The PGHS Bands had their year-end Spring Concert Thursday, May 18th and it was wonderful! Congratulations to our graduating seniors:
- Emily Allred, Flute
- Jason Beadle, Alto/Soprano Saxophone
- Jade Carling, Trumpet, Drum Major
- Connor (Frog) Doyle, Trombone
- Fiona Goodwin, Trumpet
- Cache Jolley, French Horn
- Isaac Lamb, Bass Clarinet
- Aaron Larson, Clarinet
- Audrey Olson, Clarinet
- Makaela Ririe, Percussion
- Callie Smith, Percussion
And special thanks to our Director of Bands, Christian Succo, for a fun and successful year in all the bands: Percussion, Jazz, Symphonic, Wind Symphony, Marching Band, and Winter Drumline. What a year!
We’re sharing a few photos at the end of this blog of some students whose parents have given us photo approval. Please read and follow these instructions if you’d like us to share photos of your student. And please send any photo submissions to [email protected].
The Dixileand Boys performed:
- Royal Garden Blues by Paul Severson
- When the Saints Go Marching In by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams, Arr. by Paul Severson
The Jazz Band was accompanied by vocalist and PGHS Officer Chris Ruiz, and the band performed:
- Feeling Good with Officer Ruiz, by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, Arr. by Roger Holmes
- A Night in Havana by Victor Lopez
- In the Mood by Joe Garland
- The Chicken by Alfred James Ellis, Arr. by Kris Berg
- Bugle Call Rag by Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers, and Elmer Schoebel, Arr. by Robert Woods
Mark Mansfield performed a Marimba Solo, Yellow after the Rain by Mitchell Peters
The Intermediate Percussion group performed:
- Kaleidoscope by Chris Crockarell
- Sea of Tranquility by Nathan Daughtrey
- Standard Candles by John Herndon
And finally the Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band Combined performed:
- Crush by Robert W. Smith
- The Magnificent Seven by ELmer Bernstein, Arr. by Roy Phillippe
- Choose Joy by Randall D. Standridge (which they will also perform at PGHS Graduation!)
A few photos from the concert:
