Torrington High School Music Department Concert Archives

Farewell Concert Class of 2007 - Tuesday May 29, 2007 - Warner Theater 

Chamber Choir - Mrs. Lynn Morin

Jazz Ensemble - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Orchestra - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Concert Choir - Mrs. Lynn Morin 

Symphonic Band - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Combined Choirs - Mrs. Lynn Morin

A Night of Jazz - TMS/THS/Central Conn. State University Jazz Ensembles - March 27, 2007 -TMS

TMS Jazz Ensemble - Mr. Dan Hodgkins

Central Conn. State Univ. Jazz Ensemble Dr. Carl Knox

THS Jazz Ensemble - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Music In Our Schools Month Concert - Orchestra/Choirs - March 13, 2007 - TMS

Orchestra - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Concert Choir - Mrs Lynn Morin

TMS/THS Combined Choirs
6^th grade Choir Director –Cheryl Casola 
 7^th & 8^thgrade Choir Director – Doreen Page

Chamber Choir- Mrs. Lynn Morin

Music In Out Schools Month Concert - Jazz Ensemble/Symphonic Band - March 1, 2007 - THS

TMS Jazz Ensemble - Mr. Dan Hodgkins

Combined TMS/THS Jazz Ensembles

Symphonic Band - Mr. Matthew Bell - Conductor
Student Teacher HARTT School of Music

THS Jazz Ensemble - Mr. Wayne Splettstoeszer

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series 2004
Thursday March 4, 2004
7:30pm Torrington Middle School

Torrington Middle School Jazz Ensemble - Dan Hodgkins-Director
Freddie Freeloader
St. Thomas
When I Fall in Love
C Jam Blues

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer-Director 
Kicks and Licks, Howard Rowe
I Remember Clifford, arr. Vax
In The Mood, arr. Tyzik

Combined THS and TMS Jazz Ensembles
Take the A Train, arr. Barrett

Percussion Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer-Director 
Stinkin Garbage, Ed Aregenziano

Symphonic Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer- Director 
Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual, Robert W.Smith
A Symphonic Prelude, Alfred Reed
Chorale and Shaker Dance II, John Zdechlik

Combined Symphonic Band and TMS 8th Grade Band Members
The Washington Post March, John Philip Sousa

Winter Concert December 11, 2003
7:30pm Torrington Middle School

Concert Choir - Arthur Hernandez- Director 
Ah, Bleak and Chill the Wintry Wind, Caroling, Caroling, Alfred Burt
Gloria, Jubillate, W.A. Mozart
He Watching Over Israel, Mendelssohn
The Shepherd's Carol, William Billings

Select Choir - Arthur Hernandez-Director 
A Medieval Christmas festival, arr. Audrey Synder
Snow, Audrey Synder, Text by Longfellow

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer- Director 
Pots and Pans, David Berger
My Ship, Weill, arr. Strommen
The Chicken, Ellis, arr. Berg

String Orchestra - Arthur Hernandez-Director
Double Concerto for String Orchestra, Antonio Vivaldi
Pagodos, Richard Meyer
Girl With the Flaxen Hair, Debussy
The Christmas Song, Mel Torme and Robert Wells
Russian Easter Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov

Symphonic Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
On Eagle's Wings, Robert W. Smith
Ye Banks and Braes O Bonnie Doon, Grainger
Russian Christmas Music, Alfred Reed, arr. Curnow
Under The Double Eagle March, Wagner

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series 2003

Wednesday March 26, 2003 7:30pm Torrington Middle School
Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer, Director
Groovin Hard - Don Menza, arr. Barduhn
I Remember Clifford - arr. Mike Vax
Copy Cat - Jack Feierman
Send in the clowns - Sondheim, arr. Wolpe
Bill Bailey's Back - Peter Blair

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer, Director
Washington Post March - John Philip Sousa
Where Never Lark Nor Eagle Flew - James Curnow
Just A Closer Walk With Thee - arr. Don Gills
Canticle of the Creatures - James Curnow
I. Prologue
V. Mother Earth
VI. Epilogue
Shenandoah - Frank Tichelli
*Honor Band March - Ernest Weber
Combined with TMS 8th Grade Band

