COVENTRY K-12 PHILOSOPHY OF MUSIC EDUCATION:
Music is intrinsic to the complete human being and therefore must be cultivated in all students. Through creating, performing, and responding to music, we will generate an autonomous, musical lifestyle evidenced through tuneful, beatful, and artful expression.
These Artistic Experiences and meaningful opportunities will enrich students' lives as well as the lives of others.
All elements of music require experience above explanation to glean from them the highest artistic experiences. The repertoire of the Coventry Music Programs must be of the highest quality to encourage these deep musical experiences.
The Bands of Coventry High School include the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Ensemble. Student musicians also form Chamber Ensembles, The Pit for Musicals, Festival Bands, and a Marching Band which appears in the town's Memorial Day Parade. The Coventry High School Music Department is dedicated to lending its Musical Talents to the School and Community in the name of spreading
meaningful musical experiences wherever they are welcome.
2010-11 Performance Calendar
(Tentative untl Fall 2010)
Fall Concert ~ October 15, 2010
Charter Oak Music Festival @ CHS - Nov. 9, 2010
Town of Coventry Tree Lighting ~ December 1, 2010
Annual Combined Winter Concert ~ December 20, 2010
Valentine's Dance with the CHS Jazz Ensemble ~ Feb. 11, 2011
Band Spring Concert ~ April 1, 2011
Town of Coventry Memorial Day Parade ~ May 30, 2011
Final Concert ~ June 3, 2011
TBD: Jazz Fest @ Coventry - Spring
Band Repertoire: A Sampling of Repertoire Performed by the CHS Bands
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Sleigh Ride ~ Leroy Anderson
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Come, Sweet Death ~ J. S. Bach/Reed
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Hands Up! ~ Andrew Boysen Jr.
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- Crystals ~ Thomas Duffy
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Fantasy for Band ~ Frank Erickson
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Tocatta for band ~ Frank Erickson
- Sussex Mummer's Christmas Carol ~ Percy A. Grainger
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Country Gardens ~ Percy A. Grainger
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Irish Tune from County Derry/Sheperd's Hey! ~ Percy A. Grainger
- Kentucky 1800 ~ Clare Grundman
- Chorus Angelorum ~ Samuel Hazo
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On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss ~ David Holsinger
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Havendance ~ David Holsinger
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Prarie Dances ~ David Holsinger
- First Suite in Eb ~ Gustav Holst
- Second Suite in F ~ Gustav Holst
- Scenes from the Louvre ~ Norman Dello Joio
- Coast Guard's March ~ Karl King
- Royal Coronation Dances ~ Bob Margolis
- Espana Cani ~ Marquina/Longfield
- Rollo Takes a Walk ~ David Maslanka
- Festivo ~ Vaclav Nelhybel
- Chorale ~ Vaclav Nelhybel
- O Magnum Mysterium ~ Lauridsen/H. Robert Reynolds
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George Washington Bicentennial ~ John Philip Sousa
- Manhattan Beach March ~ John Philip Sousa
- O Cool is the Valley ~ Vincent Persichetti
- Pageant ~ Vincent Persichetti
- Amazing Grace ~ Frank Tichelli
- Cajun Folk Songs ~ Frank Tichelli
- Shenandoah ~ Frank Tichelli
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Sine Nomine ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Flourish for Wind Band ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams
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English Folk Song Suite ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jazz Repertoire: Rep from jazz standards, contemporary selections, and "Danceband" performances.
Autumn Leave
Blue Rondo a la Turk - Brubeck
Blue Train - Coltrane
Blues Brothers Review
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – Raye/Prince
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Can’t Take That Away
Caravan - Ellington
Chameleon - Hancock
Dizzy Atmosphere
Do Wah Diddy – Barry/Greenwhich
Embraceable You - Gershwin
Family Guy (TV Theme)
Georgia On My Mind
Groovin' Hard - Menza
Haitian Fight Song - Mingus
Harlem Nocturne - Mantooth
In the Mood
It Don’t Mean a Thing
It's Only a Paper Moon
I Want to Hold Your Hand – Lennon/McCartney
Jump Jive n Wail – Louis Prima
Kokomo – Love/Melcher
La Bamba
Launching Pad - Ellington
Lean on Me - Withers
Manteca - Gillespie
My Favorite Things - arr CHS Jazz Ensemble (ala Coltrane)
My Girl – Smokey Robinson
New York, New York – Bernstein
Never No Lament - Ellington
A Night in Tunisia
Night Walk - Lopez
Olupaca - Ellington
Over the Rainbow – Harold Arlen
Paper Moon
Please Please Me – Lennon/McCartney
Rock-a-bye River - Ellington
Round Midnight - Monk
Shake Rattle and Roll – Charles Calhoun
Sing, Sing, Sing
Song for My Father - Horace Silver
Sophisticated Lady - Ellington
Stand By Me – King/Leiber/Stroller
St. Thomas
Sweet Georgia Brown – Bernie/Pinkard/Casey
Tears in Heaven - Clapton
Tiger of San Pedro - LaBarbera
The Twist
Twist and Shout – Russell/Medley
Unchained Melody – Zaret/North
Uptown Girl – Billy Joe
lThe Way You Lok Tonight - Kern arr. Shaw
What a Wonderful World – Weiss/Thiele
What is Hip?
When the Saints Go Marching In
Woodchopper’s Ball
