6

th
Grade Band
Cadet Band
Advanced Band
Jazz Band

Larson Middle School Gym
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
7:00 p.m.


Scott Crecelius, Director
Sixth Grade Band
First Rockin Christmas ...... John OReilly
Welcome Christmas. Arr. Douglas Wagner
Silent Night (featuring the 6
th
grade clarinet section)..... Arr. John Cacavas
Frosty the Snowman......... Arr. Michael Sweeney

Jazz Band
Fat Burger.................................... George Vincent
Oye Dude!.... arr. Victor Lopez
Nutcracker Swing.................. Tchaikovsky/arr. Story

* * *Brief intermission***
Please feel free to give to the Salvation Army at this time and after the concert
while select student ensembles play around the kettle.

Cadet Band
Atlantis Overture..John OReilly
Believe (from Polar Express)........Arr. Michael Story
Instant Christmas Spirit (just add band and stir) ...................... Brian Balmages

Advanced Band
The Sound of Music ........ arr. Johnnie Vinson
The Sound of Music, My Favorite Things, Do-Re-Me, Climb Every Mountain
The Nuts and Crackers Sweet ......... arr. David Shaffer
(North) Poled Over (featuring the Advanced Band percussion section)................Chris Brooks
The Polar Express (Medley)...... Silvestri/arr. Lavender


Combined Cadet & Advanced Bands
Sleigh Ride.. Leroy Anderson/Michael Story

Please feel free to give to the Salvation Army at this time
while select student ensembles play around the kettle.
Scott Crecelius, Director






































Alto Saxophone
Emily Ahlstrom
Sanjana Anil
Evie Roen
Sarah Whyte

Tenor Saxophone
Claudia Boozel
Abby Durham
Emily Mei
Joseph van der Harst
Daniel Zelenak

Baritone Saxophone
Scott Le Gwen











Trumpet
Alicia Bedford
Joshua Gale
John Mnatsakanov
Andrew Van Kampen
Rachel Van Proeyen
John Whyte

Trombone
Noah Alasin
Keegan Bezenah
Austin Lan

Piano
Andrew Beyer
Adam Blotske

Bass
Roberto Arkenburg

Drums
Sienna Fratila
Christina Grandy


Larson Jazz Band (8
th
grade)
SAVE THE DATE! Thursday, JANUARY 16, 2014 11am 9pm
25 % of all sales with a flyer or mentioning LARSON BANDS will go
toward the Advanced Band Music In The Parks Cedar Point trip in
May.
Rochester Road between Square Lake and South Boulevard (across from Ninos)
STATE HONORS BAND

This past October thousands of middle school instrumental music students from across the state of
Michigan auditioned for an opportunity to perform in the most prestigious honors band in the state,
The Michigan All-State Middle School Honors Band. From over 1000 students who auditioned,
only the top 100 are chosen as members of the All-State Band.
This year, Larson Middle School is proud to have one of its own band students accepted to perform
in this outstanding ensemble.

Congratulations to
Jacob Beyer, French horn (7
th
grade)
He will spend three days this coming January in Grand Rapids, Michigan rehearsing and performing
at the Michigan Music Conference.



6
th
GRADE BAND

Flute
Carly Aceves
Aarya Bhaskaran
Micayla Bishay
Patricia Bortz
Madi Fair
Kira Hegdal
Grace Joo
Christine Li
Miranda Mansour
Madison Maziasz
Aidan Nolan
Ella Summerhill
Ella Torres
Rachel White
Alexa Withun

Trumpet
Brennan Aceves
Sabrina Badia
John Calkins
Liam Carney
Paige Higley
Dominic Iaquinto
Collin Lucas
Osric Lum
Darshil Modi
Elizabeth Schwab
Donovan Sharp
Zachary Sinutko

French Horn
Julia Fry
Grace Harwood






Alto Saxophone
Kosta Bourkoulas
Taylor Colletti
Jenna Cronan
Dylan Nguyen
Fernando Segura
Justin Zaitouna

Clarinet
Daric Angelo
Veronica Ballios
Delaney Bezenah
Lauren Brown
Ella Cavellier
Chelsea Coeling
Caroline da Rocha
Nachiket Deshmukh
Christian Hausner
Dante Houseworth
Megan Litchfield
Natalie Matichuk
Ronak Mody
Angelina Nafso
Haley Sell
Zainab Taher
Yousif Yousif
Sam Zettell

