Grand National Championships, presented by Yamaha
BAND PROGRAM INFORMATION: SEMI-FINALS
November 13-15, 2025 - Indianapolis, IN
This document is provided to our adjudicators as we no longer print program books at our regional championships. It is listed in prelims performance order as of a few days prior to the show. However, performance orders can change. Please take great care to be certain that you are referencing the correct band program information for the correct performance. If information is missing for a participating group, visit the online spectator guide for this show at marching.musicforall.org/schedule.
Carroll H.S., IN
Fort Wayne, IN
Director(s): Doug Hassell
Drum Major(s): Natalie Gerber*, Madeleine Bappert*, Sarah Ogle*, and Elliana Meyer
Repertoire: Frozen Reign
Musical Selections Include: "A Time of Quiet between the Storms" by Hans Zimmer; "The Hanging Tree" by James Newtwon Howard; and Original Music by Alex Yoder
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Southmoore H.S., OK
Moore, OK
Director(s): Adam Mewhorter
Drum Major(s): Nathan Street, Peyton Abbott, and Faye Morris
Repertoire: Path to Promise
Musical Selections Include: "Flying Jewels" by James Michael David; "The Promise of Living" by Aaron Copland; and "Equilibrium" by Paul Lovatt-Cooper
Jenks H.S., OK
Jenks, OK
Director(s): Kenny Martin
Drum Major(s): Diana Arguello, Cooper Knox, Emily Taylor, and Molly Trout
Repertoire: All Boundaries Are Conventions
Musical Selections Include: "The Children’s Hour of Dream" by The Mingus Big Band; "Singularity" by Black Math; "I Can’t Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt; and "Night Steam" by Michael Daugherty
Center Grove H.S., IN
Greenwood, IN
Director(s): Reggie Humphrey
Drum Major(s): Joshitha Neeli, Sarah Roach, and Corinne Schnepp
Repertoire: A Dream About Lightning Bugs
Musical Selections Include: Musical Selections by Ben Folds including Brick, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Movements I and III, The Luckiest, and Zak & Sara
Nation Ford H.S., SC
Fort Mill, SC
Director(s): Ray Linkous
Drum Major(s): Matthew Connell and Simon Franke
Repertoire: Out of the Blue
Musical Selections Include: "Roundabouts" by Time for Three; "American Symphony" by Adam Shoenberg; "Great Is Thy Faithfulness & How Great Thou Art" by American Traditionals; and "Simple Gifts" by Elder Joseph Brackett
Rockford H.S., MI
Rockford, MI
Director(s): Brian Phillips
Drum Major(s): Elise Clark*, Mia Helmholdt*, Nathan Parlmer*, and Xavier Parmenter*
Repertoire: Zellige
Musical Selections Include: "Deliver Us, from 'The Prince of Egypt'" by Stephen Schwartz; "Belly Dance, from Symphonic Dances" by Yosuke Fukuda; and "Hajj" by Stephen Melillo
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Southlake Carroll H.S., TX
Southlake, TX
Director(s): Ken Johnson
Drum Major(s): Mayli Reinke, Malak Almasry, Ryan Vu, Jackson Henderson, and Sophia Kidwell
Repertoire: Cordially Yours
Musical Selections Include: "Rhapsody on a Theme By Paganini, Op. 43" Sergei Rachmaninoff; "Gianni Schicchi" by Giacomo Puccini; "Oomp-Loompa" by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley; "Malaguena" by Ernesto Lecuona; "Channel One Suite" by Bill Reddie; "Fracas" by Randall Standridge; and "Death By Chocolate" Joby Talbot
Arlington H.S., TN
Arlington, TN
Director(s): Tim Simpson
Drum Major(s): Isabel Cantrell, Todd Littlewood, and Sean Profit
Repertoire: A Symphony Without End