Tuesday March 25, 2003 - 7:30pm Torrington Middle School
Concert Choir - Arthur Hernandez, Director
Geographical Fugue - Ernst Toch (1887-1964)
April is in Her Lovely Face - Thomas Morley (1557-1603)
Lacrymosa, No.7 from the "Requiem" - W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Neighbor's Chorus from the comic opera "La jolie Parfumeuse" - Jaques Offenbach
Excerpts from: The Sound of Music - Rodgers and Hammerstein
The Sound of Music - Broadway Selections:  To be announced

Winter Concert December 12, 2002 - 7:30pm Torrington Middle School
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Concert Choir - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Ah, Bleak and Chill the Windry Wind - Alfred Burt
Caroling, Caroling - Alfred Burt
Alleluia - Randall Thompson
Glorious is the Lord Almighty - Franz Joseph Haydn
Inch Worm - Frank Loesser
Ho Ho - Ray Charles

String Orchestra - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Canzona Per Sonare #4 - Giovanni Gabriell
Moorish Fantasy - Johan Caponegro
Nimrod - Edward Elgar
Danza Atico - Elliot Del Borgo
Tango - Issac Albeniz
Hanukkah Holiday - arr. John Caponegro
Sleigh Ride - arr. Samuel Applebaum

Select Choir - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Pat-A-Pan - arr. Maurice Gardner
Carol of the Drums -

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Fate of the Gods - Steven Reineke
On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason - David Holsinger
March 1941 - John Williams

Farewell Concert - THS Music Class of 2002, May 2002 -7:30pm  Torrington High School Gym
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Concert Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director
Gloria - Vivaldi

String Orchestra - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Johannes Brahms
Variations on the Famous Paganini 24th Caprice - arr. Harry Alshin
Air for Strings - Norman Dello Joio
Themes from Walt Disney's Fantasia - arr. James Curnow
Selections from the Phantom of the Opera - arr. Calvin Custer

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Jersey Bounce - arr. Sammy Nestico
Just Friends - arr. Joe Jackson
Swing Swing Swing - from the Motion Picture 1941 - arr. Mark Taylor

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
The Connecticut March - Nassann
Second Suite in F for Military Band - Holst
Those In Peril on The Sea - Glover

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series  - Wednesday March 27, 2002
7:30pm Torrington High School 

Concert Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director
The Road Not Taken - Randall Thompson
Come Again - John Dowland
O eyes of my beloved - Orlando di Lasso
Cindy - arr. Paul Creston
The Turtle Dove - arr. R Vaughan Williams

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
A Little Minor Booze - Willie Maiden
Grill 'N Chill - Doug Beach
Moten Swing - arr. Matteson
Brass Machine - Mark Taylor

Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts Big Band - Nutmeg Conservatory -  Torrington, Connecticut
Keith Wilson - Director
Program was announced

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series - Friday March 22, 2002
7:30pm Torrington Middle School
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String Orchestra - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Orchestra Quartet, Op.4. First Movement - Carl Stamitz
Concerto Grosso X. Op.6. No. 10 - G.F. Handel
I. Overture (No pause)
II. Allegro
III. Air
IV. Allegro Moderato
V. Allegro
Pavane (Pour une Infante Definte) - Maurice Ravel
Danny Boy - Old Irish Air
THe Hallelujah Chorus from, "The Messiah" - G.F. Handel

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
National Emblem March - E.E. Bagley
In A Gentile Rain, from the Willson Suite - Robert W. Smith
Children's March "Over the hills and far away" - Percy Grainger
Andante Cantabile, Variation XVIII, from Paganini Varations - Rachmaninoff, arr. Custer
Symphony No. 1, The Lord of the Rings - Johan de Meij, arr. Lavender
Americans We - Henry Fillmore

Winter Concert Thursday December 13, 2001
7:30pm Torrington Middle School
Dedicated to the memory of Mr. David H. Wheeler 1924-2001 Torrington High School Music Teacher  1959-1980
Select Choir - Christian Markkanen  Director

