The 1994 All-State Conference was held January 27-29, 1994 in Peoria, IL.
Jazz Night Concert - Friday January 28, 1994
Honors Jazz Choir
James Jirak, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
The Star Spangled Banner - arr. Gene Puerling
There is Only You - Mark Mazur
Down at the Old Jazz Club - Ken Kraintz
Danny Boy - arr. Kirk March
Old MacDoodle Had a Band - arr. David J. Elliot
South of the Border - Sharon Broadley
Honors Jazz Combo
Robert Lark, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Caravan - Duke Ellington
Recorda-Me - Joe Henderson
My Foolish Heart - Ned Washington and Victor Young
Sho' Nuff Did - Thad Jones
Rhythm-A-Ning - Thelonius Monk
Honors Jazz Band
Brett Stamps, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Cherokee - Ray Noble/arr. Frank Mantooth
Terminal Hype - Brett Stamps
The Groove Merchant - Jerome Richardson/arr. Thad Jones
The Count Is In - Jim Martin
Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Jimy Van Heusen/arr. Dave Barduhn
All-State Jazz Band
Donald Shupe, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL
Penny Pincher - Doug Beach
Lover Man - arr. Sammy Nestico
Retro-Funk - Mike Tomaro
Blues for Mr. P - Jim Mintzer
All-State Concert - Saturday, January 29, 1994
All-State Orchestra
Robert Culver, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Rienzi Overture - Richard Wagner
Komm Susser Tod - Johann S. Bach and Leopold Stokowski
Russlan & Ludmilla - Mikhail Glinka
All-State Chorus
James C. Stegall, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL
Accompanist - William Buhr, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
Regina Coeli (K. 276) - Wolfgang A. Mozart
I Love My Love - Gustav Holst
Sing Praises, Sing Praises (women) - Kent Newbury
Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Piece (men) - John Rutter
Set Me As a Seal - Rene Clausen
Easter - John Leavitt
All-State Band
Steven W. Eggleston, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL
Bullets and Bayonets - John P. Sousa/arr. Frederick Fennell
Trauersinfonie - Richard Wagner/arr. Erik Leidzen
Serenade - Derek Bourgeois
Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance
Galop - Dmitri Shostakovich/arr. Donald Hunsberger
Honors Concert - Saturday, January 29, 1994
Honors Band
James Curnow
Florentiner-Grande Marcia Italiana - Julius Fucik/arr. Frederick Fennell
Salvation is Created - Pavel Tschesnokoff/arr. Bruce Houseknecht
Enigma Variations - Sir Edward Elgar/arr. Earl Slocum
Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew - James Curnow
Honors Chorus
Michael Schwartzkopf, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Accompanist - Constance Lyda, Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL
We Will Rejoice in Thy Salvation - Feorge F. Handel
Ave Maria - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Something Has Spoken to Me in the NIght - Edwin Fissinger
Betelehemu - Via Olatunji/arr. Wendell Whalum
Heart We Will Forget Him - James Mulholland
'Zum Gali - Dance the Hora! - arr. Maurice Goldman
Honors Orchestra
Nicholas V. Palmer, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Iowa
Jubilee from "Symphonic Sketches" - George Chadwick
Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture - Pyotor I. Tchaikovsky
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