August 2026: American Soundscape 

Performance 

Saturday, August 15,  4:00pm (2:30pm call) –  Covenant Harbor, 1724 W Main St, Lake Geneva

Rehearsals will be held at the Badger High School (220 E. South St. Lake Geneva) orchestra room, from 7:00–9:30pm.
Wednesday, August 12
Thursday, August 13
Friday, August 14 (dress rehearsal)

Program
(Click on each title for a recording.) 

Star Spangled Banner
Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man
Richard Rodgers, Selections from The Sound of Music
       CUT #1: after playing m114, skip to Allegro animato (m139)
       CUT #2: after playing m192, skip to the next Allegro (m225)
       CUT #3: hold the downbeat of m328, then sip to m385 and play to the end. 
Clare Ewing Grundman, American Folk Rhapsody No.1
Duke Ellington, Cotton Tail almost exact arrangement HERE (does not include the intro in our version)
Alan Silvestri, Music from Back to the Future
Taylor Swift on Tour
George Gershwin, An American in Paris Suite
       CUT: after m102, skip to the trumpet 1 eighth-note pickup before m159.
John Philip Sousa, Semper Fidelis
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Selections from Hamilton
Leonard Bernstein, Overture to Candide 
John Williams, Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars

CLICK HERE for a complete Spotify playlist. 

Flute
1. Sue Childress
2. Cyndi Salata
picc. Shari Weber

Oboe
1 Jenny Rickman
2/EH Derek Weihofen

Clarinet
1. Danielle Hudson
2. Sue Tumminello
Bass. John Hilgers

Bassoon
1. Mitch Strom
2. Derek Hermann

Horn (parts TBA)
Bruce Martin
Pete Rodriguez
Jennifer Souder
Leah Young

Trumpet
1. Bill McGee
2. Erin Mays
3. Ron Weaver

Trombone
1. Dave Dvorak
2. David Aguilar Hernandez
3. Bob Trapp

Tuba
Eireann Murphy

Timpani/Percussion
Stacey Zwirlein
Larry Ault
Jessie Myers

Piano
Dave Childress

Deanna Deal
Rick Nolting
Michael Riggs