October 12, 2025 – A Beautiful Life
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Date: Sunday October 12, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
West Cabarrus High School Auditorium
4100 Weddington Rd
Concord, NC 28027
Program
Conducted by Colin Whiteley
TRUE BLUE
BY KARL KING, ARR. JAMES SWEARIGEN
CELEBRATION FANFARE
BY STEVE REINEKE, ARR. ROB ROMEYN
AUTUMN
BY CAIT NISHIMURA
SALVATION IS CREATED
BY TSCHESNOKOFF, ARR. BRUCE H. HOUSEKNECHT
REVERBERATIONS
BY BRIAN BALMAGES
ONE LIFE BEAUTIFUL
BY JULIE GIROUX
IMAGINARIUM
BY RANDALL D STANDRIDGE
GO GALOP
BY FILMORE/HUFF, ARR. CONTORNO
March 30, 2025 – Circumnavigation
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Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Colin Whiteley
NATIONAL EMBLEM MARCH
BY EDWIN EUGENE BAGLEY, ARR. LORAS SCHISSEL
FINLANDIA OP. 26, NO. 7
TRANS. CLARK MCALISTER, EDITED BY ALFRED REED
THE PINES OF ROME “THE PINES OF APPIAN WAY”
BY OTTORINO RESPIGHI, ARR. JAMES CURNOW
VARIATIONS ON A KOREAN FOLK SONG
BY JOHN BARNES CHANCE
INTO THE STORM
BY ROBERT W. SMITH
FANTASY ON AMERICAN SAILING SONGS
BY ROBERT W. SMITH
FANTASY ON AMERICAN SAILING SONGS
BY CLARE GRUNDMAN
December 8, 2024 – Home for the Holidays
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Date: Sunday, December 8, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
SPARKLING LIGHTS
BY MATT CONAWAY
FANTASY ON THE HURON CAROL
ARR. ROBERT BUCKLEY
SHALOM! ii. HANEROT HALALU & BA’OLAM
BY PHILIP SPARKE
MARCH OF THE TOYS (FROM “BABES IN TOYLAND”)
BY VICTOR HERBERT
ARR. NATHAN JONES
SANTA BABY (CLARINET ENSEMBLE)
BY JOAN JAVITS & PHILIP SPRINGER
ARR. RAMÓN ARAUJO
WINTER WONDERLAND & WHITE CHRISTMAS (BRASS ENSEMBLE)
BY FELIX BARNARD (ARR. JAYAN NANDAGOPAN) & IRVING BERLIN (ARR. JAYAN NANDAGOPAN)
ELF CON FIVE
ARR JOSEPH BENJAMIN EARP
‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (JOHN HUTCHINSON, NARRATOR)
ARR. JACK BULLOCK
CHRISTMAS POP SING A LONG
ARR. JAMES D. PLOYHAR
HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (FEAT. DREW HOWARD, TENOR)
BY HUGH MARTIN & RALPH BLANE, ARR. DOUGLAS E WAGNER
October 13, 2024 – Carolina on My Mind – a WNC Benefit Concert
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Date: Sunday, October 13, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
BULL CITY FANFARE
BY ED KIEFER
BLUE RIDGE SAGA
JAMES SWEARINGEN
GATE CITY GALLOP
BY KEVIN D TAYLOR
THE MUSIC OF GEORGE GERSHWIN (BRASS ENSEMBLE)
BY GEORGE & IRA GERSHWIN
ARR. ZACHARY SMITH
MOUNTAIN COUNTRY DANCES BY JOHNNIE VINSON
- TAR HEEL TWO STEP
- WOODLAND WALTZ
- BLUE RIDGE REEL
SHACKLEFORD BANKS (TALE OF WILD MUSTANGS)
BY JAY BOCOOK
BIG SKY MARCH
BY R. ALAN CARTER
THE OLD NORTH STATE (ANTHEM OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA)
BY E. E. RANDOLPH, ARR. LAWRENCE SPELL
May 19, 2024 – Dance the Night Away
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Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
DANZAS CUBANAS
BY ROBERT SHELDON
COURTLY AIRS & DANCES
