Symphonic Band
THE LEWIS-PALMER HIGH SCHOOL
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
proudly presents
The Fall Concert
Featuring the...
Symphonic Band and Jazz Band
September 17, 2025 7:00 PM
Lewis-Palmer High School Auditorium
Mr. Sam Anderson, director
Jazz Band
Steppin’
Mean
Flute
Kyosuke Bugg
Eleanor Flinn
Katelyn Jones
Andrew Kandrak*
Jodi Mayfield
Cassie Reever
Oboe
Camille Apineru*
Finn Jones
Clarinet
Mirabel Barr*
Mylee Bemis (bass)
Olivia Johnson
Zoe Johnson
Lila Knapp
Lewis-Palmer High School Symphonic Band
Saxophone
Lilly Bolton, alto*
Bryce Harris, alto
Chia-Hsuan Yu, tenor
Trumpet
Corey Cinalli
Silas Ewer
Isaac Grosjean
Grant Hamershock*
Samuel Hunt
Hosanna Kirkbride
Claire Lidington
Saxophones
Ella Armstrong,
Mirabel Barr, alto
Horn
Tessa Berthelotte
Brooke Tuck*
Trombone
Jack Bucheit
Grace Guerra*
Michael Hollist
Milo Ribaudo
Euphonium
Connor Antenor*
Ayslyn Hawk
Andrew Kandrak, alto
Cooper Wentworth, alto
Erin O’Connors, tenor
Jodi Mayfield, tenor
Abigail Meggett, tenor
Brekkan Kelly, bari
Michael Nunez, bari
Elsa Conley
Grace Kovar, bass
Piano
Brianna Chester
Vocal
Noelle Garcia
Tuba Viktor Soucek*
Percussion
Trajon Bruce
Brodie Davis*
Bodie McNeill
*principal
Names are ordered alphabetically to emphasize the importance of each performer
Special thanks to Brie Chester for percussion help!
Trumpets
Samuel Hunt
Evan Marsh
Tyler Smith
Jaxson Warman
Bass
Camille Apineru
Chia-Hsuan Yu
Drums
Elle Ruth Adams
PROGRAM NOTES:
Dance Episodes:
Inspired by the folk dance settings of Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, and many other classical composers, James Curnow’s Dance Episodes is based on his own original melody that leaps and bounds with agility and spirit. This unique piece combines a European style folk melody with the rhythmic drive and energy of folk dances, to present a set of continuous contrasting variations.
-Program Note from the publisher
As Summer Was Just Beginning:
James Byron Dean (1931-1955) experienced the brightest and briefest movie career ever. In 16 months he made three movies: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. Only the first had been released when he was killed in a car accident at age 24. His death on September 30, 1955, sparked an unparalleled outpouring of sorrow. For three years after his death, Warner Brothers received more letters to him than to any living actor. And the James Dean phenomenon has never really ended. Thousands still come to the little town of Fairmount, Indiana, to see the farm where he grew up and to visit his grave there. His familiar image appears worldwide on posters and T-shirts. He has been the subject of many books, songs, TV documentaries, plays, movies, and hundreds of magazine articles. Forty years after his death, James Dean is still a hero to his own generation and to succeeding generations who keep his legend alive.
A bronze bust of James Dean by artist Kenneth Kendall stands near Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles, California. There is a Greek inscription on the right shoulder which, when translated reads, "As Summer Was Just Beginning." This sentiment, from a painting by John La Farge, is a Greek epitaph concerning the deathof a young person. I chose it as the title for this piece.
I loosely based the main melody (heard at the beginning and at measures 33 and 57) on an old British Isles folksong, "The Winter it is past, and the Summer's here at last." I chose it because Dean's Quaker heritage goes back to England, Ireland and Scotland, and because this simple bittersweet song about summer seemed appropriate for remembering James Dean.
-Program Note from the composer
Ghost Dancing:
In January 1889, a Northern Paiute Native American, Wovoka, had a revelation during a total eclipse of the sun. It was a genesis of a religious movement that would become known as the “Ghost Dance”. It was this dance that the Native Americans believed would reunite them with friends and relatives in the ghost world. Wovoka’s teachings spread quickly, and as the movement proliferated from tribe to tribe, it soon took on proportions beyond its original intent. The unity and fervor that the Ghost Dance movement inspired, however, spurred only fear and hysteria among white settlers that ultimately contributed to the events ending in the massacre at Wounded Knee where, on December 29, 1890, the U.S. Cavalry killed over 150 men, women, and children of the Lakota Sioux.
Musically, Ghost Dancing attempts to create an atmosphere of intensity, passion, and reflection. There are two main basic themes, the first that is stated immediately following the short, percussive introduction. With homage to Bartok, parallel augmented triads and quarter-note rhythms are featured, reminiscent of the great composer’s many works for young pianists. The second theme is introduced by the bass voices, followed by a short two-way canonic statement of the first theme. A slower middle section is a variation of the main theme, followed by a short timpani solo and a return to the second theme before a final burst of the main themethis time in a three-way canon.
-Program Note from the composer
Upcoming LPHS Band Events:
Wednesday, September 24—Jazz Improvisation Workshop, 3:30pm at LPHS
Thursday, September 25—D38/D12 Combined Concert, 7:00pm at LPHS
Friday, September 26—Home Football Game vs. Mead, 7:00pm at Don Breese Stadium
Friday, October 17—Home Football Game vs. Palmer, 7:00pm at Don Breese Stadium
Tuesday, October 21—Wind Symphony Rehearsal, 7:00pm at LPHS
Wednesday, October 22—Theme Concert, 7:00pm at LPHS
Lewis-Palmer High School Administration
Amber Whetstine, Superintendent Jeffrey Zick, Principal
Brooke Mendez, Assistant Principal Richard Thiele, Assistant Principal
Nick Baker, Assistant Principal / Athletic Director
Stacy Roshek, Assistant Principal / Activities Director
Lewis-Palmer High School Performing Arts Faculty
Kris Lilley, Theater Madeline Smith, Choir Sam Anderson, Band
