Published on Thursday, October 19, 2022. Information subject to change.
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6:00 PM – GATES OPEN
6:30 PM – National Anthem
Special On-Field Welcome
7:00 p.m. – Goshen High School, IN
7:15 p.m. – Centerville High School, OH
7:30 p.m. – Union High School, OK
7:45 p.m. – Lincoln-Way Community High School, IL
8:00 p.m. – Castle High School, IN
8:15 p.m. – Grain Valley High School, MO
8:30 p.m. – Lafayette High School, KY
8:45 p.m. – Jenks High School, OK
9:00 p.m. – Carmel High School, IN
9:15 p.m. – Avon High School, IN
9:30 p.m. – William Mason High School, OH
9:45 p.m. – Blue Springs High School, MO
10:00 p.m. – Brownsburg High School, IN
10:15 p.m. – Fishers High School, IN
10:30 p.m. – EXHIBITION Class A: Edgewood High School, IN
10:45 PM – FINALE – PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
7:30 AM – Box Office Opens
8:00 AM – STADIUM GATES OPEN
8:45 AM – Preliminary Competition Begins
11:00 AM – BREAK
11:30 AM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
2:00 PM – BREAK
2:15 PM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
4:45 PM – BREAK
5:00 PM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
7:45 PM – BREAK
8:00 PM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
11:00 PM – Friday Competition Concludes
6:15 AM – Box Office Opens
6:45 AM – STADIUM GATES OPEN
7:15 AM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
9:30 AM – BREAK
9:45 AM – Preliminary Competition Resumes
3:30 PM – Preliminary Competition Ends
Exhibition: Missouri State University Pride Marching Band
3:45 PM – PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
4:15 PM – Finalist Directors Meeting
Stadium Cleared and Dinner Break
6:00 PM – GATES OPEN
6:30 PM – National Anthem
Special On-Field Welcome
7:00 PM – First Performing Finalist Band
10:30 PM – Finals Competition Ends
Class Exhibition (If Needed)
10:45 PM – FINALE – PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
DIRECTOR: Debbie Burnell-Wise
REPERTOIRE: The Mad Maestro
REPERTOIRE: Into the Limelight
REPERTOIRE: Where the Clouds Dance
REPERTOIRE: Heart of Glass
DIRECTOR: Tyler Long
REPERTOIRE: Wabi Sabi
REPERTOIRE: Any Way the Wind Blows
REPERTOIRE: Godspeed!
REPERTOIRE: Nevermore
DIRECTOR: Bryen Warfield
DRUM MAJORS: Christopher Bay^, Nick Panozzo, Tim Rowan^, Elena Matyas^, and Cameron Elder^
REPERTOIRE: Wild As the Wind
DIRECTOR: Tim Cox
DRUM MAJORS: Kim Garcia, Keila Pimentel-Contreras, and Brayden Hartloff
REPERTOIRE: Key Change
REPERTOIRE: A Young Person’s Guide To A Farmer’s Life
REPERTOIRE: Modern Day Prometheus
DRUM MAJORS: Emma Huser^ and Jackson Muller^
REPERTOIRE: ILLUMINA: OUT OF DARKNESS
REPERTOIRE: Break Free
Musical selections include: “My Body Is a Cage,” “Liquid,” Main theme to “the Impossible”, Digging In the Dirt
REPERTOIRE:Vanished
Musical selections include: I. A Ghost Story II. Panic III.Ghost Dance IV. Last Breath V. Afterlife
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: Four Winds
Musical selections include: “North West East South” by Key Poulan
REPERTOIRE: Beyond the Starry Night
Musical selections include: “Vincent” by Don McLean; “True Colors” by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg; “Fete” from Noctures by Claude Debussy; “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” by Richard Wagner
DIRECTOR: Andrew Muth
REPERTOIRE: The Dark Horse
Musical selections include: “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry; “Aha!” by Imogen Heap; “Heroes” by David Bowie; “Symphony no. 4” by Philip Glass
REPERTOIRE: Gathering Green
Musical selections include: “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Harburg, Arlen; “Impetuosomente (from Pampeana No. 3) Op.24” by Ginastera; “Fields of Gold” by Gordon Sumner; “I Can’t Make You Love Me” by Shamblin, Reid; “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18” by Rachmaninoff
REPERTOIRE: A Million Dreams “for the world we’re gonna make”
Musical selections include: “A Million Dreams” from the Greatest Showman by Zaifman, Jackman, Williams; “Kingfishers Catch Fire Mvt. II” by John Mackey; “We Go On” by Don Dorsey
Warren Central High School
Indianapolis, IN
DIRECTOR: Ed Meckes
DRUM MAJOR: Jesus Aguayo
REPERTOIRE: The Elephant in the Room
Musical selections include: “Mind Heist” by Zack Hemsey; “Agent of Chaos” (from The Dark Knight) by James Newton Howard; “Westward” by Joshua Talbot; “Reflections of Earth by Gavin Greenaway
REPERTOIRE: Juno
Musical selections include: Original music by John Fannin and Joshua Powell
REPERTOIRE: Once Upon A Nightmare
