadena, California
Pasadena, California
Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Although famous for hosting the annual Rose Bowl football game and Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena is the home to many scientific and cultural institutions, including the California Institute of Technology , the Jet...
. The Parade takes place on January 1. Under the direction of George N. Parks
George N. Parks
George N. Parks was the director of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band the University of Massachusetts Amherst from 1977 until his sudden death in 2010. Considered a national authority on drum majoring, he led the George N...
both years, the 300-member marching band was composed of select high school band students from all 50 states. Parks was the director of the University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts
This article relates to the statewide university system. For the flagship campus often referred to as "UMass", see University of Massachusetts Amherst...
Minuteman Marching Band. In 2009 the ensemble marched adjacent to four floats sponsored by NAMM, the International Music Products Association, which is a major sponsor of Bands of America. Each float featured a character from the TV show Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
: Big Bird, Elmo, Abby, and Oscar the Grouch. Each float also carried a soloist or small ensemble that represented a different type of music. On the lead float was Bob McGrath
Bob McGrath
Robert Emmet "Bob" McGrath is an American singer and actor best known for playing the human character Bob on Sesame Street. He was born in Ottawa, Illinois. McGrath was named for Irish patriot Robert Emmet....
, two backup singers, a jazz combo, and a string quartet; the next float carried a vocal soloist, the third float carried a Latin guitarist, and the final float carried a garbage can percussionist. Both the 2005 and 2009 bands played music by Gloria Estefan and "The Stars and Stripes."
Honor Band of America
Formed in 1992, the Honor Band of America (HBOA) is an honor concert band assembled by BOA every year. This ensemble is formed entirely of high school students. It has risen to become one of the finest, most respected honor ensembles in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Most often they have the opportunity to be the first band to play newly commissioned concert band pieces. Students may learn more and apply for the HBOA by visiting the Music for All website.
Jazz Band of America
A new ensemble first launched by BOA/Music for All in 2007, the Jazz Band of America consists of high school musicians who apply by taped audition. They have the opportunity of playing with world-class jazz musicians live on stage.Current locations of BOA Regionals & Super Regionals
In 2011, Regional competitions will be held in Richmond, KY, North Huntingdon, PANorth Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
North Huntingdon Township is a township in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 30,609 at the 2010 census.-History:Named after England’s Earl of Huntingdon, Huntingdon Township was founded on April 6, 1772 in Pennsylvania....
, Mason, OH, Arlington, TX, Jacksonville, AL, Conroe, TX, Pontiac, MI, Akron, OH, Towson, MD, and St. George, UT. Super Regional competitions will be held in St. Louis, MO, San Antonio, TX, Atlanta, GA, and Indianapolis, IN .
Past Grand National Marching Band Champions
- 2011 - Broken Arrow High SchoolBroken Arrow Senior HighBroken Arrow Senior High School is the highest level of secondary education in the Broken Arrow Public Schools system, for students in eleventh and twelfth grades. The school, combined with North Intermediate High School and South Intermediate High School, is the largest high school in the state...
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Show Title: Destiny Leaves You No Choice
Musical Selections:
- 2010 - Avon High SchoolAvon High School (Indiana)Avon High School is a 4-year high school in Hendricks County, Avon, Indiana. It had a student enrollment of 2,264 for the 2007-2008 school year.-Marching band:...
- Avon, Indiana
Show Title: Iconoclash
Musical Selections:
I. Magnum Opus
II. Everybody Hurts
III. Schadenfreude
- 2009 - Avon High SchoolAvon High School (Indiana)Avon High School is a 4-year high school in Hendricks County, Avon, Indiana. It had a student enrollment of 2,264 for the 2007-2008 school year.-Marching band:...
- Avon, Indiana
Show Title: Comm-UNIFORM-ity
Musical Selections:
"Symphony No.1
Symphony in One Movement (Barber)
Samuel Barber's Symphony in One Movement , was completed 24 February 1936. It was premiered by Rome's Philharmonic Augusteo Orchestra under the baton of Bernardino Molinari 13 December 1936. It lasts around 21 minutes....
" by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
"Symphony No.2" by Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber
Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...
- 2008 - Avon High SchoolAvon High School (Indiana)Avon High School is a 4-year high school in Hendricks County, Avon, Indiana. It had a student enrollment of 2,264 for the 2007-2008 school year.-Marching band:...
- Avon, Indiana
Show Title: Mass-IV-e
Musical Selections:
Critical Mass ("La Fiesta Mexicana" by H. Owen Reed
H. Owen Reed
Herbert Owen Reed is an American composer, conductor, and author.-Education:Reed was raised in rural Odessa, Missouri, where his first exposure to music was his father's playing of the old-time fiddle...
and "Symphony of Psalms" by Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
)
Weapons of Mass Destruction ("Ave Maria" by J.S. Bach)
Mass Media ("God Said" by Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
)
Mass Exodus ("Organ Symphony Mvt. III" by Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...
)
- 2007 - L.D. Bell High SchoolL. D. Bell High School (Hurst, Texas)Lawrence Dale Bell High School, more commonly known as L. D. Bell High School, is a public high school in the cities of Hurst and Bedford, Texas and part of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District. The school is named for Lawrence Dale Bell, the founder of nearby Bell Helicopter...
- Hurst, Texas
Show Title: Transcendents
Musical Selections:
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...
Long, Long, Time Ago from Pan's Labyrinth by Javier Navarrete
Javier Navarrete
-Biography:His most famous score, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, was for Pan's Labyrinth . Navarrete also composed the scores for Whore, Tras el cristal, Dot the i, along with various other Spanish films...
Variations for Winds, Strings, & Percussion by Steve Reich
Steve Reich
Stephen Michael "Steve" Reich is an American composer who together with La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Philip Glass is a pioneering composer of minimal music...
Lux Aurumque: Light of Gold by Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
The Engulfed Cathedral by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...
Original Composition by Donald Hill and Bret Kuhn
- 2006 - Broken Arrow High SchoolBroken Arrow Senior HighBroken Arrow Senior High School is the highest level of secondary education in the Broken Arrow Public Schools system, for students in eleventh and twelfth grades. The school, combined with North Intermediate High School and South Intermediate High School, is the largest high school in the state...
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Show Title: Aqua
Musical Selections:
Harrison's Dream (Peter Graham)
Time to Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli, is an Italian tenor, multi-instrumentalist and classical crossover artist. Born with poor eyesight, he became blind at the age of twelve following a soccer accident....
)
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
)
Original Music (Aaron Guidry)
- 2005 - Carmel High SchoolCarmel High School (Carmel, Indiana)Carmel High School is a public high school in Carmel, Indiana whose name is commonly abbreviated to CHS. It is part of the Carmel Clay School District and has an enrollment of around 4,600 students, making it the largest high school in the state of Indiana by number of students.- History :Carmel...
- Carmel, Indiana
Show Title: Suspended Symbols
Musical Selections:
Original Music (Richard Saucedo)
- 2004 - Lawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High School is a high school with over 2,600 students, in northeast Marion County, Indiana.- Overview :It was established in 1941 and is one of two high schools in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township....
- Indianapolis, Indiana
Show Title: La Rosa
Musical Selections:
Desolation (Arturo Rodriguez)
Danzon (Arturo Marquez)
Spanish Fantasy, Part IV (Chick Corea)
- 2003 - Westfield High SchoolWestfield High School (Harris County, Texas)Westfield High School is a high school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.The school, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. The school, in the Westfield community, has a Houston, Texas postal address...
- Houston, Texas
Show Title: Because We Are....
Musical Selections:
Oh Lois! from Metropolis Symphony (Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty
Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, Daugherty is one of the most colorful and widely performed American concert music composers of his generation...
)
Dead Elvis (Michael Daugherty)
Lex from Metropolis Symphony (Michael Daugherty)
Water Night (Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre is an American composer, conductor and lecturer. He is one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. In 2008, the all-Whitacre choral CD Cloudburst became an international best-seller, topping the classical charts and earning a Grammy nomination...
)
Original Music (Mark Higginbotham)
- 2002 - Lassiter High SchoolLassiter High SchoolLassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States.- History :Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and...
- Marietta, Georgia
Show Title: Liturgical Sketches
Musical Selections:
Ballet Exaltare (David Holsinger
David Holsinger
David R. Holsinger is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin-Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University, the University of Central Missouri, and the University of Kansas...
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Requiem Aeternam (John Rutter
John Rutter
John Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
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Lassitare: The Old 100th
Old 100th
"Old 100th" or "Old Hundredth" is a hymn tune from Pseaumes Octante Trois de David , and is one of the best known melodies in all Christian musical traditions...
