Band & Orchestra

Welcome to the Dwight D. Eisenhower High School Band and Orchestra webpage! We are excited to welcome you to our big, happy, musical family! The Band and Orchestra program at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School is comprised of five curricular course offerings: Performance Band (601), Honors Performance Band (602), Preparatory Band (605), Orchestra (650/652), and Percussion Ensemble (605FP). Students in each of these courses will be assessed on their musical proficiency through individual, small-group, and large-group evaluation. Members of each of these ensembles perform at a variety of concerts throughout the year that take place outside of the regular school day. If you have questions about how to join any of these courses, please see Dr. Antos (x4095) in room 339 during the school day.

For prospective students and families: please know that our band and orchestra members are enrolled in many different academic courses, extra-curricular activities, and athletics that fall outside the realm of music. Students, you can do all of these things while still participating in our program! Musical instruction educates the whole child, which is a key tenet in our district's vision statement. Let us be involved in creating some of your favorite high school memories!

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CURRENT 8th Graders or Day 1 Freshmen, scan the QR Code below to register for band and/or orchestra! You can also click this link: https://forms.gle/JGRXXJp9D2FFts797

Band and Orchestra Calendar, 2023-2024

Band and Orchestra Calendar, 2023-2024

PERFORMANCE BAND (601) AND HONORS PERFORMANCE BAND (602)

Handouts:

Concert Scales and Arpeggios:

Fingering Charts:

PREPARATORY BAND (605)

Preparatory Band Required Listening:

https://open.spotify.com/user/justinantos/playlist/5V6ihyhsAnCYiS6dUmvS5O?si=_jMfDRSkRou4vCiaXQkavw

YouTube Links to Recordings:

Sonata pian’e forte (1597), by G. Gabrieli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYmNWDp_jf0

Mvt. I from Serenade No. 10in Bb Major (1781), by W.A. Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVVtFU6K9RQ

Irish Tune from County Derry (1918), by P. Grainger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Oeq4T_Gg0

Mvt. I from Symphony in Bb(1951), by P. Hindemith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVgCoORNHM

Rondino in Eb Major (1792), by L.v. Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idnJF7gsunU

Mvt. II from Serenade in D Minor (1878), by A. Dvorak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLgtMh7aOjQ

Mvt. I from Serenade in Eb Major (1881), by R. Strauss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCcrvqtAtpk

Overture in C (1792), by C.S. Catel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pUvmqCcZVY

Mvt. II from Grande Symphonie: Funebre et Triomphale (1840), by H. Berlioz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEWjoKJC29Y

Overture for Harmoniemusik (1826), by F. Mendelssohn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IRg5euJPus

The Bells from William Byrd Suite (1923), by G. Jacob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPXGfox5Fp4

Colonial Song (1911), by P. Grainger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiT9nrtZYLM

Americans We (1929), by H. Fillmore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47mzmQYB4As

Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite (1913), by K. King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTPtqNzu2j8

Toccata Marziale (1924), by R.V. Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z07gaYAB9s

Washington Post March (1889), by J.P. Sousa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxrh1CrMmTY

Mvt. I from First Suite in Eb (1909), by G. Holst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdd71Nfb_Pk

Lincolnshire Posy (1937), by P. Grainger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNgiUoZhEM&list=PLA7no0L9zTk74IQsNHFtVKFhpl9hQrrb_

Hammersmith (1930), by G. Holst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nc5P6U44KQ

Suite Francaise (1944), by D. Milhaud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRuzafUbHAU

Dionysiaques (1913), by F. Schmitt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhMMIrd-gR8

Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943), by A. Schoenberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RtOdIsjcFc

Music for Prague: 1968 (1968), by K. Husa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp9K2JphLmI

…and the mountains rising nowhere (1977), by J. Schwantner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsXdvQk8mw

Buffo from Spiel (1926), by E. Toch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqon1IdjQOs

ORCHESTRA 1 (650)

Orchestra 1 Required Listening:

https://open.spotify.com/user/justinantos/playlist/0hfOzWDvJhHv79pwvgKlLS?si=5lejH6I-R7i5lI1gWoQCHg

YouTube Links to Recordings:

Mvt. IV from Symphony No. 9 (1824), by L.v. Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChygZLpJDNE

Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894), by C. Debussy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR5OWN_ydIY

Spring from Four Seasons (1723), by A. Vivaldi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nSvIiBNFo

Adagio for Strings (1936), by S. Barber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3MHeNt6Yjs

Mvt. I from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (1787), by W.A. Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbz_thTJgM8

Mvt. I from Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 (1721), by J.S. Bach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rz_KFLHjquc

Mvt. I from Symphony No. 5 (1804-08), by L.v. Beethoven

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv2WJMVPQi8

Peer Gynt (1875), by E. Grieg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj7vHmejrPA

Mvt. IV from Symphony No. 9 (1893), by A. Dvorak

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqtJH2f1Yk

Pierrot Lunaire (1912), by A. Schoenberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2cBUJmDr8

A Night on Bald Mountain (1867), by M. Mussorgsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OLAxpaZTGI

Mvt. IV, “March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie Fantastique (1830), by H. Berlioz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roX70PAu3oA

Bolero (1928), by M. Ravel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZDiaRZy0Ak

Mvt. IV from Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter” (1788), by W.A. Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcly8-RGhgw

Peter and the Wolf (1936), by S. Prokofiev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfM7Y9Pcdzw

Hallelujah from Messiah (1741), by G.F. Handel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZEtVbJT5c

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (1892), by P.I. Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow4t3C_gCCY

The Rite of Spring (1913), by I. Stravinsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkwqPJZe8ms

The Beautiful Blue Danube (1866), by J. Strauss II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ0fKOpow14

Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition (1874), by M. Mussorgsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5r8sa863Ts

Requiem and Dies Irae (1791), by W.A. Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neDnpgZPPvY

Requiem and Dies Irae (1874), by G. Verdi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXVsw8w7VeQ

Mvt. I from Symphony No. 1 (1855-76), by J. Brahms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGRqIGOAPcE

Mars from The Planets (1914-16), by G. Holst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXOanvv4plU

Carnival of the Animals (1886), by C. Saint-Saëns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBGEf4urGNo

ORCHESTRA 2 (652)

Orchestra 2 Required Listening:

https://open.spotify.com/user/justinantos/playlist/2NvXmeIqvZuMZF9d2K5rGr?si=p1vAseC2Sci-qsNQVxVWEw

YouTube Links to Recordings:

Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (1877), by C. Saint-Saëns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbkCfxnoY4A

Canon in D Major (1694), by J. Pachelbel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvNQLJ1_HQ0

Air on the G String from Orchestral Suite No. 3 (1717-23), by J.S. Bach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzlw6fUux4o

Meditation from Thaïs (1894), by J. Massenet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luL1T1WQC2k

Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1869), by J. Brahms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O192eo9zbT4

Vocalise, Op. 34 (1912), by S. Rachmaninoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVyza9jzw18

Candide (1956), by L. Bernstein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZPF5mPIpXU

Appalachian Spring (1944), by A. Copland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJYVH_kZkOk

Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1897), by P. Dukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4yH4B9deok

O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (1937), by C. Orff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bfK_okpyos

Danse Macabre (1874), by C. Saint- Saëns

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71fZhMXlGT4

Infernal Dance fromThe Firebird (1910), by I. Stravinsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMGqAmjbug&t=185s

Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (1870), by R. Wagner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P73Z6291Pt8

1812 Overture (1880), by P.I. Tchaikovsky

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RN6g5reFmg

Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), by J. Offenbach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZxUJXqbxYs

Mvt. IV, “Troika” from Lieutenant Kije (1934), by S. Prokofiev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8MU2EDtO18

Sleigh Ride (1948), by L. Anderson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OATi34PKNPw

Radetzky March (1848), by J. Strauss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ

Mvt. I from Pines of Rome (1924), by O. Respighi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk2q8GU3ZsA

Mvt. V from Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor (1901-02), by G. Mahler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15WQNKhaCHY

Sheherazade (1888), by N. Rimsky-Korsakov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNymNaTr-Y

Overture from Barber of Seville (1816), by G. Rossini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlrqdMXM0u0

Tritsch-Tratsch Polka (1858), by J. Strauss II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuONBz7boBc

Overture from Marriage of Figaro (1786), by W.A. Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jMQ4tFKjlg

Finlandia, Op. 26 (1899), by J. Sibelius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSaT6U4e-8