50 for 50 is a video series celebrating Music for All’s 50th anniversary year – 2025 – by highlighting some of the Bands of America band performances through the years.
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Lassiter High School 2002
Marietta, GA
“Liturgical Sketches” (featuring Exaltare, Requiem, Lassitare)
50 for 50 Day 1
Live Oak High School 1976
Morgan Hill, CA
Crown Imperial, MacArthur Park, Chameleon, Drum Break, My Way
50 for 50 Day 2
Pomona Senior High School 1996
Arvada, CO
William Walton’s “Belshazzar’s Feast”
50 for 50 Day 3
Spring High School 1993
Spring, TX
Selections from the Music of Paul Hindemith – Symphony in B-flat, Symphonic Metamorphoses (mvts 2, 3, 4)
50 for 50 Day 4
William Mason High School 2011
Mason, OH
A Winter’s Solstice
50 for 50 Day 5
Ronald Reagan High School 2003
San Antonio, TX
“Beyond Perimeters” featuring original music by Aaron Guidry
50 for 50 Day 6
“Beyond Perimeters” featuring original music by Aaron Guidry
50 for 50 Day 6
Plymouth Canton Educational Park 1999
Canton, MI
“ThoughtCrime: Music for an Orwellian Era” (Circuits, Metropolis Symphony)
50 for 50 Day 7
“ThoughtCrime: Music for an Orwellian Era” (Circuits, Metropolis Symphony)
50 for 50 Day 7
Rocky Mount Senior High School 1984
Rocky Mount, NC
Rocky Point Holiday, Journey to Capricorn, So Very Hard to Go
50 for 50 Day 8
Rocky Point Holiday, Journey to Capricorn, So Very Hard to Go
50 for 50 Day 8
Lawrence Central High School 2004
Indianapolis, IN
“La Rosa” (Danzon by Arturo Marquez, Desolacion by Arturo Rodriquez, Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea)
50 for 50 Day 9
“La Rosa” (Danzon by Arturo Marquez, Desolacion by Arturo Rodriquez, Spanish Fantasy by Chick Corea)
50 for 50 Day 9
Flower Mound High School 2017
Flower Mound, TX
“Fractured Moments”
50 for 50 Day 10
Broken Arrow High School 2006
Broken Arrow, OK
“Aqua”
50 for 50 Day 11
“Aqua”
50 for 50 Day 11
Dobyns-Bennett High School 2021
Kingsport, TN
“The Promise of Living” (The Blackest Crow, Appalachian Spring & The Promise of Living by Aaron Copland)
50 for 50 Day 12
“The Promise of Living” (The Blackest Crow, Appalachian Spring & The Promise of Living by Aaron Copland)
50 for 50 Day 12
Marian Catholic High School 2000
Chicago Heights, IL
“The Tragic Medusa” (music by Christopher Rouse, including Curse and Transfiguration, Meditation and Insanity, Rage and Renewal)
50 for 50 Day 13
“The Tragic Medusa” (music by Christopher Rouse, including Curse and Transfiguration, Meditation and Insanity, Rage and Renewal)
50 for 50 Day 13
Tarpon Spings High School 2014
Tarpon Springs, FL
Man vs. Machine
50 for 50 Day 14
Man vs. Machine
50 for 50 Day 14
Avon High School 2008
Avon, IN
“Mass-IV-e In Four Movements” (Critical Mass, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mass Media, Mass Exodus)
50 for 50 Day 15
“Mass-IV-e In Four Movements” (Critical Mass, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Mass Media, Mass Exodus)
50 for 50 Day 15
Kiski Area High School 1991
Vandergrift, PA
“The Music of the Beatles” (Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, Yesterday,
Get Back)
50 for 50 Day 16
“The Music of the Beatles” (Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, Yesterday,
Get Back)
50 for 50 Day 16
Sylva-Webster High School 1979
Sylva, NC
Russian Easter Music, Calypso, Mean Ole Lion/Ease on Down the Road, I’m in a Dancin’ Mood, Somewhere Over the Rainbow
50 for 50 Day 17
Russian Easter Music, Calypso, Mean Ole Lion/Ease on Down the Road, I’m in a Dancin’ Mood, Somewhere Over the Rainbow
50 for 50 Day 17
Centerville High School 1992
Centerville, OH
Music from “Tower of Power” – Down to the Night Club, You’re Still A Young Man, What Is Hip?
50 for 50 Day 18
Music from “Tower of Power” – Down to the Night Club, You’re Still A Young Man, What Is Hip?
