It’s that time of year again! Welcome to our Winter Concert 2019.

This year, the winter concert will feature these Oakmont Regional High School ensembles:

• Concert Choir
• Select Choir
• Concert Band
• Jazz Band
• Winter Color Guard
• Winter Percussion

The sections below list information about each ensemble and their repertoire. Enjoy!

Concert Choir

Directed by: Mr. Kris S. DeMoura
Accompanist: Mr. Brendan Goodwin

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Select Choir

Directed by: Mr. Kris S. DeMoura
Accompanist: Mr. Brendan Goodwin

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Concert Band

Directed by: Mr. Kris S. DeMoura

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Percussion

• Sydney Arnold
• Madyson Aubin
• Nicholas Goodchild
• Mya Hamilton
• Santino Mei
• Gabriel Thrailkill
• Anna Velardi
• June Whittall

Program Notes

Moorside March

Gustav Holst is considered one of the early advocates for the wind band medium, and as such contributed several works to the wind band repertory. Many of the characteristics heard in Holst’s compositions set him apart from other English composers. His music utilized unconventional time signatures, rising and falling scales, ostinato, bitonality and occasional polytonality. Holst believed that the quality and subject matter heard in the majority of band music in his day was inadequate.

In 1927, Holst was commissioned to write a competition piece for the BBC and the National Brass Band Festival Committee. The resulting piece was A Moorside Suite. Holst’s Moorside Suite is actually not a piece that belongs in the traditional wind repertoire, as it was written for a traditional British brass band comprising of a range of brass and percussion instruments.

The March opens with a rising, four-note motive that makes its way into an energetic theme consisting of six-bar phrases. A second theme, introduced by the alto saxophone, uses standard eight bar-phrases. The grandeur of the trio is similar to the ceremonial marches of Edward Elgar and William Walton.

On A Hymnsong Of Philip Bliss

On A Hymnsong Of Philip Bliss is a radical departure of style for this composer. The frantic tempos, the ebullient rhythms we associate with Holsinger are replaced with a restful, gentle, and reflective composition based on the 1876 Philip Bliss – Horatio Spafford hymn, “It is Well with my Soul”. Written to honor the retiring Principal of Shady Grove Christian Academy, On A Hymnsong Of Philip Bliss was presented as a gift from the SGCA Concert Band to Rev. Steve Edel in May of 1989.

At Dawn They Slept (December 7, 1941)

This musical remembrance pays tribute to fallen heroes of that fateful day at Pearl Harbor that launched our country into World War II. Opening with a peaceful, flowing woodwind melody, the day is heralded in by a lone bugler. Ominous undertones, powerful scoring, dissonant themes and bombastic percussion capture musically the chaos that followed. It’s a powerful musical statement the concludes ultimately on an optimistic note that looks to a brighter future.
This work was premiered at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 2002.

 

Jazz Band

Directed by: Mr. Kris S. DeMoura

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Saxophones

Trombones

Trumpets

Rhythm Section

 

Winter Color Guard: “Looking Back”

Performers

Staff

• Ms. Alicia Ferrick
• Mrs. Alycia Linnehan
• Mrs. Patti O’Keefe
• Mr. Michael Pence

 

Winter Percussion: “Godzilla”

Performers

Battery

Front Ensemble

Staff

• Ms. Bridget Ambers
• Mr. Andrew Armstrong
• Mr. Dillon Brotosky
• Mr. Justin DeJoy
• Mr. Jamie Fortier
• Mr. Harry Jette
• Mr. TJ Kelly
• Mr. Jason Thrailkill