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ALL SHORE SYMPHONIC BAND

HISTORY

April 2, 1974
Dr. Alvin Fossner
 Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Shore Regional High School

Opening Remarks by Mr. Elbert Hoppenstedt, Superintendent

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................................Key
Concert March, "Vilabella"......................................Kenneth Williams
Variations on "America"....................................................Charles Ives
Psalm 46..........................................................................John Zdechlik
Galop...................................................................Dimitri Shostakovich
English Dances............................................................Malcolm Arnold
Symphonic Scenario from My Fair Lady..................Frederick Loewe

April 15, 1975
Dr. James Donlop
 Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Howell High School

Opening Remarks by Mr. Bernard T. Lyon, Asst. Superintendent

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................................Key
Chorale and Toccata........................................................Robert Jager
Concert Miniature.............................................................Rex Mitchell
Symphonic Concert March...............................G. Bonelli/N. Falcone
Italian in Algiers....................................................G. Rossini/L. Cailliet
The American Suite....................................Wilford Lawshe Holbome
Partita...............................................................................Richard Willis
Gettin' Happy.....................................................................Dave Wolpe
Manhattan Beach March........................................John Philip Sousa

April 6, 1976
Mr. Edward Gobrecht
 Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School

Opening Remarks by Dr. John Kinney, Superintendent

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................................Key
The Sinfonians.............................................................Clifton Williams
Pageant...................................................................Vincent Persichetti
Beguine for Band..............................................................Glenn Osser
Queen City Suite............................................................Charles Carter
Promises, Promises....................................................Burt Bacharach
The Blue and the Gray..............................................Clare Grundman
Minuteman March......................................................Robert Pearson

March 16, 1986
Dr. William Woodworth
William Patterson College
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Red Bank Regional High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................................Key

Conducted by Carey Hilick

Gallant Seventh March............................................John Philip Sousa

Laude..........................................................................Howard Hanson

Prayer and Dream Pantomine..........................Humperdink-Maddy

Pines of the Appian Way..........................................Respighi-Leidzen

Symphonic Songs for Band.........................Robert. Russell Bennett

1. Serenade; 2. Spiritual; 3. Celebration

Polka and Fugue from Schwanda....................................Weinberger

Selections from Annie......................................................Stouse-Lang

March 29, 1987
CW3 Thomas N. Altinger 
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Red Bank Regional High School

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................................Key

American Overture for Band...........................Joseph Wilcox Jenkins

Second Suite in F for Military Band................................Gustav Holst

Bugler's Holiday..........................................................Leroy Anderson

Marvin Hamlisch Showcase.................................arr. Warren Barker

Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion...................Peter Schickele

All Shore Concert March.......*PREMIER PERFORMANCE*......R.S. Becker, Jr.

American Civil War Fantasy..................................................Jerry Bilik

Hands Across the Sea...................................................Sousa/Fannell

Highlights from The Music Man...............................Meredith Willson

America the Beautiful....................................................Ward/Dragon

Stars and Stripes Forever...........................................................Sousa

1992
Dr. William H. Silvester
Trenton State College 
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Marlboro High School

Partially Known Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Conducted by Mr. Michael Heap, Rehearsal Conductor

 

A Jubilant Overture............................................................Alfred Reed
Sea Songs......................................................Ralph Vaughan-Williams
Three Ayers from Gloucester.....................................Hugh M. Stuart

March 28, 1993
Mr. Claude White
University of Pennsylvania
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Marlboro High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Conducted by Mr. Douglas Reichenfeld, Rehearsal Conductor

Three Chorale Preludes..............................................William Latham
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon.........................Percy Grainger
Divertimento for Band, Op. 47.............................Vincent Persichetti
On the Mall.....................................................Edwin Franko Goldman
How the West Was Won............................................Robert Hawkins
Amparito Roca................................................................Jaime Texidor
Beguine for Band..............................................................Glenn Osser
The Sinfonians.............................................................Clifton Williams

March 20, 1994
Dr. Anthony Isch
Trenton State College
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Marlboro High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Conducted by Mr. John Morrison, Rehearsal Conductor

Toccata......................................Girolamo Frescobaldi/arr. E. Slocum
Procession of the Nobles.............Nicholai Rimsky-Karsakov/arr. E. Leidzen
Light Cavalry Overture.................Franz Von Suppe'/arr. H. Fillmore
March to the Scaffold.........................Hector Berlioz/arr. E. Leidzen
Selections from Fantasia.......................................arr. James Curnow
National Emblem March................................................Edwin Bagley
Hoagy Carmichel in Concert................................arr. Warren Barker
The Stars and Stripes Forever................................John Philip Sousa