50 for 50 Day 18
Hebron High School 2021
Carrollton, TX
“Penstriped” (music of Ottorino Respighi, Thomas Bergersen, James Newton Howard, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Simon, Frank Ticheli, Michael Martin, Dave Glyde, Kevin Ronan, Zach Houston)
50 for 50 Day 19
“Penstriped” (music of Ottorino Respighi, Thomas Bergersen, James Newton Howard, Astor Piazzolla, Carlos Simon, Frank Ticheli, Michael Martin, Dave Glyde, Kevin Ronan, Zach Houston)
50 for 50 Day 19
Chesterton High School 1981
Chesterton, IN
Verdi’s Requiem, Night and Day, If You Believe/Somewhere Over the Rainbow
50 for 50 Day 20
Verdi’s Requiem, Night and Day, If You Believe/Somewhere Over the Rainbow
50 for 50 Day 20
Wando High School 2018
Mt. Pleasant, SC
“By a Thread” -Inspired by the works of Alexander Calder
50 for 50 Day 21
“By a Thread” -Inspired by the works of Alexander Calder
50 for 50 Day 21
Vandegrift High School 2019
Austin, TX
“Aria, Queen of the Night” (Aria from the Magic Flute by Mozart, Dies Irae & Lacrimosa from Requiem in D minor by Mozart, Overture to Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Vienna Nights by Wilby)
50 for 50 Day 22
“Aria, Queen of the Night” (Aria from the Magic Flute by Mozart, Dies Irae & Lacrimosa from Requiem in D minor by Mozart, Overture to Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Vienna Nights by Wilby)
50 for 50 Day 22
Jackson Academy 1993
Jackson, MS
The music of Pat Matheny – See the World, In Her Family Minuano
50 for 50 Day 23
The music of Pat Matheny – See the World, In Her Family Minuano
50 for 50 Day 23
Claudia Taylor Johnson High School 2017
San Antonio, TX
“…the Forest through the Trees” (Under the Sun by Paul Winter, Puma by Full Circle, Brazil by Aquarela do Brasil, 5-5-7 by Pat Metheny, Hallelujah by Cohen, Medea’s Dance of Vengeance by Barber, Rainforest by Chambers)
50 for 50 Day 24
“…the Forest through the Trees” (Under the Sun by Paul Winter, Puma by Full Circle, Brazil by Aquarela do Brasil, 5-5-7 by Pat Metheny, Hallelujah by Cohen, Medea’s Dance of Vengeance by Barber, Rainforest by Chambers)
50 for 50 Day 24
Carmel High School 2005
Carmel, IN
Suspended Symbols
50 for 50 Day 25
Suspended Symbols
50 for 50 Day 25
Mustang High School 2021
Mustang, OK
2021
“Shark World” (The Water Goblin & Symphony No 9 by Dvorak)
50 for 50 Day 26
2021
“Shark World” (The Water Goblin & Symphony No 9 by Dvorak)
50 for 50 Day 26
Ben Davis High School 1983
Indianapolis, IN
English Dances, Inner Crisis, Music for Hamlet
50 for 50 Day 27
English Dances, Inner Crisis, Music for Hamlet
50 for 50 Day 27
Flushing High School 1979
Flushing, MI
Epiphany in the Plazza, Novannaa, My Favorite Things, Pineapple Rag, Russian Easter Overture
50 for 50 Day 28
Epiphany in the Plazza, Novannaa, My Favorite Things, Pineapple Rag, Russian Easter Overture
50 for 50 Day 28
The Woodlands High School 2013
The Woodlands, TX
Crossing Boundaries
50 for 50 Day 29
Crossing Boundaries
50 for 50 Day 29
Etiwanda High School 1999
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Pure Imagination: Aquarium, Do Not Go Gently, Pure Imagination, Epilogue
50 for 50 Day 30
Pure Imagination: Aquarium, Do Not Go Gently, Pure Imagination, Epilogue
50 for 50 Day 30
Blue Springs High School 2024
Blue Springs, MO
“Variations” (Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy)
50 for 50 Day 31
“Variations” (Clair De Lune by Claude Debussy)
50 for 50 Day 31
Bellbrook High School 2000
Bellbrook, OH
“Tyranny of the Clock” (Fanfare, Mechanism, Clock Workship, Busy Lives, Regrets, Killing of the Clock)
50 for 50 Day 32
“Tyranny of the Clock” (Fanfare, Mechanism, Clock Workship, Busy Lives, Regrets, Killing of the Clock)
50 for 50 Day 32
Marian Catholic High School 1985
Chicago Heights, IL
Petroushka, A Little Minor Booze/Nutville, Pie Jesu
50 for 50 Day 33
Petroushka, A Little Minor Booze/Nutville, Pie Jesu
50 for 50 Day 33
Westfield High School 2003
Houston, TX