Musical Selections Include: "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff; "Madea's Dance of Vengence" by Samuel Barber; "Barber of Seville" by GioachinovRossini; "Sweeney Todd" by Stephen Sondheim; "Dies Irae" by Giuseppe Verdi; "Symphony no. 9" by Ludwig van Beethoven; "Lacrimosa" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; "Piano Sonata no. 14" by Ludwig van Beethoven; "I Hear a Symphony" by Cody Fry; "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber; "1812 Overture" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky; and "William Tell Overture" by Gioachino Rossini
Wando H.S., SC
Mt Pleasant, SC
Director(s): Bobby Lambert, Lanie Radecke, and Matthew Kilby
Drum Major(s): Olivia O'Reilly*, Brian Shay*, Hanna Williams*, and Ben Snyder*
Repertoire: We Are Such Stuff
Musical Selections Include: "Gymnopedie No. 1" by Erik Satie; "Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "Dancer in the Dark" by Bjork; and "Poor Things" by Jerskin Fendrix
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Brownsburg H.S., IN
Brownsburg, IN
Director(s): Chris Kaflik and Ed Roush
Drum Major(s): Kierstyn Earnhart*, Daniel Flora*, Alan Mota Sanchez*, and Pheobee Schmidt-Rybak*
Repertoire: Make Our Garden Grow
Musical Selections Include: "Candide Suite" by Leonard Bernstein
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Round Rock H.S., TX
Round Rock, TX
Director(s): David Mobley
Drum Major(s): Madeline Morrison, David Le, Seungwan Son, and Chelsea Hartle
Repertoire: Spark of Imagination
Musical Selections Include: "March from Divertimento for Band" by Vincent Persichetti; Selections from "Mysterious Mountain" by Alan Hovhaness; "Don't Let the Moment Pass" by Alan Parsons; and Selections from "Prelude, Fugue and Riffs" by Leonard Bernstein
The Woodlands H.S., TX
The Woodlands, TX
Director(s): Carter Frederick
Drum Major(s): Amara Lewis, Talynn Park, Elizabeth Salinas, Amelie Le Gaspi, and Caroline Sullivan
Repertoire: Hi-Fi
Musical Selections Include: "Taking of Pelham 123" by David Shire; "The Breeze and I" by Esquivel; "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott; "Ebb Tide" by Robert Maxwell; "Bye Bye Blues" Esquivel; and Original Music by Wayne Downey
Fishers H.S., IN
Fishers, IN
Director(s): Chad Kohler
Drum Major(s): Kylie Steorts*, Carter Smith*, Leighton Vaughn*, Giselle Tran*, and Yuki Tanno*
Repertoire: Grin and Bear it
Musical Selections Include: "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison; "Like a Giant refreshed" by Clif Walker; "Francesca Da Rimini: Symphonic Fantasy After Dante, op. 32" by Tchaikovsky; and "The Pan Piper/Oh Prayer Dr. Jesus" by Gill Evans, Miles Davis
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Bentonville H.S., AR
Bentonville, AR
Director(s): Tim Hendrix
Drum Major(s): Mallory Compton, Aneeka Srivastava, Alice Tomlinson, Aspen Chapman, and Dasha Loganthan Mini
Repertoire: Sequ1nce
Musical Selections Include: "Improv #1" by Rosenberg, Szymanski, Glasper, Fung and Joseph; "Summer Rain" by Jacob Collier; "Divertimento" by Oliver Waespi; "Pink Soldiers" by Sungsoo Kim; and "The Witch from Mercury" by Takashi Ohmama
Flower Mound H.S., TX
Flower Mound, TX
Director(s): Brent Biskup
Drum Major(s): Evelyn Kim, Shalom Lee, Ethan Murray, Irene Park, and Krish Venkatesh
Repertoire: MultiFACEted - Explorations into the Cubist style of Pablo Picasso
Musical Selections Include: "Boreas" by Hirokazu Fukushima
Castle H.S., IN
Newburgh, IN
Director(s): Grant Winternheimer, Eric Obermeyer, and Nikki Miller
Drum Major(s): Sara Kroger, Ben Burkett, Ferris Baker, and Colin Pillsbury
Repertoire: Hello
Musical Selections Include: "Crystal Mountain" by Dave Glyde; "A Different Kind of Human" by Aurora; "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson; "Cycle Song" by Imogen Heap; and "Shofukan" by Snarky Puppy