March 24, 2002
Lt. Cmd. John Pastin
U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Wall High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Pathfinder of Panama.............................................John Philip Sousa
Symphonic Triptych......................................................James Curnow
Psalm for Band.......................................................Vincent Persichetti
Folk Dances.........................................................Dimitri Shostakovich
The Light Eternal...................................................James Swearington
America, the Beautiful...................................................Ward/Dragon

April 3, 2003
Mr. Nick Cerrato
New Jersey City University
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Wall High School

Program

Overture from "Gypsy".............................Jule Styne, Arr. N. Cerrato

Chester....................................................................William Schumann
Valdres March......................................................Johannes Hannssen
Godzilla Eats Las Vegas..................................................Eric Whitaker
Abrams Pursuit...........................................................David Holsinger
The Isle of Calypso..........................................................Robert Smith
America the Beautiful.........................Samuel Ward, arr. N. Cerrato

Battle Hymn of the Republic....................................Peter Wilhousky

God Bless America...............................Irving Berlin, arr. R. Ringwald

William R. Shoppell, Jr., narrator

The National Anthem..............................adapted by Henry Fillmore

March 28, 2004
Mr. George Balog
The College of New Jersey
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Wall High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
King Cotton.........................................John Philip Sousa, Arr. Fennell
Light Cavalry Overture.....................Franz von-Suppe, Arr. Fillmore
Italian Polka........................................................Sergei Rachmaninoff
Geneva Variations............................................................Steven Bulla
West Highland Sojourn..............................................Robert Sheldon
First Suite for Band...........................................................Alfred Reed
1. March; 2. Song; 3. Rag, 4. Galop
American Patrol....................................................................Meecham

 

April 10, 2005
Ms. Mary Ann Craig
Montclair State University
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Wall High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Fanfares and Flourishes...............................................James Curnow
An American Elegy...........................................................Frank Ticheli

A Longford Legend- Collection of Irish Street Ballads..........Robert Sheldon
1. A Longford Legend
2. Young Molly Brown
3. Killyburn Brae
I Am .........................................................................Andrew Boysen, Jr
Novo Lenio ......................................................................Samuel Hazo
Just a Closer Walk .................Arr Don Gillis, Arr for Band- C. Custer

March 25, 2007
Mr. J. Steven Moore
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Wall High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Conducted by Mr. Frank Hughes, Rehearsal Conductor

 

Symphonic Dance #3 "Fiesta"....................................Clifton Williams
Salvation is Created..............Tschesnokoff/arr. Bruce Houseknecht
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo....................................Malcolm Arnold
Selections from Les Miserables.......Schonberg/arr. Warren Barker
Americans We...............................................................Henry Fillmore

March 9, 2008
Dr. Christian Wilhjelm
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................................Smith
Conducted by Mr. Edward Gattsek, Rehearsal Conductor

Chorale and Shaker Dance............................................John Zdechlik
Toccata.............................................................................Patrick Burns
Ave Maria.......................................Franz Biebl/arr. Robert Cameron
First Suite in Eb for Military Band..................................Gustav Holst
Selections from The Lion King.......Hans Zimmer/arr. Calvin Custer
On the Mall...................................................Edwin Franko Goldman

April 3, 2009
Mr. Frank L. Hughes, Sr.
Toms River High School North
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................Smith/Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Scott V. Visco, Vice President & Band Manager

Suite for Band # 1..............................................................Alfred Reed
American Song Book........................................................Clifton Jones
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.........................................Sousa/Fennell
Sea Storm......................................................................Quincy Hilliard
Highlights from Jersey Boys..................................arr. Michael Brown
Ride...................................................................................Samuel Hazo

March 21, 2010
Dr. Quincy Hilliard
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................Smith/Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Timothy Apgar, Rehearsal Conductor

The Spine of the Devil (El Espinazo del Diablo)...............Waymon O. Bullock
The Unknown Soldier...................................................Quincy Hilliard
Live Life Loud.........................................................Marian L. Harrison
The Day the Clowns Cried...........................................Quincy Hilliard
As Summer was Just Beginning..................................Larry D. Daehn
Kyoto..............................................................................Quincy Hilliard
Three Scottish Vistas....................................................William Owens

April 10, 2011
Dr. William Berz
Rutgers University
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Toms River High School North

Program

Star Spangled Banner.....................................................Smith/Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Edward Gattsek, Rehearsal Conductor

Prairie Dances..........................................David R. Holsinger (ASCAP)
Courtly Airs and Dances....................................................Ron Nelson
Abracadabra.....................................................................Frank Ticheli
Foster’s America...................................................David R. Gillingham
Air for Band (Rev. ed.)..................................................Frank Erickson
Hosts of Freedom................................................Karl L. King/Paynter

March 25, 2012
Mr. Edward Gattsek
Freehold Township High School
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Colts Neck High School

