Wind Symphony Music and Video Links
| "Candide Suite" YouTube link | "Candide Suite" - mvmt. 1 mp3 | "Candide Suite" - mvmt. 2 mp3 |
| "Candide Suite" - mvmt. 3 mp3 | "Candide Suite" - mvmt. 4 mp3 | "Candide Suite" - mvmt. 5 mp3 |
| "Little Fantasy On An American Hymn" - mp3 | "Laughing All The Way" - mp3 |
Calendars and Handbook
| 2009-2010 Band Calendar (monthly) | 2009-2010 Band Calendar (full year) | Fremd Band 2009-2010 Handbook |
Grading for First Quarter - Wind Symphony
Homework Assignments - 25%
Sectionals (six total) - 25%
Exams (Playing Test, Rhythm, Theory) - 20%
Daily Participation & Materials - 15%
Daily Posture & Performance - 15%
The Wind Symphony is Fremd’s premiere concert band and is made up of sophomore, junior and senior students. The band meets 3rd period. Membership is based on ability level and determined by audition. The ensemble performs outstanding upper level band repertoire expecting the highest level of performance. Due to the technical demands of the programmed music, it is assumed and highly recommended that each student studies privately. Students are expected to practice extensively every week to meet the demands of the literature being programmed. Failure to meet the demands of each instrument section will result in grade deducation and possible removal from the Wind Symphony.
Quarterly band grade will include the following: Homework assignments, concert and festival performances (as determined by the director), dress rehearsals (if scheduled), three Pep Band games, April “Chicago-land Invitational” Concert Band Festival, Memorial Day Parade performance, and six sectionals per quarter. Additional grading requirements are listed later in this handbook.
Top instrumentalists in the WS are asked to perform in the Symphony Orchestra (which meets at the normal class time). If selected, the students are expected to attend all dress rehearsals and four performances with the Symphony Orchestra (Winter Concert, Concerto/Aria Concert, Senior Recognition Concert, and Graduation). It is the each student’s responsibility to inform Mrs. Caballero and Mr. Moore if they are unable to attend a specific rehearsal or performance with the symphony orchestra. If a student fails to attend any orchestra rehearsal or performance they will receive a grade deduction in their Wind Symphony quarterly grade. The Wind Symphony is directed by Mr. Moore.
Illinois Music Educators Association "All-State" Conference performance - 1/30/09
All-State Performance Pictures:
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FHS Wind Symphony at the University of Illinois "Superstate" Concert Band Festival - May 3, 2008
Wind Symphony Recordings:
| American Overture | Joseph Wilcox Jenkins | May 2008 |
| Machu Picchu | Satoshi Yagisawa | May 2008 |
| Trittico - Mvmt. 1 | Vaclav Nelyhbel | April 2007 |
| The Promise of Living | Aaron Copland | May 2007 |
| Aerodynamics | David R. Gillingham | May 2007 |
| Hymn of St. James | Reber Clark | May 2007 |
| Vesuvius | Frank Ticheli | May 2006 |
| Overture to Candide | Leonard Bernstein | May 2006 |
| Commando March | Samuel Barber | May 2006 |
| English Folk Song Suite | Ralph Vaughan-Williams | May 2006 |
| October | Eric Whitacre | April 2006 |
| Ghost Train | Eric Whitacre | March 2006 |
| Festive Overture | Dimitri Shostakovich | May 2005 |
| Incantation and Dance | John Barnes Chance | May 2005 |
| Wind Sprints | Richard Saucedo | May 2005 |
| Noisy Wheels of Joy | Eric Whitacre | January 2005 |
| God of Our Fathers | Claude T. Smith | May 2004 |
| Harkstow Grange | Percy Grainger | May 2004 |
| Malaguena | Ernesto Lecuona | February 2004 |
| Blue Shades | Frank Ticheli | December 2003 |
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