Musical selections include: “Morning Mood” by Edvard Grieg; “Once Upon A Dream” by Maleficent Cast; “Dies Irae” by Giuseppe Verdi; “160 BPM” by Hans Zimmer
REPERTOIRE: Where there is Shadow…
Musical selections include: “Starvation” by Thomas Bergersen; “Black Hole Sun” by Chris Cornell
REPERTOIRE: Mors Musicae
Musical selections include: “Funeral For a Friend” by Elton John; “As the World Caves In” by Matt Maltese; “The Awakening” by Joseph Martin; “Tomorrow’s Dream Reimagined” by Eric Obermeyer
REPERTOIRE: “X”
Musical selections include: Original Composition by Key Poulan:
I. X-Clamation & X-Celeration
II. X-Haustion
III. X-Aggeration, X-Otic & X-Plosion
REPERTOIRE: The Count
Musical selections include: The music of Stephen Melillo, Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar, Three Dog Night, Cindy McTee, Michael Martin and Dave Glyde
REPERTOIRE: City Lights
Musical selections include: “Sensemaya” by Silvestre Revueltas; “Red Cape Tango” by Michael Daugherty; “Urban Dances” by Richard Danielpour
REPERTOIRE: Celestial Sky
Musical selections include: “Jupiter” from the planets by Holst; “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven; “Peer Gynt Suite: Morning Mood” by Grieg; “It is well with my soul” by Bliss
REPERTOIRE: Things That Go Bump In The Night
Musical selections include: “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven; “Toccata in D Minor” by Bach; The Main Theme from “The Corpse Bride” by Danny Elfman; “Danse Macabre” by Saint Saen; “Once Upon a December” by Liz Callaway; “Totentanz” by Liszt; “Piano Sonata No. 2” by Saint Saen
REPERTOIRE: HEAVY METAL!
Musical selections include: “Doomed” by Bring Me the Horizon; “Iron Foundry” by Alexander Mosolov; “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath; “Home Sweet Home” and Kickstart My Heart” by Motley Crue
REPERTOIRE: The Learning Curve
Musical selections include:
I. Correlation
II. Progress
III. Consequence
IV. Awareness
DIRECTOR: Terry Burton
REPERTOIRE: “Fire Within”
DIRECTOR: Dominic Thompson
REPERTOIRE: En Francais
REPERTOIRE: Cirque Noir
Musical selections include: “Come One, Come All;” “Under the Big Top;” “Death Defying Acts”
REPERTOIRE: “Is Anybody Out There?”
Musical selections include: “Is Anybody Out There;” “The Children of Gaia;” “All By Myself;” “joyRide”
REPERTOIRE: Life is Sweet
Musical selections include: “Underground” by Cody Glen Fry; “Candyman” by C. Aguilera, L. Perry; “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies” by Tchaikovsky; “Sweet Dreams” by David Allen Stewart, Annie Lennox
REPERTOIRE: Double Vision
Musical selections include: “Einstein on the Beach” by Phillip Glass; “A Beautiful Mind” by James Horner; “Mishima” by Phillip Glass
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: … Of Time
Musical selections include: “Fearful Symmetries” by John Adams; “Time to Say Goodbye” by Francesco Sartori; “160 BPM” by Hans Zimmer; “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” by Franke Previte
REPERTOIRE: The Uninvited
Musical selections include: “Uninvited” by Alanis Morissette; “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber; “Amen, Op. 35” by Henryk Gorecki; “Symphony No. 2” by Samuel Barber; “Dance Suite” by Bela Bartok; “Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance” by Samuel Barber
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: As The Crow Flies
Musical selections include: “The Unforgiven” by Metallica; “If I Only Had A Brain” by Harold Arlen; “Blackbird” by Paul McCartney & John Lennon; “Medea’s Dance of Vengeance” by Samuel Barber
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: What’s Inside…
Musical selections include: “The Cave You Fear” by Michael Markowski; “I Ran” by A Flock of Seagulls; “Confluence” by Richard Saucedo
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: The Name is Bond
Musical selections include: “Skyfall” by Adele; “GoldenEye” by Tina Turner ; “Writing’s on the Wall” by Sam Smith; “African Rundown” by David Arnold; James Bond Theme
REPERTOIRE: A.I-I.AM
Musical selections include: “Robo City Chase” by John Powell; “Human” by Christina Perri; “Edge of Tomorrowland” by Michael Giachinno
REPERTOIRE: Bloodlines
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: “The Art of Glass”
Musical selections include: Music of Philip Glass
REPERTOIRE: Vitruvian
Musical selections include: “Symphony No. 1” by Samuel Barber
REPERTOIRE: Skeletons in the Closet
Musical selections include: “Serenada Schizophrana” By Danny Elfman; “In the Hall of the Mountain King” by Edvard Grieg; “Secrets” by One Republic; “Demons” by Imagine Dragons.
REPERTOIRE: Lost Paridise Found
Musical selections include: “Inferno” by Robert W. Smith; “160 BPM” by Hans Zimmer; “Overture” by Bjork; “Joy” by Joseph Curiale
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
DIRECTOR: Michael Carpenter
REPERTOIRE: Glow
REPERTOIRE: Chasing Starlight
Musical selections include: “Apollo unleashed” by Frank Ticheli; “Little Girl Blue” by Janis Joplin; “Radiant Joy” by Steven Bryant
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: From the Ashes: The Fire Within
Musical selections include: “The Firebird” by Igor Stravinsky; “Danse Rituelle du Fue” by Manuel de Falla
REPERTOIRE: Cirqules
Musical selections include: Music selections from Cirque du Soleil; Incantation from “Quidam;” Love Dance from “Ka;” Distorted from “La Nouba”
REPERTOIRE: Wherefore Art Thou?
Musical selections include: “Symphony No.2 Movement 1” by Gustav Mahler; “Romeo and Juliet” by Pyotr Tchaikovsky; “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me” by Larry Groce; “No Time to Die” by Billy Eilish and Finneas O’Connell; “Itsy Bitsy Spider” by Traditional
REPERTOIRE: La Vie En Rose
REPERTOIRE: Nightmare of Horrors
Musical selections include: “Sweet Dreams” by Lennox Stewart; “Sonata in the Darkness” by Giacchino; “Uninvited” by Morissette; “Halloween Theme” by Carpenter, Davies
REPERTOIRE: A Common Thread
Musical selections include: “The Chosen” by Stephen Melillo; “Divertimento” by Roger Cichy, Harold Arlen; “And So It Goes” by Billy Joel
REPERTOIRE: Now Boarding
Musical selections include: “Origination;” “In the Airport;” “Take Off;” “Turbulence;” “Destination”
REPERTOIRE: Everest
Musical selections include: “Everest” by Andrew Markworth; “Hymn to a Blue Hour” by John Mackey; “Winds of Winter” by Ramin Djawadi
Todd County Central High School
Elkton, KY
DIRECTOR: Mike DiPasquale
REPERTOIRE: The Keys of Life
REPERTOIRE: ODYSSEY
Musical selections include: “Lady in the Water” by James Newton Howard; “Oceans” by Marcus Warner; “Piano Concerto in G Major, Op 36” by Howard Hanson; “He’s a Giant” by Two Steps from Hell
REPERTOIRE: What Goes Around…
Musical selections include: The music of Aaron Zigman, Alexandre Desplat, Joe Hisaishi, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Justin Timberlake, and Benoit Jutras.
REPERTOIRE: Ghost Train
Musical selections include: “Ghost Train” by Eric Whitacre
REPERTOIRE: The Call of the Grove
Musical selections include: “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” and “The Engulfed Cathedral” by Claude Debussy; “Dr. Gradus” by Maurice Ravel; “I Can’t Make you Love Me” by Allen Shamblin
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: Reap and Sow
Musical selections include: “Reap and Sow;” “Reaping Autumn Leaves;” “Harvest: Concert for Trombone”
REPERTOIRE: ZEBRA
Musical selections include: “Light Cavalry Overture” by Von Suppe; “Africa” by Toto; “Galop” by Dmitri Shostakovitch; “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry; “Nights in White Satin” by The Moody; “Blues Equus” by Eric Whitacre; “Rocky Point Holiday” by Ron Nelson
REPERTOIRE: Among The Clouds
Musical selections include: “To Tame the Perilous Skies,” “Into the Storm,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay,” “Sailing the Sky”
REPERTOIRE: It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green
Musical selections include: “Bein’ Green,” “Green,” “Grow Till Tall” and “No One Mourns the Wicked”
REPERTOIRE: Ancient Roots
Musical selections include: “Credo” by Mozart; “Tocatta and Fugue” by Bach; “Dies Irae” by Mozart; “Farandole” by Bizet; “Clair de Lune” by Debussy; “Blue Shades” by Frank Ticheli
REPERTOIRE: All the Lonely People…A Symphony for Eleanor
Musical selections include: “Yesterday,” “Come Together” and “Eleanor Rigby” by John Lennon & Paul McCartney; “I Hear A Symphony” by Cody Fry; “To Build A Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra
REPERTOIRE: “Beautiful Tragedy”
Musical selections include: “My Body is a Cage” by Peter Gabriel; “Hurt” by Nine Inch Nails
REPERTOIRE: Labyrinth
Musical selections include: A Kaleidoscope of Possibilities Pan’s Labyrinth Lullaby Enigma Variations
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: …(dots)…
REPERTOIRE: “Objectively Subjective”
Musical selections include: “Sunday in the Park with George” by Stephen Sondheim; “Green” by Michael Torke; “I Remember” by Deadmau5; “Wave Decay” by Chris Illingworth, Nick Blacka & Jon Scott; “Chiaroscuro” by Robert Sheldon
REPERTOIRE: On The Contrary
Musical selections include: “Symphonic Movement” by Vaclav Nehlybel; “The Rains of Castermere” by Ramin Djwadi; “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op 14” by Samuel Barber; “On the Contrary” by Donald Hill
REPERTOIRE: Gem City
Musical selections include: Original music arranged by Andrew Markworth, featuring: “Diamonds” as performed by Rihanna, “Diamonds are Forever” as performed by Shirley Bassey, “All Blues” by Miles Davis, “Ruby Baby” as performed by Donald Fagen, and “Home” from ‘The Wiz’ as performed by Dianna Ross.
REPERTOIRE: Where in the World is Inspector Gadget?
Musical selections include: “Selections from Carmen” by Georges Bizet; “Them” from Inspector Gadget by SHUKI LEVY & HAIM SABAN; “The Way” by Fastball
REPERTOIRE: From The Depths
Musical selections include: “Ode to Joy;” “Symphony No. 3;” “Smells Like Teen Spirit;” Original Music by Donald Hill
REPERTOIRE: Howl
Musical selections include: “Clair de Lune” by Debussy; “The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms” by Kamen; “Moon River;” “Hungry Like The Wolf” by Duran Duran
REPERTOIRE: The Chains That Bind
Musical selections include: “The Chain” by Fleetwood Mac; “Raging Machines” by Brian Balmages; “Unchained Melody” by The Righteous Brothers; “Separate Ways” by Journey.
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: Forever Young
Musical selections include: “Lost Boy” by Ruth B; “Becoming One With The People” by James Horner; “Children’s March (Over the Hills and Far Away)” by Percy Aldridge Grainger; “Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky; “No More Tears” by Ozzy Osbourne; “Forever Young” by Alphaville
^indicates participation in the 2022 Music for All Summer Symposium Drum Major Institute
REPERTOIRE: The Witching Hour
Musical selections include: Original Music by Matt Hightower Featuring “Heathens” by Tyler Joseph
REPERTOIRE: Pirates of The Lake
Musical selections include: “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven; “Requiem” by Mozart; “Turkish March” by Beethoven; “Sailing” by Christopher Cross
REPERTOIRE: All Wrapped Up
Musical selections include: “Lose Yourself” by Eminem; “Still D.R.E” by Dr. Dre; “Wrapped Around your Finger” by the Police; “Encore”
DIRECTOR: Dr. Brad Snow
REPERTOIRE: Buddy Meets Brubeck – the music of Buddy Rich and Dave Brubeck
Bands of America Championships are designed to be an educational experience for the participating bands, as well as exciting musical events for spectators. Our panel of respected adjudicators evaluates and offers constructive comments on every performance, to be used by the band directors as a guide for future improvement.
To carry out the difficult task of rating and ranking each band according to the Bands of America adjudication system, we have selected established experts in music education and the marching specialty.
Music
Mike Howard, Leander, TX
Jager Loyde, Round Rock, TX
Van Mathews, North Richland Hills, TX
Paul McGarr, Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Travis Moddison, Grants Pass, OR
Chester Phillips, Atlanta, GA
Greg Williams, Acworth, GA
Timothy Yontz, Fort Myers, FL
Visual
Lee Carlson, Palm Springs, CA
Marie Czapinski, Des Plaines, IL
Grag Llacer, Boxborough, MA
Randy Nelson, Jacksonville, FL
Juno Orefice, Wyoming, MI
Michael Turner, San Francisco, CA
Chief
John Phillips, Cape Coral, FL
Bands receive recorded evaluation and scoresheets from each judge. The emphasis is on the input the judge offers to the band’s program. It is the position of Bands of America that music is the more important aspect of the performance, with marching as the presentation and visual enhancement of the program. Likewise, greater emphasis is placed on general effect than on fine-line perfection of the performance.
The weight of the numbers places:
Each judge is assigned a specific area on which they focus: ensemble and general effect judges are located at a vantage point from above (e.g., press box), and individual performance judges are located on the field.
Who can enroll in Bands of America events?
Enrollment is open to all high school bands on a first-come, first-served basis.
How is performance order determined?
Preliminary performance times are scheduled based on a random draw. Applications received and paid for on or before January 31, 2022 were eligible for the initial draw, after which performance times are based on postmark of application, with earlier postmarks receiving the later performance times. The previous year’s Regional Champion has the option to choose its Prelims performance time. Finals performances are scheduled by a random draw on site.
How is classification determined?
Bands of America has a four-class system. Bands are assigned to classes based on the following enrollment levels (grades 10-12):
• Class A – 600 or fewer
• Class AA – 601 -1325
• Class AAA – 1326 -1850
• Class AAAA – 1851 or more
Per our commitment to re-evaluate the classification system, classification numbers are examined and reset every three (3) years by a procedure that considers the composition of Bands of America Championship participation using three years of data. The maximum enrollment number for Class A remains constant, while the enrollment levels for Classes AA, AAA, and AAAA are adjusted to levels (for the next three years) that would have established equal, cumulative numbers of participants in each class over the prior three (3) years. The current classification is set to begin with the Fall 2022 season, and the next reclassification will occur effective Fall 2025. For purposes of determining enrollment, your principal must certify enrollment and consider all those students in the grades 10-12 population as reported on fall State and/or FTE funding reports.
Why aren’t the classifications announced?
By nature, appreciation of arts requires subjective reactions. We do not announce or publish band classifications, before or during events. Our intention is to not draw attention to classification, to eliminate expectations of a band’s performance based on class, including those of the judges.
How are finalist bands selected?
The top 12 scoring bands, regardless of class, are invited to compete in the evening’s Regional Finals. For Indianapolis and St. Louis Super Regionals, the top 14 scoring bands, regardless of class, will advance to Finals. For the San Antonio Super Regional, the five highest scoring bands in each of the two Prelims judging panels, regardless of class, plus the next four highest scoring bands from both of the two Prelims, regardless of class, will advance to Finals. If a Class Champion is not among the highest scoring bands advancing to Finals, they will be invited to perform at Finals in exhibition.
Is electronic recording allowed in the stadium?
No video or audio recording is permitted in the stadium without the express written permission of Music for All, in advance of the event.
Camera Policy:
Any still camera (making film or digital still pictures) is allowed into and may be used from the spectator seating area of any venue, as long as it does not interfere with or disrupt the viewing experience of any other spectator. Family, friends, and fans may take still photos of BOA events for personal use only. The images may not be sold or otherwise distributed without the written permission of Music for All. Cameras (of any kind) may not be used on the field. People with field passes or name badges must go into the stands to take digital or film pictures. Tripods or other similar equipment that obstruct the view or path of travel of others in seating areas are not allowed.
Clear Bag Policy
Music for All encourages spectators to not bring bags into venues. Only clear bags and emergency bags will be permitted. Bag policies are effective to expedite entry into venues and provide additional safety. Spectators will be allowed to bring items such as cameras, provided they are not in cases that would violate the bag policy at that venue.
Thank you to Shortridge High School for serving as host of today’s championship. Shortridge High School volunteers are making today’s event happen! Thank you to Joe Lapka and Shortridge High School.
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