I. INTRADA, III. PAVANE, IV. SALTRELLO, VI. ALLEMANDE
BY RON NELSON
ALBANIAN DANCE “SHOTA”
BY SHELLEY HANSON
BAD GUY (CLARINET ENSEMBLE)
BY BILLIE EILISH, ARR. RAMÓN ARAUJO
Conducted by Art Thomasino
POLKA (FROM “THE BARTERED BRIDE”)
BY BEDRICH SMETANA, ARR. GARY E PARKS
J.S. JIG (FEAT. BACH’S WAS GOTT TUT, DAS IST WOHLGETAN & JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRING)
BY BRANT KARRICK
MOUNTAIN DANCE
BY ED KIEFER
March 17, 2024 – Seasons of Love
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Date: Sunday, March 17, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
WEST SIDE STORY
BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN & STEPHEN SONDHEIM, ARR. JAY BOCOOK
A LONGFORD LEGEND
I. A LONGFORD LEGEND, II. YOUNG MOLLY BAWN, III. KILLYBURN BRAE
BY ROBERT SHELDON
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE, FEAT. MICHAEL MOCERINO, ALTO
BY WEISS, PERETTI & CREATORE, ARR. JAMES SWEARINGEN
EMBRACEABLE YOU (CLARINET ENSEMBLE)
BY GEORGE GERSHWIN, ARR. RAMÓN ARAUJO
Conducted by Henry Nicholson
TANGO CORAZÓN (TOUCH MY HEART) FEAT. JOSH JONES, EUPHONIUM
BY HANNA-MARI LEHTONEN
BESAME MUCHO
BY CONSUELA VÉLASQUEZ
ARRANGED BY TOM SKJELLUM
BROADWAY IN THE 90’S
ARR. JOHN HIGGINS
December 3, 2023 – Seasonal Sojourn
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Date: December 3, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
PATAPAN
ANCIENT FRENCH MELODY, ARR. TOM WALLACE
CHRISTMAS IN SPAIN
BY KEVIN DAY
THE EIGHTH CANDLE
BY STEVE REISTETER
JOY TO THE WORLD, O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL, ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH (FLUTE ENSEMBLE)
BY HANDEL (AND TRADITIONAL MELODIES)
Self-conducted
SLEIGH RIDE (BRASS ENSEMBLE)
BY LEROY ANDERSON, ARR. TIM JAMESON
Self-conducted
CHRISTMAS AT THE MOVIES
ARR. BY JOHN MOSS
THE CHRISTMAS SONG
BY MEL TORME & ROBERT WELLS, ARR. JERRY NOWAK
MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE! (SING-ALONG FOR ALL)
ARR. STEVEN REINEKE
AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
ARR. ROBERT W. SMITH
October 15, 2023 – Take Flight
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Date: October 15, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
FLYING FORTRESS
BY ROBERT W. SMITH
FLIGHT OF THE PIASA
BY ROBERT SHELDON
STAR SHIP
BY YUKIKO NISHIMURA
AMONG THE CLOUDS
BY BRIAN BALMAGES
TO REACH THROUGH THE SKY
BY JOSEPH BENJAMIN EARP
FANTASY ADVENTURE AT THE MOVIES
ARR. MICHAEL BROWN
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
BY JOHN POWELL, ARR. SEAN O’LOUGHLIN
May 14, 2023 – Piedmont Pops
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Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
SOARING WITH JOHN WILLIAMS
BY JOHN WILLIAMS, ARR. ROBERT W SMITH
CARMEN SUITE
I. ALLEGRO GIOCOSO, II. ALLEGRO, III. ALLEGRO MODERATO, IV. ANDANTINO
BY GEORGES BIZET, ARR. JACK BULLOCK
GERSCHWIN BY GEORGE!
ARR. JERRY BRUBAKER
A MOTHER’S LOVE
BY BRAD CIECHOMSKI
A DISNEY MARCH SPECTACULAR
ARR. TED RICKETTS
WHAT’S UP AT THE SYMPHONY?