Dobyns-Bennett H.S., TN
Kingsport, TN
Director(s): Lafe Cook
Drum Major(s): Mia McVey, Kerrington Slagle, Grant Smith, and Ezra Smith - Howard
Repertoire: Until Forever
Musical Selections Include: "Finale from Symphony for Orchestra and Organ" by Copland; "Prelude to Act 3 from Lohengrin" by Wagner; "Sabre Dance" by Khatchaturian; "Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral" by Wagner; and "Adagio from Spartacus" by Khatchaturian
O'Fallon Township H.S., IL
OFallon, IL
Director(s): Melissa Gustafson-Hinds
Drum Major(s): Logan Farmer, Zoë Hoffman, Alexis Aylor, Daniel Ellard, and Everett Creek
Repertoire: The Devine Deville...A Spot Of Madness
Musical Selections Include: "Festive Overture" by Dmitri Shostakovich; "Volcanic Ash" by Chris Evan Hass; "Coming Home" by Maurice Jarre; "Material Girl" by Peter Brown and Robert Rans; and "1923 Opus" by Brian Theodore Tyler
Homestead H.S., IN
Fort Wayne, IN
Director(s): Jordan Cain, Jason Witzigreuter, and Alec Shilling
Drum Major(s): Jonathan Coats*, Nia Byers*, Xavier Rowan*, Jacob Irvin*, and Anna Poswinski
Repertoire: Come As You Are
Musical Selections Include: "This Masquerade" by Leon Russell; "Come As You Are" by Kurt Cobain; and Original Music by Alex Yoder
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Blue Springs H.S., MO
Blue Springs, MO
Director(s): Tim Allshouse
Drum Major(s): Mason Booheister*
Repertoire: Graydiant
Musical Selections Include: "Mud Island Chase [from the Firm]" by Dave Grusin; "Daphnis et Chloe'" by Maurice Ravel; "Aguas da Amazonia" by Philip Glass; "Hatching" by Kris Bowers; and "Into the Fray" by Marc Streitenfeld
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Dripping Springs H.S., TX
Dripping Springs, TX
Director(s): Derek Woods
Drum Major(s): Isabella Verhulst, Brady Donahue, Grace Bertram, and Bella Hajari
Repertoire: Walala: Taking Joy Seriously
Musical Selections Include: "Serenity" by Ola Gjielo; "Orawa" by Wojciech Kilar; "Symphony in Three Movements" by Igor Stravinsky; "One Study One Summary" by Ioannis Psathas; and "Essentielles" by Ibrahim Maalof
Bartlett H.S., TN
Bartlett, TN
Director(s): Trevor Rundell
Drum Major(s): Christopher Chevalier, Katie Tilmon, and Chloe Mayer
Repertoire: Super(califragilistic) Suite
Musical Selections Include: "The Music of Mary Poppins" by Robert & Richard Sherman and "First Suite in E-falt" by Gustav Holst
William Mason H.S., OH
Mason, OH
Director(s): Jason Sleppy
Drum Major(s): Mazden Buckner, Mike Devassy, Henry Hornung, and Nicholas Pederson
Repertoire: The Regency
Musical Selections Include: "Stardust" by Ilan Eshkeri; "Symphony No. 1" by Sergei Prokofiev; "Molly on the Shore" by Percy Grainger; "Symphony No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninov; and "The Warriors" by Percy Grainger
Marcus H.S., TX
Flower Mound, TX
Director(s): Jeffrey D. Jones
Drum Major(s): Jack Malcom, Holt Laws, Chloe Lummus, and Kayla Grekstas
Repertoire: Chasing Utopia
Musical Selections Include: "Rubric" by Glass; "Floe" by Glass; "Two Symphonic Movements" by Nelhybel (Nelly-bell); "Music for 18 Musicians" by Reich; "Somewhere" by Bernstein; and "Impossible Dream" by Leigh and Darion
Ronald Reagan H.S., TX
San Antonio, TX
Director(s): Brett Nelson
Drum Major(s): Isaac Joo, Savanah Carper, Francesca Mossom, Laila Bondoc, and Bryson Bodenhamer
Repertoire: Not So Simple
Musical Selections Include: "Simple Gifts" by Joseph Brackett and "Not So Simple" by Aaron Guidry/Ray Ulibarri
Avon H.S., IN
Avon, IN
Director(s): Matt Harloff
Drum Major(s): Daniel Rieger, Avery McDavid*, Marissa Kenworthy*, Katie Kasten*, and Makayla Poland*
