STAFF FOR SPRING CHOIR CONCERT
The Choral Department would like to thank the following people for all they have done to make this night a success. First, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, for blessing us with the talent of dance to glorify Him! A special thank you to New Life Christian Fellowship for their support and use of this beautiful facility.
Choral Director ......................................... Scott Giddens
Sound Engineer Stephen Maynard
Technical Director ......................................... Bill Gamble
Camera Operators Chapel Leadership Team
Marketing/Graphic Design Melodee Nobles, Bill Gamble
PROVIDENCE SCHOOL
Founders .........................
Bishop Paul and Sharon Zink
School Board Rick Jones, Kathryn Fonville, Ken Jefferson, Jimmy Johns, Ginger Soud, Sarah Andres, Lenny Wright
New Life Staff Pastor Paul & Wendy Zink, Justin Self, Glenn Wilkes, Jeff Alford
Providence School
Administration
Dr. Tim Anderson, Michael Gray, Dr. Amy McGlohorn, DeShuan Mills, Dr. Vicki Albritton,
Dr. Cary Brown, Lori Benson, Robyn Reeves, Becky
Grant, Melodee Nobles, Joy Robertson, Jessica Ray, Ron Pompeo, Dhennie Wallace, Glenn Wilkes, Esther Wright, Dale Zink, Nathan Zink
Providence Fine Arts Tiffany Boehnlein, Jessica Gartner, Scott Giddens, Jonathan Maerkl
Thank you to the parents and grandparents of our students who have supported us throughout the year.
Letter from the Director
Jonathan
Maerkl Director of Bands
Thank you for joining us this evening for our 2025 Spring Band Concert titled MAERKL STUDIOS!
This title was actually presented to me by one of our current 8th-grade students when he was in 7th grade last spring. He brought me a drawing of the logo on notebook paper, and it made me smile from ear to ear. While I believe his original intent was to suggest a title for last year’s spring concert — which also featured plenty of movie music — the theme for that concert had already been chosen and the marketing materials created. However, knowing that I always like to program some pop and movie music for my spring concerts, I kept his idea in the back of my mind.
As I chose to use his suggested theme for this year’s concert, here’s what it has come to mean to me:
• Of course, we are featuring movie music! You’ll hear Cantina Band from Star Wars, Skyfall from the James Bond film of the same name, Gonna Fly Now from Rocky, The Avengers theme, and No One Mourns the Wicked from Wicked.
• We are also highlighting some of my favorite band pieces. After 23 years of teaching, I know there’s never enough time to play all the pieces you want with every group of students. But with this concert — especially for our seniors before they graduate — I wanted to share a few works that have been particularly rewarding to study and perform over the years. These include the beloved First Suite in E-flat by Gustav Holst, the modal Toccata for Band by Frank Erickson, the rhythmically playful Third Suite by Robert Jager, and the second-line groove Spirit of New Orleans.
• And finally, with this theme, I fully embrace the absurdity of the title. I hope it makes you smile and chuckle a little bit, like it does me. I know that I produce nothing apart from the blessings of God and the many people who are the hands and feet of Jesus, supporting the work we do in the Providence Band Program.
I have been blessed to work at Providence for 10 years. Three of the seniors on stage today have had me as their band director for eight years! Thank you, students, for your hard work. Thank you, parents, for your support and encouragement. Thank you to the administration, staff, and faculty at Providence for creating a space where we can do this work and flourish.
To God be the glory for the work He does through us all!
Jonathan Maerkl
Director of Bands, Providence School of Jacksonville “Play skillfully” – Psalm 33:3
Welcome and Prayer...................................................................................................Mr. Maerkl
Jaylen Wilkerson performing War Drum Peace Drum by David Reeves
Concert Band
Cantina Band............. ....................................................... John Williams/arr. Michael Kamuf
Skyfall............. ............................................... Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth/arr. R. Longfield
Arabian Dances................................................................................................... Roland Barrett
Jeremy Rice performing The Devil’s Tongue by Hugo Schmidt/arr. Harold Brasch
Wind Ensemble
First Suite in E-flat, Mvmt. I ............. ................................................................... Gustav Holst
Toccata for Band............ ..................................................................................... Frank Erickson
Third Suite, Mvmt. III............ ................................................................................. Robert Jager
Addison Pitts performing Pastorale and Bouree by Edward German/arr. H. Voxman
Jazz Ensemble
Malaguena........ ......................................................... Ernesto Lecuona/arr. Michael Sweeney
Spirit of New Orleans.............. ............................................................................. Andy Classen
Gonna Fly Now................ ............................................................. Bill Conti/arr. Victor Lopez
Robby Rivera performing Wizard Sticks by Jon McMahan
Exploratory Band
Popcorn Prelude....... ........................................................................................ Mike Hannickel
Aunt Rhodie’s Diet......... Joseph Compello
Mechanical Monsters....... ...........................................................................Randall Standridge
Drumline
Jig 2 ............ ................................................................................... Oak Mountain High School
Concert Band and Wind Ensemble Members
The Avengers............ ....................................... Alan Silvesti/arr. Mchael Brown & Will Rapp
Wicked - Part 1............. ........................................ Stephen Schwartz/arr. Richard L. Saucedo
Let’s Go Stallions! ..................... ................................................................... David Champagne
Flute
Easton Frost
