2024 Celebration of Music At The Mondavi

A Celebration of Music
March 10, 2024
Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center

Participating DJUSD Ensembles:

All-City Band -- Nancy Sanchez, Director
All-City Choir -- Megan Kraft, Director
All-City Strings -- Lydia Cooley, Director
Emerson/Da Vinci Jr. High Bands, Orchestras & Choir -- Luana Hernandez, Director
Harper Jr High Bands, Orchestras & Choir -- Greg Brucker, Director
Holmes Jr High Bands & Choir, All-JHS Jazz Band -- Luiz Coelho, Director

~~~~~~~Program~~~~~~~

All-City Orchestra
Conducted by Lydia Cooley
Gap of Dunloe . . . . . . . by Chris Thomas
Beginner’s Luck. . . . . . by Adrian Gordon
Finlandia. . . . . . . . . . . . by J. Sibelius, arr. by Pedro Gilabert
Boogie in a Straw. . . . . .by Frank Halferty

All-City Band
Conducted by Nancy Sanchez
Prelude and Allegro . . . . by John O'Reilly
Fishy Scale Blues. . . . . . by Gerald Sebesky
Pride of America, based on “The Marines Hymn” and “Caissons” . . . arr. by Fred Lange

Davis Combined Junior High Intermediate Orchestra
Conducted by Greg Brucker & Luana Hernandez-Howe
Themes from Brahms First Symphony
by Johannes Brahms, arr. by Robert S. Frost
Rondeau No. 3
by Joseph Bologne le Chevalier de Saint-Georges, arr. by Robert Debbaut
William Tell Overture (Finale)
by Gioachino Rossini, arr. by Richard Meyer

Davis Combined Junior High Intermediate Band
Conducted by Greg Brucker, Luiz Coelho & Luana Hernandez-Howe

Space Journey . . . . . . . . . . by Brad Ciechomski
1. Blast-off into Orbit
2. Zero Gravity
3. Re-Entry to Earth
Prelude and Dance . . . . . . by Elliot Del Borgo
Fanfare for a New Age . . . by Michael Story

Davis Junior High Jazz Band
Conducted by Luiz Coelho
Sing, Sing, Sing . . . . . . . . by Louis Prima, arr. by Roy Phillipe
Blue Bossa . . . . . . . . . . . by Kenny Durham, arr. by Sy Johnson
Crazy Train . . . . . . . . . . . by Ozzy Osbourne, arr. by Roger Holmes

~~~~~~~~~INTERMISSION~~~~~~~~~

All-City Choir
Conducted by Megan Kraft
I Bought Me a Cat . . . . . . by Aaron Copland, arr. by Sally K. Albrecht

All-City & Junior High Choirs
Conducted by Greg Brucker
Dream Keeper . . . . . . . . . music by Rollo A. Dillworth, words by Langston Hughes

Davis Combined Junior High Choir
Conducted by Greg Brucker, Luiz Coelho & Luana Hernandez-Howe
Always Sing Your Song . . . .by Victor C. Johnson
Blackbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. by Audrey Snyder
Cantar! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . by Jay Althouse

Davis Combined Junior High Advanced Orchestra
Conducted by Greg Brucker & Luana Hernandez-Howe
Symphony No. 16, III. Finale
by Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. by Sandra Dackow
Contrasts in E Minor
by Francis L. Feese
In the Steppes of Central Asia
by Alexander Borodin, arr. by Deborah Baker Monday

Davis Combined Junior High Advanced Band
Conducted by Greg Brucker, Luiz Coelho, and Luana Hernandez-Howe
Fall River Overture
by Robert Sheldon
Pictures at an Exhibition
by Modest Mussorgsky, arr. by Jim Prime, perc. by Thom Hannum
1. Promenade
2. The Hut of Baba Yaga
3. The Great Gate of Kiev
America from Westside Story
music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, arr. by Johnny Vinson


Concert Sponsored, Organized, and Produced by the Davis Schools Orchestral Music Association (DSOMA). Learn More at www.dsoma.org