ARR. JERRY BRUBAKER
March 12, 2023 – European Folk Songs
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Date: Sunday, March 12, 2023
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
GREEK FOLK SONG SUITE
I. O CHARALAMBIS, II. STU PSILORITI, III. VASILIKOS THA JINO
BY FRANCO CESARINI
PIPE AND THISTLE (SKETCHES OF SCOTLAND)
BY CAROL BRITTIN CHAMBERS
LINCOLNSHIRE POSY
I. LISBON, II. HORKSTOW GRANGE, VI. THE LOST LADY FOUND
BY PERCY GRAINGER
THE CROWN OF CASTILE (SPANISH MARCH)
BY JOHNNIE VINSON
WEST HIGHLANDS SOUJOURN
I. STOW-ON-THE-WORLD, II. BRADFORD BALLADE, III. ON DERWENTWATER BY ROBERT SHELDON
December 17, 2022 – Merry & Bright
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Date: December 17, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White
CELTIC BELL CAROL
ARR. ROBERT W. SMITH
AN IRVING BERLIN CHRISTMAS
BY IRVING BERLIN, ARR. WARREN BARKER
HANUKKAH HIGHLIGHTS
ARR. CHRIS SHARP
LO, HOW A ROSE E’ER BLOOMING
ARR. LARRY KERCHNER
MINOR ALTERATIONS
BY DAVID LOVRIEN
ALL IS CALM, FEAT DYLAN WARD, TENOR SAXOPHONE
ARR. ROBERT W. SMITH
CHRISTMAS “POP” SING-A-LONG
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN, SILVER BELLS, RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER, HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ARR. JAMES D. PLOYHAR
A CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
BY LEROY ANDERSON
October 16, 2022 – Twenty Years of Excellence
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Date: Sunday, October 16, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Hickory Ridge High School
7321 Raging Ridge Rd
Harrisburg, NC 28075
Program
Conducted by Chris White, Jon Hutchinson, Dr. Laurence Marks, Christopher Wilson, and Jason Partridge
JOY REVISITED
BY FRANK TICHELI
Conducted by Chris White
THE GREAT GATE OF KIEV
From Pictures at an Exhibition
BY MODEST MUSSORGSKY
ARRANGED BY YO KITANO
Conducted by Jon Hutchinson
AMAZING GRACE
ARRANGED BY WILLIAM HIMES
Conducted by Dr. Laurence Marks
MINUTEMAN MARCH
BY ROBERT H. PEARSON
Conducted by Christopher Wilson
RIPPLING WATERCOLORS
BY BRIAN BALMAGES
Conducted by Jason Partridge
OUR DIRECTOR MARCH
BY F.E. BIGELOW
ARRANGED BY JAMES SWEARINGEN
Conducted by Chris White
BEYOND THE HORIZON
BY ROSSANO GALANTE
Conducted by Chris White
May 22, 2022 – Movie Music & More
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Date: Sunday, May 22, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
McGill Baptist Church
5300 Poplar Tent Rd
Concord, NC 28027
Program
Conducted by Chris White
THE OLYMPICS: A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
(Bugler’s Dream, Olympic fanfare and Theme, The Olympic Spirit,
Summon the Heroes)
BY JOHN WILLIAMS & LEO ARNAUD
ARRANGED BY JOHN MOSS
BOND… JAMES BOND
(James Bond Theme, Goldfinger, Nobody Does It Better, Skyfall,
Live and Let Die)
ARRANGED BY STEPHEN BULLA
MIDWAY MARCH
BY JOHN WILLIAMS
ARRANGED BY JOHN MOSS
BUGS
(Fireflies, Daddy Long Legs, Butterflies, March of the Ants)
BY DAVID SHAFFER
STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS
(Theme from “Star Trek”, Enterprising Young Men, To Boldly Go,
Ode to Harrison)
ARRANGED BY MICAHEL BROWN
JOHN WILLIAMS IN CONCERT
(Theme from E.T., The Mission Theme, The Imperial March, Star
Wars, Cantina Band, Olympic Spirit, Theme from Jaws)
ARRANGED BY PAUL LAVENDER
THE WIZARD OF OZ
(Over The Rainbow, Ding Dong the Witch is Dead, We’re Off to
See the Wizard, The Merry Old Land of Oz, If I Only Had a Brain)
BY HAROLD ARLEN
ARRANGED BY JAMES BARNES
March 13, 2022 – American Cameos
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Date: Sunday, March 13, 2022
Time: 4:00 PM
Location:
Kannapolis Middle School
1445 Oakwood Ave
Kannapolis, NC 28081
Program
Conducted by Chris White
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
ARR. BILL MOFFIT
AN AMERICAN FANFARE
BY RICK KIRBY
WESTSIDE STORY
BY LEONARD BERNSTEIN
ARR. JO BOCOCK
AN AMERICAN ELEGY
In Memory of the Columbine High School Tragedy of 1999
BY FRANK TICHELI
AMERICANS WE
BY HENRY FILLMORE, ARR. FREDERICK FENNELL
AT A DIXIELAND JAZZ FUNERAL (FEAT. JAZZ COMBO)
BY JARED SPEARS
AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL
BY SAMUEL A. WARD
ARR. JACK BULLOCK