Doxology
- 2001 - Lawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High School is a high school with over 2,600 students, in northeast Marion County, Indiana.- Overview :It was established in 1941 and is one of two high schools in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township....
- Indianapolis, Indiana
Show Title: Metamorphosis: Ancient Myth to a Modern Vision
Musical Selections:
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms (Michael Kamen
Michael Kamen
Michael Arnold Kamen was an American composer , orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician.-Background:...
)
- 2000 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois
Show Title: The Tragic Medusa
Musical Selections:
Gorgon (Christoper Rouse)
Flute Concerto (Christpoher Rouse)
Phantasmata (Christoper Rouse)
- 1999 - Plymouth-Canton Educational ParkPlymouth-Canton Marching BandThe Plymouth-Canton Marching Band is a nationally recognized marching band program located on the campus of the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park in Canton, Michigan.-Music program:...
- Canton, Michigan
Show Title: Thoughtcrime, Music for an Orwellian
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
Era
Musical Selections:
Circuits (Cindy McTee)
Lex from Metropolis Symphony (Michael Daugherty
Michael Daugherty
Michael Kevin Daugherty is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. Influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, Daugherty is one of the most colorful and widely performed American concert music composers of his generation...
)
Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony (Michael Daugherty)
- 1998 - Lassiter High SchoolLassiter High SchoolLassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States.- History :Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and...
- Marietta, Georgia
Show Title: The Wind and the Lion
Musical Selections:
Music from The Wind and the Lion (Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerrald King Goldsmith was an American composer and conductor most known for his work in film and television scoring....
)
- 1997 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois
Show Title: Portraits of the Orient
Musical Selections:
Music from 'Heaven and Earth' by Kitaro
"Three Japanese Dances Mvt 1: Dance of Pennons" by Bernard Rogers
Bernard Rogers
Bernard Rogers was an American composer.Rogers was born in New York City. He studied with Arthur Farwell, Ernest Bloch, Percy Goetschius, and Nadia Boulanger. He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music, The Hartt School, and the Eastman School of Music...
Music from 'Joy Luck Club' by Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score...
"Three Japanese Dances Mvt 3: Dance of Swords" by Bernard Rogers
- 1996 - Lake Park High SchoolLake Park Marching BandThe Lake Park Marching Band is a US High School competitive marching band based out of Lake Park High School located in Roselle, Illinois USA...
- Roselle, Illinois
Show Title: Queen of Spades
Musical Selections:
Vesti La Guibba (Ruggiero Leoncavallo)
Overture to Pique Dame (Franz von Suppe
Franz von Suppé
Franz von Suppé or Francesco Suppé Demelli was an Austrian composer of light operas who was born in what is now Croatia during the time his father was working in this outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
)
La Danza
Nessun Dorma! (Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
)
- 1995 - Center Grove High SchoolCenter Grove High SchoolCenter Grove High School is a four star high school located in Greenwood, Indiana, United States. The mascot is a Trojan, as are the names of all of its sports teams...
- Greenwood, Indiana
Show Title: A Journey into the Adventure Zone: Music of Stephen Melillo
- 1994 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois
Show Title: Symphonic Music from South America
Musical Selections:
"La Fiesta Mexicana" by H. Owen Reed
H. Owen Reed
Herbert Owen Reed is an American composer, conductor, and author.-Education:Reed was raised in rural Odessa, Missouri, where his first exposure to music was his father's playing of the old-time fiddle...
"Sinfonia India" by Carlos Chavez
Carlos Chávez
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No...
"Pampeana No. 3 Mvt 2: 'Imperpetuosomente' by Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Ginastera
Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
- 1993 - Spring High SchoolSpring High SchoolSpring High School is a public secondary school located in the Spring CDP in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States.Spring High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Spring Independent School District. Spring High School's mascot is the lion. School colors are...
- Spring, Texas
Show Title: The Music of Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith
Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Hanau, near Frankfurt, Hindemith was taught the violin as a child...
Musical Selections:
Symphony in Bb (Paul Hindemith)
Symphonic Metamorphosis (Paul Hindemith)
- 1992 - Centerville High SchoolCenterville High School (Centerville, Ohio)Centerville High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9–12 located in Centerville, Ohio, situated ten miles south of Dayton...