“Because We Are…” (including Virtuosity, Style, Rhythm, Color, Creativity)
50 for 50 Day 34
“Because We Are…” (including Virtuosity, Style, Rhythm, Color, Creativity)
50 for 50 Day 34
Adair County High School 2005
Columbia, KY
“Evolutions” (1. Rhythm, 2. Melody, 3. Dynamics, 4. Medea)
50 for 50 Day 35
“Evolutions” (1. Rhythm, 2. Melody, 3. Dynamics, 4. Medea)
50 for 50 Day 35
Castle High School 2016
Newburgh, IN
“A Siren’s Song” (Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, Gravity, Wine Dark Sea)
50 for 50 Day 36
“A Siren’s Song” (Medea’s Dance of Vengeance, Gravity, Wine Dark Sea)
50 for 50 Day 36
Lake Park High School 1996
Roselle, IL
Vesi la Giubba, The Overture to Pique Dame, Tarantella “La Danza”, Nessun Dorma
50 for 50 Day 37
Vesi la Giubba, The Overture to Pique Dame, Tarantella “La Danza”, Nessun Dorma
50 for 50 Day 37
Stephen F. Austin High School 2004
Sugar Land, TX
“Ballet for Martha” (Appalachian Spring)
50 for 50 Day 38
“Ballet for Martha” (Appalachian Spring)
50 for 50 Day 38
Norwin Senior High School 1982
North Huntington, PA
Chimes Festival, Spain, Threshold, Goin’ the Distance
50 for 50 Day 39
Chimes Festival, Spain, Threshold, Goin’ the Distance
50 for 50 Day 39
L.D. Bell High School 2007
Hurst, TX
“TRANSCENDents” (Pan’s Labyrinth by Javier Navarrete, Variations for Winds, Strings & Keyboards by Steve Reich, Eric Whitacre’s Light of Gold)
50 for 50 Day 40
“TRANSCENDents” (Pan’s Labyrinth by Javier Navarrete, Variations for Winds, Strings & Keyboards by Steve Reich, Eric Whitacre’s Light of Gold)
50 for 50 Day 40
Kennesaw Mountain High School 2004
Kennesaw, GA
“Evolution”
50 for 50 Day 41
American Fork High School 2024
American Fork, UT
“Spot On” (Flying by Cody Fry, I Hear A Symphony by Cody Fry, Golden by Cody Wong, String Concerto No 4 by Bella Bartok)
50 for 50 Day 42
“Spot On” (Flying by Cody Fry, I Hear A Symphony by Cody Fry, Golden by Cody Wong, String Concerto No 4 by Bella Bartok)
50 for 50 Day 42
Broken Arrow High School 2021
Broken Arrow, OK
“The Edge of Eternity”
50 for 50 Day 43
“The Edge of Eternity”
50 for 50 Day 43
Westerville South High School 1994
Westerville, OH
Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam Dresden”
50 for 50 Day 44
Symphony No. 1 “In Memoriam Dresden”
50 for 50 Day 44
West Genesee High School 1986
Camillus, NY
Overture to a New Era, Charter Jazz Suite, Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
50 for 50 Day 45
Center Grove High School 1995
Greenwood, IN
The Adventure Zone (an arrangement of excerpts from original concert pieces by Steven Melillo)
50 for 50 Day 46
The Adventure Zone (an arrangement of excerpts from original concert pieces by Steven Melillo)
50 for 50 Day 46
Northmont High School 2000
Clayton, OH
Carpe Diem
50 for 50 Day 47
Carpe Diem
50 for 50 Day 47
Marcus High School 2009
Marcus High School
Flower Mound, TX
2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
50 for 50 Day 48
Flower Mound, TX
2009
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
50 for 50 Day 48
Murray High School 1977
Murray High School
Murray, KY
1977
Crown Imperial, If (by Bread), Slaughter on 10th Avenue, Drum Solo, Cathedral Chorus from Russian Christmas Music, MacArthur Park, The Way We Were
50 for 50 – Day 49
This video features the Murray High School Band’s performance at the Festival of Champions, held at Murray State University in October 1976. The performance includes many of the same musical selections and much of the same band personnel that would go on to represent Murray High School at the Marching Bands of America Summer Nationals the following June, video of which is missing from Music for All’s archives. Visit the video on youtube for more details.
Avon High School 2024
Avon, IN
2024
“Mondriesque” (Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed)
50 for 50 Day 50
2024
“Mondriesque” (Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed)
50 for 50 Day 50