The 1995 All-State Conference was held January 26-28, 1995 in Peoria, IL.

Jazz Night Concert - Friday, January 27, 1995

Honors Jazz Choir
Dick Johnson, Stevens Point High School, Stevens Point, WI
Accompanist - Tony DiPasquale, Stacey Williams, Matt Katzfey

Blue Skies - Roger Emerson
Recipe for Love - arr. Croos
Guajira Pa'La Jeva - Pancho Sanchez/Claire Fischer
Ruby Baby - arr. Treece
I'll Be Seeing You - Phil Mattson

Honors Jazz Combo
Shelley Yoelin, Triton College, River Grove, IL

3rd Bass Blues - Shelley Yoelin
Moanin - Bobby Timmons
Soul Eyes - Mal Waldron
Maiden Voyage - Herbie Hancock

Honors Jazz Band
Steve Houghton, Glendale California

Program to be chosen from the following selections:
Slow Dancin - Frank Mantooth
Teach Me Tonight - Bob Florence
Pullin Punches - Les Hooper
Blues Night Out - Brett Stamps
Festival De Ritmo - Mark Taylor
Got a Match - Chick Corea

All-State Jazz Band
Tom Beckwith, Warren Township High School, Gurnee, IL

A Blues Grows in Brooklyn - Jeff Beal
Fat Cat - Mark Taylor
One Big Happy Family - Les Hooper
Sunday Drive - Mike Pendowski
Work Song - arr. Geoff Keezer

All-State Concert - Saturday, January 28, 1995

All-State Orchestra
Jack Ranney, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Academic Festival Overture - Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 5 (2nd Movement) - Peter I. Tchaikovsky
Jubilee - Ron Nelson

All-State Chorus
Paul Torkelson, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
Accompanist - William Buhr, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Laudate Jehovan, Omni Gentes - George Telemann
Michigan Morn - H. Owen Reed
Vive L'Amour - arr. Shaw-Parker
Three Spanish Ballades - Eugene Butler
Father William - Irving Fine
Witness - arr. Jack O'Halloran

All-State Band
Greg Bimm, Marian Catholic High School, Chicago Heights, IL

Smetana Fanfare - Karel Husa
Storm Works - Steven Metillo
Early One Morning - Percy Grainger/arr. Joseph Kreines
The Free Lance March - John Philip Sousa/arr. William D. Revelli 

Honors Concert - Saturday, January 28, 1995

Honors Band
Robert Jager, Tennessee Teach University, Cookesville, TN

Chester - William Schumann
Meditations on an Old Scottish Tune - Robert Jager
Children's March - Percy Grainger/arr. Frank Erickson
Espirit De Corps - Robert Jager

Honors Chorus
Richard Weymuth, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO
Accompanist - Jane Kenas, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

The Last Words of David - Randall Thompson
O Pastorelle, Addido (Ardrea Chenier) - Umberto Giordano
Ave Maria - Franz Bieble
Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco) - Giuseppe Verdi
If Love Should Count You Worthy - James Mulholland
Little Innocent Lamb - arr. Marshall Bartholomew

Honors Orchestra
William Jones, Minneapolis, MN

LaForza Del Destino - Giuseppi Verdi
Thus Do You Fare, My Jesus - J.S. Bach/arr. Alfred Reed
Symphony No. 1 (Finale) - Vasseli Kalinnikov

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