2024 Music For All National Music Festival Leon HS Symphonic Band Highlight Reel

Thursday–Saturday, March 21–23, 2024 – Indianapolis, IN

The Symphonic Band had a 45-minute rehearsal block in the JW Marriot Conference Center Thursday night, March 21. Concert band performances were at the Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University with Leon's performance Saturday morning, March 23, at 8:30 a.m. After their performance, they had a nearly 1-hour long clinic with Dr. Mallory Thompson, Director of Bands, Professor of Music, Coordinator of the Conducting Program, and the John W. Beattie Chair of Music at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).

Recordings in the Clowes Memorial Hall are of warmup before their performance. Recording the concert performances was not permitted.

To everyone who helped the Leon High School Symphonic Band make it to Indianapolis—parents, siblings, extended family members, friends, Leon Band alumni, teachers, private tutors, sectional coaches, clinicians, band directors, band directors from other schools, the Leon High School Administration, and the Leon County Schools Office of the Superintendent—THANK YOU!

Program:
(0:00) Rehearsal: Slava! – Leonard Bernstein (trans. Clare Grundman)
(2:30) Warmup: Slava! – Leonard Bernstein (trans. Clare Grundman)
(4:45) Rehearsal: Of Endless Miles and Empty Rafts – Michele Fernandez
(6:24) Warmup: Of Endless Miles and Empty Rafts – Michele Fernandez
(8:37) Rehearsal: Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forrest
(11:22) Warmup: Good Night, Dear Heart – Dan Forrest
(14:07) Rehearsal: March Bou Shu – Satoshi Yagisawa
(15:59) Rehearsal: Linconshire Posy: Mvmts. I, II, IV, VI – Percy Grainger
(19:59) Warmup: Linconshire Posy: Mvmts. I, II, IV, VI – Percy Grainger
(24:27) Rehearsal: Il Guarany Overture – Antônio Carlos Gomes (arr. Herbert L. Clarke)
(25:54) Warmup: Il Guarany Overture – Antônio Carlos Gomes (arr. Herbert L. Clarke)
(28:40) Excerpt of Post-Performanc Clinic With Dr. Mallory Thompson

Director of Bands: Lee Commander
Associate Director of Bands: Curtis Newson
Assistant Director of Bands: Erin Whalley
Director of Percussion: Michael Panzarino
School Principal: Michael Bryan

Recorded On:
Canon HF G70 (Video)
Tascam DR-44WL (Audio)

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