- Centerville, Ohio
Show Title: Tower Of Power
Musical Selections:
So Very Hard To Go (Kupka & Castillo)
Down to The Nightclub (Kupka, Castillo & Garibaldi)
You’re Still A Young Man (Kupka & Castillo)
What Is Hip? (Kupka, Castillo & Garibaldi)
- 1991 - Plymouth-Canton Educational ParkPlymouth-Canton Educational ParkThe Plymouth-Canton Educational Park encompasses three public secondary schools—Salem High School, Canton High School, and Plymouth High School—in Canton Township, Michigan, United States. PCEP is located on a campus in Wayne County...
- Canton, Michigan
Show Title: Sunday in the Park with George
- 1990 - Plymouth-Canton Educational ParkPlymouth-Canton Educational ParkThe Plymouth-Canton Educational Park encompasses three public secondary schools—Salem High School, Canton High School, and Plymouth High School—in Canton Township, Michigan, United States. PCEP is located on a campus in Wayne County...
- Canton, Michigan
Show Title: Music of Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
- 1989 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois - 1988 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois - 1987 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois - 1986 - Rocky Mount Senior High School - Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- 1985 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
- Chicago Heights, Illinois - 1984 - Rocky Mount Senior High School - Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- 1983 - Rocky Mount Senior High School - Rocky Mount, North Carolina
- 1982 - Norwin High SchoolNorwin High SchoolNorwin High School is located in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, with a current enrollment of 1690 students in grades 9-12. It enrolls students from North Huntingdon Township, Irwin, and North Irwin. It is part of the Norwin School District. In 1914, the Township of North Huntingdon, and the...
- North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania - 1981 - Chesterton High School - Chesterton, Indiana
- 1980 - J. M. Tate High School - Pensacola, Florida
Summer National Championships
- 1989 - Christian Brothers Golden Crusaders, IL
Musical Selections:
"Venus" and "Mars" from The Planets
The Planets
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst...
by Gustav Holst
Gustav Holst
Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
"Alcazar"
"The Music of the Night" from Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
's The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
- 1988 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
, IL - 1987 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
, IL - 1986 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
, IL - 1985 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
, IL - 1984 - Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
, IL - 1983 - University High SchoolUniversity High School (Spokane Valley, Washington)University High School is a 4A, grade 9-12 high school in Spokane Valley, Washington. It is part of the Central Valley School District in Spokane Valley. In 2003, the school campus moved approximately to a new location. The new building has a higher capacity than the old, capable of housing...
, WA - 1982 - Herscher High SchoolHerscher High SchoolHerscher High School is a public coeducational high school in Herscher, Illinois. The school nickname is the Tigers and the school colors are gold and black.- Athletics :...
, Herscher, IL
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Slavonic Dances
Slavonic Dances
The Slavonic Dances are a series of 16 orchestral pieces composed by Antonín Dvořák in 1878 and 1886 and published in two sets as Opus 46 and Opus 72 respectively. Originally written for piano four hands, the Slavonic Dances were inspired by Johannes Brahms's own Hungarian Dances and were...
, op. 46, no. 1 by Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby
"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by The Beatles, simultaneously released on the 1966 album Revolver and on a 45 rpm single. The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney...
by Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
; based on arr. by Gene Puerling
Gene Puerling
Eugene Thomas Puerling was a vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Puerling created and led the vocal groups The Hi-Lo's and The Singers Unlimited...
for The Singers Unlimited
The Singers Unlimited
The Singers Unlimited were a four part jazz vocal group formed in 1971 by Gene Puerling. Members of the group included Len Dresslar , Bonnie Herman, Don Shelton and Puerling himself....
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring is a modern score composed by Aaron Copland that premiered in 1944 and has achieved widespread and enduring popularity as an orchestral suite...
(selections from the orchestral suite) by Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...
- 1981 - Independence High School, San Jose, California
- 1980 - James B. Conant High SchoolJames B. Conant High SchoolJames B. Conant High School is a public four-year high school located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States...
, Hoffman Estates, IL - 1979 - Sylva Webster High School, Sylva, NC
- 1978 - Live Oak High SchoolLive Oak High School (Morgan Hill, California)Live Oak High School is a public high school located in Morgan Hill, California, which consists of freshman, sophomore, junior. and senior classes. Live Oak is part of the Morgan Hill Unified School District. The school mascot of Live Oak is an Acorn, and its colors are green and gold...
Emerald Regime, Morgan Hill, CA - 1977 - Murray High SchoolMurray High School (Kentucky)-History:The school currently lies on the corner of Sycamore Street and Doran Road, but was previously located on the corner of 8th and Main Streets where it had been from 1872 to 1971. The first school was erected by the community, and it was considered the finest high school in the Jackson...