Trombone
Nick Brownell
Aidan Haggarty
Hunor Illes
Donovan Pearson
Sohum Shah






Baritone
Maks Sidorowicz

Tuba
Uros Colovic

Percussion
Justin Clippard
Zeemaan Haque
Keegan Huls
Scott Huynh
Ryan Jourdan
Steven Lalik
Jessica Nieri
Rosemary Northcote
Nidhi Paragi
Manav Patel
Aanand Shah
Jerry Sultzbach
Richard Vagts
Brandon Weng






















FLUTE
Salma Abd Elhamid
Isabelle Boismier
Olivia Chow
Jenna Doyle *
Skyla Gebauer
Kayla Goddard
Corina Klippstein
Lara Kseri
Akila Nallabelli
Nikila Nallabelli

OBOE
Emily Shoales *

CLARINET
Rija Awan
Nadia Haimout
Nathan Oberer
Sarah Snider *
Shelby Sutherland
Jonathan Van Oyen
Eric Zhong






FLUTE
Madison Abdo
Emily Ahlstrom
Maiya Miller
Clarissa Plattenberg
Alexandra Rostkowycz
Agata Szewczuk
Jharna Tripathi
Christine Van Oyen
Sarah Whyte *

OBOE
Emily Mei
Joseph van der Harst *

ALTO SAXOPHONE
Cameron Havlish
Scott Le Gwen *
Davis Lee
Evie Roen

BASS CLARINET
Christian Aurand *

TENOR SAX
Kevin Arszylo
Adam Blotske *
Daniel Zelenak








ALTO SAXOPHONE
Sean Hendricks
Benjamin Nolan *
Colin Panoff
Dustin Ranek
Cameron Stokes
Emma Topacio

TENOR SAX
Brian Choi *

BARITONE SAX
Lane Ann Rumel *

FRENCH HORN
Jack Benavides *

TROMBONE
Lucas Le Pichouron *
Payton Ruff

BARITONE
Brian Engwall *





CLARINET
Sanjana Anil
Claudia Boozel *
Abby Durham
John Mnatsakanov
Anjana Pisupati
Anamaria Sirbu
Rachel Van Proeyen
Cristina Wallace

BASSOON
Yoon-Se Kim *

FRENCH HORN
Jacob Beyer *
Caleb Maher
Anthony Slawick
Colton Stark

BARITONE SAX
Chris Culp *
BARITONE
Clark Joslin *

TUBA
Denny He
Alyssa Miller
Jeffrey Tschirhart*








TRUMPET
Andrew Antosh
Spencer Aud
Bobby Birney *
Billy Ferris
Donovan Huls
Dylan Manos
Kaitlyn Randall
Josh Seifert
Zaan Strasser
Owen Taggart
Justin Ther
Jack Youngblood

TUBA
Jakob Krolik *

PERCUSSION
JuliAnna Curney
Jaxson Hotham *
Jarrod Moore
Ryan Savage
Matthew Sunne
* denotes section leader



TRUMPET
Alicia Bedford
Mason Di Biasi
Logan Frost
Joshua Gale
Collin Hahn
Adam Kniffin
Charlie Streetman
Andrew Van Kampen
John Whyte *

TROMBONE
Noah Alasin
Keegan Bezenah
Austin Lan *
Ellen Olis
Jimmy Young

PERCUSSION
Ben Bowles
Sienna Fratila *
Christina Grandy
Jacob Ther

* denotes section leader
denotes kettle ensemble
* * * * * * * * * ADVANCED BAND * * * * * * * *
*
* * * * * * * CADET BAND * * * * * * *


Future Events

Thursday, December 19th, 2013 Band Music Day (Wear FULL Uniform)
All Larson Bands, during school in AM Larson Gym

Thursday, JANUARY 16, 2014 11am 9pm
25 % of all sales with a flyer or mentioning LARSON BANDS
will go toward the Advanced Band Music In The Parks Cedar Point trip in May.
Rochester Road between Square Lake and South Boulevard (across from Ninos)

Sat. February 1st, 2014 Solo/Ensemble Festival
Selected 7
th
& 8
th
gr. students who have registered Rochester High School

