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High School Band

Julia Bomba, Clarinet
Landon Dymora, Percussion
Effie Foster, Percussion
Jalie Guza, Trumpet
Cecilia Keeler, Bari Saxophone
Cyril McInerney, Trombone
Amos Miller, Oboe
Solomon Miller, Trumpet
Jamison Mullen, Trombone
Santino Rodriguez, Alto Saxophone
Jonas Weisenbach, Alto Saxophone
Judah Weisenbach, Percussion
Christian Willis, Trumpet

Holiday Selections Prelude

Amos Miller & Julia Bomba, oboe & clarinet duet
Santino Rodriguez & Jonas Weisenbach, alto saxophone duet
Cyril McInerney & Jamison Mullen, trombone duet
Jalie Guza, Solomon Miller, & Christian Willis, trumpet Trio

High School Band
Minuet in G by J.S. Bach
Fugue in C Minor by J.S. Bach
Music from "Home Alone" arr. Johnnie Vinson

8th Grade Band
Sledding by Greg Danner
Canon for Christmas by Larry Clark
Abominable Snowman Chase by Robert W. Smith

7th Grade Band
Air & Variations by Joseph Kreines
The Festive Season by Paul Curnow
Believe from "The Polar Express"
arr. Michael Story

6th Grade Band
Selections from Habits of a Successful
Beginning Band Musician
Jingle Bells arr. John Higgins

About tonight’s music

Tonight we go "Bach to Basics" and take a look at form in music. But what is form? It's the structure or framework that gives our music shape. Just like a popular song may have an introduction, a verse, and a chorus - our music tonight has its own special shape.

In its simplest state, we'll hear a theme. Think of this like a musical sentence. It has a clear idea, but it's short and to the point. You'll hear several different themes from our 6th-grade band. Our 7th graders will perform a theme and variations. This form takes that musical sentence and turns it into a paragraph, exploring the same idea from lots of different points of view. Our 8th-grade band extends this idea with an accompanied canon. This form of music takes a theme (in this case, a musical idea that repeats itself) and then layers new ideas around it. It's as if we've turned our paragraph into a fully developed research paper. Lastly, our High School band will perform Bach's Fugue in C Minor - a master work of form! A fugue, like a canon, has a theme that repeats itself, but this time new ideas are densely layered in complex harmonies. Behold! Within the fugue, we've moved from a simple sentence to an intense and nuanced conversation!

Sprinkle in a festive winter favorite such a Jingle Bells, a nostalgic movie score from Home Alone or The Polar Express, and a light, bouncy treasure such as Sledding and you have a delightful winter concert to bring in the season!

Thank you for spending an evening with us! Your support tonight, at home, and everywhere in between is perhaps the sweetest music of all.

Musically yours,
Amy Simons, Director of Bands

Tonight wouldn't be possible without those working behind the scenes!
Please help me take a moment to thank...

Mrs. Kasydra Goode-Tibbs, Principal
Mr. Jeremiah Kraniak, Assistant Principal
Ms. Sarah Dunn & Ms. Jennifer Warren, Administrative Support
Technical Theater students on tonight's Production Crew
Parent & Community Volunteers

Saginaw Public Schools Board of Education
Charles Coleman, President
Janet H. Nash, Vice President
Ruth Ann Knapp, Kevin Mark Rooker, Jasmine S. Calhoun,
Joyce J. Seals, Mattie L. Thompson, Trustees

BAND
Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy