The Marcus High School Band currently has 4 concert ensembles: The Wind Symphony, The Symphonic Band, The Concert Band, and the Varsity Band. All bands prepare several concerts throughout the concert season, compete at Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) Concert and Sight-Reading Contests, and send students to audition for All-Region Band. Several students each year advance to Area auditions, and eventually become part of one of the Texas All-State Bands or Orchestras, which perform during the Texas Music Educator's Association (TMEA) Conference in February of each year in San Antonio, Texas.
2007 Concert and Sightreading Repertoire
Ensembles
Wind Symphony
Amanda Drinkwater, Conductor1. The Purple Pageant - Karl King
2. Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger / ed. Fennel
3. Roman Carnival Overture - Hector Berlioz/ trans. Godfrey
Symphonic Band
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. Divertimento for Band, Op. 42 - Vincent Persichetti
I. Prologue
III. Dance
IV. Burlesque
VI. March
2. Be Thou My Vision - David Gillingham
3. First Suite in Eb - Gustav Holst
III. March
Concert Band
David Simon, Conductor1. La Banda Nascente - B. Sbraccia
2. English Country Settings - Pierre LaPlante
3. Heatherwood Portrait - James Barnes
Varsity Band
Dominic Talanca, Conductor1. Monterey March - Pierre LaPlant
2. Abracadabra - Frank Ticheli
3. Blue Ridge Saga - James Swearingen
2010 Marcus High School Band.