Thursday, January 30
th
, 2014 Band Sponsored School Dance
All students please attend to support this fund raising Larson Gym/Caf afterschool

Thursday, February 13
th
, 2014 Midwinter Blast Concert
6th Grade Band/Cadet/Jazz Larson Gym

Tuesday, February 26, 2014 Pre-Festival Concert
Advanced Band Larson Cafetorium

Saturday, March 8
th
, 2014 MSBOA Festival Concert
Advanced Band place TBA

Monday, April 28
th
, 2014 Jazz @ Elementary Concert
Jazz Band AHS Gym

Saturday, May 17th, 2014 Music In The Parks Cedar Point
Advanced Band All Day! Sandusky, Ohio

Thursday, May 29th, 2014 Band Music Day (Wear FULL Uniform)
All Larson Bands, during school in AM Larson Gym

Thursday, June 5
th
, 2014 Spring Concert
All Bands Larson Gym




Mr. Joe Duda, Principal Larson Middle School
Dr. Diane Kocenda, Assistant Principal Larson Middle School
Mr. Jeff McCoy, Athens H.S. Band Director/Fine Arts Coordinator Troy School District
Mrs. Carrie Sekich/ Fine Arts Coordinator Troy School District
Ray Torres ~ Smith MS Band Director
Joseph Havrilla ~ Boulan MS Band Director
Spiros Xydas ~ Baker MS Band Director
Claire Murphy ~ Orchestra Director
Troy School District Elementary Band Directors

Dr. Fowler, Superintendent & the Troy School District Board of Education
(For their continued Support of the TSD Fine Arts Program)

6
th
Grade Band, Cadet Band, Jazz Band & Advanced Band members
who helped to prepare for this evenings performance

Special Thanks











































The U.S. Department of Education recommends the arts to college-bound middle and junior high school
students asserting, Many colleges view participation in the arts and music as valuable experience that
broadens students understanding and appreciation of the world around them.

In addition, it plays a part in developing childrens intellectual development. The U.S. DOE also
suggests one year of Visual and Performing Arts for college-bound high school students. (Source:
Getting Ready for College Early: A Handbook for Parents of Students in the Middle and Junior High
School Years, U.S. Department of Education, 1997)

The arts are one of the six subject areas in which the College Board recognizes as essential in order to
thrive in college. (Source: Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able
to Do, 1983 [still in use], The College Board, New York )

The arts produce jobs, generating an estimate $37 billion with a return of $3.4 billion in federal income
taxes. (Source: American Arts Alliance Fact Sheet, October 1996 )

According to the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, music students received more
academic honors and awards than non-music students. A higher percentage of music participants
received As, As/Bs, and Bs than non-music participants. (Source: NELS:88 First Follow-up, 1990,
National Center for Education Statistics, Washington D.C.)

Lewis Thomas, physician and biologist, found that music majors comprise the highest percentage of
accepted medical students at 66%. (Source: As reported in The Case for Music in the Schools, Phi
Delta Kappan, February 1994.)

Research made between music and intelligence concluded that music training is far greater than
computer instruction in improving childrens abstract reasoning skills.(Source: Shaw, Rauscher, Levine,
Wright, Dennis and Newcomb, Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool childrens
spatial-temporal reasoning, Neurological Research, vol. 19, February 1997 )

The arts enrich communities and employees, and also stimulate the kind of intellectual
curiosity our company needs to stay competitive. (Source: Norma R. Augustine, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Martin Marietta Corporation.)

A grounding in the arts will help our children to see; to bring a uniquely human perspective to
science and technology. In short, it will help them as they grow smarter to also grow wiser.
(Source: Robert E. Allen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AT&T Corporation, in
Americas Culture Begins with Education)

This data is exerpted from Music Makes the Difference: Music, Brain Development, and
Learning which is MENC publication #1668 and may be purchased at the MENC website at
www.menc.org.

Music Makes The Difference




SAVE THE DATE!
Thursday, JANUARY 16, 2014 11am 9pm
25 % of all sales (including carry out)
with a flyer or mentioning
LARSON BANDS will go
toward the Advanced Band Music In
The Parks Cedar Point trip in May.




Location: 6836 Rochester Road between Square
Lake and South Boulevard (across from Ninos)