Concert Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director

String Orchestra - Arthur Hernandez - Director
Drifen - Shirl Jae Atwell
Fantasia on Gleensleeves - R. Vaughan Williams
Aboringinal Rituals - Elliot Del Borgo

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series - March 14, 2001
7:30pm Torrington High School

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Woody Herman
I Remember Clifford - arr. Nestico
C-Jam Blues - arr. Wolpe
In The Mood - Garland
Orange Sherbert - Nestico

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series - March 9, 2001
7:30pm Torrington Middle School

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Variations on a Korean Folk Song - Chance
An American Elegy - Tichelli
Them Basses - Huffine

Farewell Concert THS Class of 2000- Friday May 19, 2000
7:30pm Torrington Middle School

Select Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director
Bless the Lord, O My Soul - arr. Roepper
Too Many Shadows - arr. Gil Robbins
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - arr. DeCormier
For All We Know - Dave Cross

Concert Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director
Jazz Gloria - Natalie Sleeth
He, Watching Over Island - Mendelssohn
The Water is Wide - arr. Grier
Witness - arr. Emerson

Winter Concert Friday December 15, 2000
7:30pm Torrington Middle School

String Orchestra - Michael Menapace - Director
Ceremonial March - Mozart
Sonaten No. 8 op. 13 Pathetique - Beethoven
II. Adagio Cantabile
Hungarian Dance No. 4 - Brahms
Hungarian Dance No. 5 - Brahms

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Orange Sherbert - Nestico
Granada Smoothie - Mark Taylor
In The Mood - Garland

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Coventry Carol/Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring - arr. Custer
Yorkshire Ballad - Barnes
The Light Eternal - Swearningen

Winter Concert December 17, 1999
7:30pm - Torrington Middle School

String Orchestra - Michael Menapace - Director
Modus a 4 (1997) - Atwell Shirl Jae
Tower Music for Strings - arr. Hall, Percy
I Intrada - Johan Pezel
II Sarabande - Johan Pezel
III. The Benchsingers - Anonymous
Polka - Weinberger, Jaromir

Concert Choir - Christian Markkanen - Director
The Boar's Head Carol - Anonymous
Anvil Chorus - Verdi, Giuseppe
In The Bleak Midwinter - Gustav Holst

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Every Time It Happens - Eshelman
My Ship - Strommen
Heatseeker - Clark

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
El Capitian - John Philip Sousa
The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Grainger
Into the Raging River - Steven Reineke

String Orchestra - Michael Menapace - Director
Suite in G Major "Don Quixote" - G.P. Telemann
Overture: Maestoso-Allegro
Don Quixote Erwachen
Sein Angriff auf die Windmuhlen
Die Liebesseufzer nach der Prinzessin Dulcinee
Der geprellte Sancho Pansa
Don Quixote Ruhe
Double Eagle Polka - R. Wagner

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Blue Birdland - M. Ferguson
St. Louis Blues - G.Miller
Sportin A Tude - Jeff Jarvis

Concert Band - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Karl King
Salvation is Created - Tschesnokcy
Chorale and Shaker Dance - Zedechlik

We Sing with Delight - H. Purcell
Down By the Sally Gardens - arr. Spevacek
Danny Boy - Irish Folk Song
Shule Aroon - Irish Folk Song
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier - arr. DeCormier
An Irish Blessing - Traditional Irish

Music In Our Schools Month Concert March 1999
7:30pm Torrington High School

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Sweetie Pie - Sebesky
88 Basie Street - Nestico
Rachael - Nestico
A Night In Tunisa - Nestico

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series "A Night of Jazz"
Tuesday March 17, 1998
7:30pm Torrington High School

Jazz Ensemble - Wayne Splettstoeszer - Director
Dancing Men - Lababera
My Ship - Strommen
Footpath Cafe - M. Ferguson
Always and Forever - P. Methany
Granada Smoothie - Taylor
Four - arr. Barduhn

Music In Our Schools Month Concert Series
Wednesday March 11, 1998
7:30pm Torrington High School

Concert Choir - Michael Menapace - Director
Exsultate Justi - arr. Perry
At the River - Jacobson
Hallelu, I Feel the Spirit - arr. Hart
They Can't Take That Away From Me - Gershwin