, Murray, KY http://www.semper-melior.com/ - 1976 - Live Oak High SchoolLive Oak High School (Morgan Hill, California)Live Oak High School is a public high school located in Morgan Hill, California, which consists of freshman, sophomore, junior. and senior classes. Live Oak is part of the Morgan Hill Unified School District. The school mascot of Live Oak is an Acorn, and its colors are green and gold...
Emerald Regime, Morgan Hill, CA - 1975 - Holmes High SchoolHolmes High SchoolCovington Holmes Junior/Senior High School in Covington, Kentucky is the oldest public high school in Kentucky, founded as Covington Central High in 1853. It is a vital part of the Covington Independent Public Schools....
Covington, KY
Records
- The most BOA Grand National Championships won by any school is seven by Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
of Chicago Heights, Illinois. The band program also holds a record 16 BOA Grand Nationals Class Championships and an unprecedented five BOA Summer National Championships. - The highest score ever posted in a Bands of America Event was 97.75 by Avon High SchoolAvon High School (Indiana)Avon High School is a 4-year high school in Hendricks County, Avon, Indiana. It had a student enrollment of 2,264 for the 2007-2008 school year.-Marching band:...
(Avon, IndianaAvon, Indiana-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 6,248 people, 2,127 households, and 1,786 families residing in the town. The population density was 976.2 people per square mile . There were 2,240 housing units at an average density of 351.1 per square mile...
) at the 2008 Grand National Championship Finals. - The highest score at a BOA Regional Championship was by Marcus High School (Flower Mound, TX) with a 96.20 at the 2007 Bands of America San Antonio, Texas Super Regional Championships.
- The longest consecutive and uninterrupted national championship streak is three years, held by Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
(1987,1988,1989) and Avon High SchoolAvon High School (Indiana)Avon High School is a 4-year high school in Hendricks County, Avon, Indiana. It had a student enrollment of 2,264 for the 2007-2008 school year.-Marching band:...
(2008,2009,2010). Rocky Mount High SchoolRocky Mount High SchoolRocky Mount High School is a public high school in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Established in September 1953, the school is in Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools.It is currently a member of the Big East 3-A Athletic Conference.-History:...
of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, won in three consecutive appearances (1983,1984,1986). - The longest streak of consecutive BOA Grand National Finals appearances is held by Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
(1984- ). - The largest scoring gap between 1st and 2nd place at BOA Grand Nationals was 5.60 set in 1988 by Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
over Lake Park High SchoolLake Park Marching BandThe Lake Park Marching Band is a US High School competitive marching band based out of Lake Park High School located in Roselle, Illinois USA...
. The following year the two high schools set another record [at the time] for smallest scoring gap at .3 (Marian over Lake Park). - The smallest margin of points between 1st and 2nd place at Grand National Finals was 0.05 points, which occurred in 1990, 2001, & 2003.
- The 2001 Grand Nationals presented the closest scoring gap between several groups, with 1st (Lawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High SchoolLawrence Central High School is a high school with over 2,600 students, in northeast Marion County, Indiana.- Overview :It was established in 1941 and is one of two high schools in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township....
) and 5th (Marian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High SchoolMarian Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory secondary school in Chicago Heights, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.-History:...
) places separated by less than 0.95 points. - The only two Grand Nationals "A-Class" Champions to place in the top five at Grand National Championship Finals are Danville High School of Danville, Kentucky in 1982 and Western High School of Russiaville, Indiana 1984.
- The longest streak of winning consecutive BOA Regional Championships belongs to Centerville High SchoolCenterville High School (Centerville, Ohio)Centerville High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9–12 located in Centerville, Ohio, situated ten miles south of Dayton...
(Centerville, OH). The "Centerville Jazz Band" holds 8 wins from 2002-2006. They were Regional Champions at the Toledo,OH, Massilon, OH (twice), Pontiac, MI (3 times), Youngstown OH and Atlanta, GA Regionals. - 5 Class A (A-Class) bands to ever make the Grand National Championship Finals are Danville High School (Danville, KY) in 1982, Western High School (Russiaville, IN) in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990, Adair County High School (Columbia, KY) in 1990, Jackson Academy (Jackson, MS) in 1993, and Bellbrook High School (Bellbrook, OH) in 2000.