Repertoire: Axiom
Musical Selections Include: "The Axiom" by Thomas Newman; "The Hymn of Acxiom" by Shih Cynthia Yih; "Symphony No. 1" by Sergey Prokofiev; and "Maiden's Dance" by Sergei Prokofiev
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Lafayette H.S., KY
Lexington, KY
Director(s): Robert Dee Bishop
Drum Major(s): Ellery Brown, Lexi Borck, Addison Hillard, and Acadia Meyers
Repertoire: Sentience
Musical Selections Include: "Microchip" by Amin Bhatia; "Caliban" by Caroline Shaw; "Automata Requiem" by Zacarias De La Riva; "The Grid" by Tigran Hamasyan; "Mind Heist: The Birth of an Idea" by Zack Hemsey; and "Swarm from Matrix Resurrection" by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Donald Davis
Broken Arrow H.S., OK
Broken Arrow, OK
Director(s): Dr. Kelli Pence
Drum Major(s): RayShun Howard*, Faith Hutchings*, Titus Johnson*, and Angelie Sanchez*
Repertoire: A World at Play
Musical Selections Include: "DO NOT LIST" by DO NOT LIST
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
Carmel H.S., IN
Carmel, IN
Director(s): Chris Kreke
Drum Major(s): Mia Cline, Jayce Davis, Bella Gulden, Annabelle Inskeep, and Ansley Thornton
Repertoire: La Arena
Musical Selections Include: "L'Arena" by Ennio Morricone; "Adagio" by Joaquin Rodrigo; and "Malaguena" by Ernesto Lecuona
Jenison H.S., MI
Jenison, MI
Director(s): Dave Zamborsky
Drum Major(s): Jadon Busch, Devin Butler, and Dominic Gil
Repertoire: The Night Garden
Musical Selections Include: "The Night Window" by Thomas Newman; "Firefly" by Ryan George; "Firefly" by Nathan Daughtrey; and "The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms" by Michael Kamen
Murray H.S., KY
Murray, KY
Director(s): Tim Zeiss
Drum Major(s): Selvam Antony and Ethan Peng
Repertoire: From Dusk Till Dawn
Musical Selections Include: "Caves" by Cody Fry; Original Music by Matt Hightower; "House of the Rising Sun" by unknown; and "Survivor" by Destiny's Child
Morton H.S., IL
Morton, IL
Director(s): Andrew Empey and Katrina Fitzpatrick
Drum Major(s): Taylor Rice*, Rachel Clauson*, Gavin Bencher*, and Kylie Bulfer*
Repertoire: The Flip Side
Musical Selections Include: "Pompeii" by Bastille; "Welcome To the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance; "Cello Sonata in G" by Johann Sebastian Bach; "Both Sides Now" by Joni Mitchell; "Canon in D" by Johan Pachabel; "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi; and "Thunderstruck" by AC/DC
*Drum Major attended the 2025 Bands of America Summer Camp
South Jones H.S., MS
Ellisville, MS
Director(s): Brian Joyce
Drum Major(s): Annie Byrd, Makenna Bradley, and Jeb Banes
Repertoire: Chill
Musical Selections Include: "Shofukan" by Snarky Puppy; "Lose Control" by Teddy Swims; and "Lingus" by Snarky Puppy
Estill County H.S., KY
Irvine, KY
Director(s): Jason Bowles
Drum Major(s): Keileigh Richardson
Repertoire: HEX
Musical Selections Include: "Between Twilight" by Lindsey Stirling and Mark Maxwell; "I Put a Spell On You" by Jay Hawkins; "Glow" by Eric Whitacre; and "It Is Well With My Soul" by Phillip Bliss
Marian Catholic H.S., IL
Chicago Heights, IL
Director(s): Steven Pyter
Drum Major(s): Dylan Kleszczynski, Jayda Matthews, and Stephanie Solomon
Repertoire: Red Feathered Soul
Musical Selections Include: Music by Viet Cuong, Ennio Morricone, Michael Torke, and John Rutter
Lake Hamilton H.S., AR
Pearcy, AR
Director(s): Jon Shultz
Drum Major(s): Mollie Yearington, Audrey Rhodes, Connor Markish, and Soloman Ford
Repertoire: Leonardo - The Visionary
Musical Selections Include: "featuring the Music of Otto Schwarz, Robert W. Smith, Wayne Downey, Jeff Ausdemore, and Bryson Teel"