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1) Accent on Achievement
2) Essentials of Music Theory
3) Sound Innovations Soloist
4) Windstorm, Vince Gassi, Band, Grade 3
5) The Iliad, Soon Hee Newbold, Full or String orchestra, Grade 4
6) Dance!, Robert Gibson, 2-part a capella
7) You Better Sleigh!, JaRod Hall, Jazz band, Grade 3
8) Bad Blood, arr. Doug Adams, Pep Band Grade 2
9) La Furia, Victor Lopez, Band, Grade 2
10) Fiddling for the First Time, arr. Bob Phillips, String orchestra, Grade 1
Full Orchestra
1) Overture on an Early American Folk Hymn Claude T. Smith
2) Joyance Claude T. Smith
String orchestra
3) Ballad of Jupiter – Gustav Holst; arr. Lisa Galvin
Flex ensembles
4) Black Watch Claude T. Smith/Arr. Joseph Earp
5) Summer in Rio – Claude T. Smith/arr. Joseph Earp
Concert Band
6) Slides Away – Ed Huckeby
7) The Lincoln Imp by Joseph Clauder; arr. Mark Grauer
8) A Missouri Hurry – Joseph Earp
9) Let the Earth Hear His Voice – Rob Blankenship
10) Boundless – Robert Thurston
1) The Complete Warm-up for Band, Carol Brittin Chambers & Tyler Arcari
2) The Star Spangled Banner, arr. Johnson, SATB Choral
3) Better by Sight (Four Steps to Master Sight Reading, by Tyler Arcari
4) Who Has Seen the Wind?, Rosetti/Tippette, SAB Choral
5) Aliens in the Attic, Tyler Arcari, Grade .5 Band
6) Colorful Sunrise, Yukiko Nishimura, Grade 1.5 String orchestra
7) Squirrel Chase, Carol Brittin Chambers, Grade 2 Band
8) Hey Elephant!, Drew Zaremba, Grade 2 Jazz
9) Zig Zag, Sean O’Loughlin, Grade 1.5 Band
10) Subatomic, Larry Clark, Grade .5 String orchestra
1) Essential Elements for Strings
2) Essential Elements for Band
3) Here Comes the Sun (arr. Podd Brothers) – choral
4) Golden (from KPop Demon Hunters) (arr. Emerson) – choral
5) This Is Halloween (arr. Vinson) – concert band
6) Die with a Smile (arr. Brymer) – choral
7) Snowdrifts (Oare) – concert band
8) Golden (from KPop Demon Hunters) (arr. Murtha) – orchestra
9) I Sing Because I’m Happy (arr. Dilworth) – choral
10) Die with a Smile (arr Larosa/arr. Murtha) – orchestra and jazz ensemble
1) Airwaves – Concert Band
2) Christmas Carols Rhapsody – Concert Band
3) Black Watch March – Flexible Ensemble
1) Concert Favorites – 10 Concert Pieces, Grade 1 String orchestra
2) Kendor Recital Solos – 10 Grade 1-2 Solos
3) Timeline, Doug Beach, Medium Jazz
4) Bounce, Jeff Jarvis, Advancing Jazz
5) Sequential Warm-ups for Intermediate Jazz Ensemble, Peter Blair
6) A Wicked Vow, Doug Spata, Grade 3.5 String orchestra
7) Spring Fest, David Hinds, Grade .5 String orchestra
8) Precipice, Matt Arnett, Grade 2, String orchestra
9) String Theory, Carolyn Wiegand Neidhold
10) Samantha, Sammy Nestico, Premium Jazz
Concert Band:
Choose Joy – Randall Standridge
Mechanical Monsters: Mech the Halls – Randall Standridge
Blue Sky Horizon – Randall Standridge
Blackbeard – Randall Standridge
Holiday Wish (A Christmas fanfare) – Randall Standridge
String Orchestra:
Polar Vortex – Katie O’Hara LaBrie
Shiver – Randall Standridge
La Bruja – Jorge Vargas
La Llorona – Jorge Vargas
In the Bleak Midwinter – Katie O’Hara LaBrie
Marching Band:
Dark Horse – Randall Standridge
Groovitude – Randall Standridge
Metalpocalypse – Randall Standridge
Ghost Ship – Randall Standridge
Seasons Change – Randall Standridge
1) Beautiful River, arr. Carol Brittin Chambers, Grade 3, Band
2) Texas Prep Level III, Jason Nitsch, Band
3) Texas Prep Level I, Karl Zamora, String orchestra
4) Texas Prep Levels I-IV, Baas/Gonzalez/Winebrenner, Choral
5) Tag, You’re It!, Michael Worthington, Sightreading Level I, Band
6) Flatrock Creek, Byron Alsup, Sightreading Level I, Band
7) Balcones Canyon, Timothy Rhea, Sightreading Level I, Band
8) Block Party, William Owens, Sightreading Level II, Band
9) The Invincibles, JaRod Hall, Sightreading Level IV, Band
10) Debt, Cynthia Gonzalez, Sightreading Level V, SATB Choral
1) The First Sight Reading Book for Band, Jerry West
2) Waltz of the Wicked, Kirt Mosier, Grade 3, String orchestra
3) Legends of Glory, Kathryn Griesinger, Grade 2.5, String orchestra
4) Intensity, Gary Ziek, Grade 3.5, Band
5) Axiom, Larry Clark, Grade 1, Band
6) Adventure March, Chris Ferguson, Grade 1, Band
7) Groove, Matthew Putnam, Grade .5, Band
8) Perilous, Larry Clark, Grade .5, String orchestra
9) Always, Joshua Hobbes, Grade 2.5, Band
10) United System for Winds & Percussion, Peter Sciaino