Program

The Star Spangled Banner.....................John Stafford Smith/Stamp
Fantasy on American Sailing Songs........................Clare Grundman
Fugue in c minor..........................Johann Sebastian Bach/E. Gattsek

        from Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor

New Mexico March..................................................John Philip Sousa
Highlights from The King and I..................Richard Rodgers/Russell-Bennett
Sure on this Shining Night......................... Samuel Barber/Saucedo
Alleluia! Laudamus Te....................................................Alfred Reed

March 17, 2013
Dr. Travis J. Cross
Virginia Tech
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Manalapan High School

Program

The Star Spangled Banner.................John Stafford Smith/Kerchner
Mr. Anthony Limaldi, Rehearsal Conductor

 

Undertow..........................................................................John Mackey
Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo.....................Malcolm Arnold/Paynter
Sleep.................................................................................Eric Whitacre
Inglesina..................................................David Delle Cese/Bourgeois
Things That Never Were................................................Travis J. Cross

April 6, 2014
Mr. Nicholas Santoro
Central Jersey Wind Ensemble
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Manalapan High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.............................John Stafford Smith/Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Robert Clark, ASBDA President

 

Seize the Day................................................................Patrick J. Burns
Shortcut Home.................................................................Dana Wilson
Amazing Grace...............................................William Himes/Santoro
Cartoon...................................................................................Paul Hart
March Slave, Op 31.................Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky/Laurendeau
Strategic Air Command March..................................Clifton Williams

March 22, 2015
Mr. Robert Clark
Long Branch High School
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Manalapan High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.........................................John Stafford Smith 

Conducted by Mr. Kyle Titmus, Ocean Twp HS 

Ignition..............................................................................Todd Stalter 

Enchanted Spaces......................................................Samuel R. Hazo 

J.F.K.: In Memoriam......................................................James Curnow 

Mary Poppins (Selections from)..................R&R Sherman - arr. Kostal/Reed 

Variations on a Korean Folk Song….................John Barnes Chance 

Roller Coaster………….................................……....…...Otto M. Schwarz

March 13, 2016
Mr. Michael Heap
Freehold High School (Ret.)
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner..........................................John Stafford Smith

Conducted by Mrs. Emily Apgar, Co-Manager

 

The Music Makers..............................................................Alfred Reed
Shenandoah.....................................................................Frank Ticheli
The Sinfonians.............................................................Clifton Williams
Belle of the Ball...........................................................Leroy Anderson
Beguine for Band..............................................................Glenn Osser
America, the Beautiful.....................S. A. Ward/arr. Carmen Dragon

April 1, 2017
Dr. David Vickerman
The College of New Jersey
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner......................................................Edited Brion
Conducted by Mr. Anthony Orecchio, Barnegat HS, Manager

 

Diamond Tide......................................................................Viet Cuong
Before the Sun...................................................................Julie Giroux
Serenity...............................................................Ola Gjeilo arr. Wilson
Symphonic Dance No. 3, “Fiesta”….......................... Clifton Williams

March 17, 2018
Mr. Kevin Pryor
Red Bank Regional High School
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................arr. Jack Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Anthony Orecchio, Barnegat HS, Manager

 

Chester Overture for Band.....................................William Schuman
Winds of Change..............................................Randall D. Standridge
Metroplex.....................................................................Robert Sheldon
Opening Night on Broadway...............................arr. Michael Brown
The Rakes of Mallow..................................................Leroy Anderson
Midnight Fire Alarm.......................................H.J. Lincoln/arr. Krance

April 6, 2019
Dr. Christopher J. Heffner
Lebanon Valley College
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

Star Spangled Banner.................................................arr. Jack Stamp
Conducted by Mr. Anthony Limaldi, Howell HS, 

Rehearsal Conductor

Athletic Festival March.........................................Prokofiev/Goldman
Allerseelen.......................................................................Strauss/Davis
Caccia and Chorale.....................................................Clifton Williams
American Riversongs.................................................Pierre La Plante
Kirkpatrick's Muse...............................................................Jay Bocook

April 2, 2022
Dr. Peter L. Boonshaft
Director of Education
Jupiter Instruments
Guest Conductor

All Shore Band Directors Association Symphonic Band Concert

Neptune High School

Program

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March 25,2023

Mr. Anthony Limaldi

Howell High School

Guest Conductor


 

All Shore Band Directors Association

Symphonic Band Concert

Monmouth University, Pollak Theatre

PROGRAM

March 16, 2024

Dr. Joseph Higgins

Rowan University

Guest Conductor


 

All Shore Band Directors Association

Symphonic Band Concert

Michael T. Lakes Performing Arts Center

Neptune High School

PROGRAM

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