Performance Groups

Performance Group concerts by invited schools, as well as the Intercollegiate concert, are free and open to the public. Concert attendees are requested to obtain Guest passes at Registration in Expo Hall during the following times: — FRI 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM — SAT 8:00 - 10:00 AM — Guest passes cannot be used to gain access to KMEA & KCDA state group concerts as those are ticketed events.
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Lawrence Free State Brass Band
Director Stuart O'Neil
Feb. 26   12:05 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Little Suite for Brass Arnold - Paterson's Publications Ltd
Capriccio for Tuba and Brass Band Newton - Rosehill
The Linnet O'Neil - unpublished
Moorside March Holst - R Smith & Co
Fort Hays State University Concert Choir
Director Terry Crull
Feb. 26   12:20 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Song for Fort Hays Donald Stout - unpublished
Gloria J. S. Bach - Hinshaw Music #HMC1641
The Blue Bird Charles Villiers Stanford - E. C. Schirmer #1.5033
Flight Song Kim Andre Arnesen - earthsongs
MLK arr. Bob Chilcott - Hal Leonard #08740809
What Kind of Fool Am I? arr. John F. Wilson - Somerset Press #BR2007
Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat Frank Loesser - Frank Music Corporation
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Malcolm Sargent - Oxford Press # X131
It Is Well John Ness Beck - Beckenhorst Press #BP1147
Friends University Chamber Orchestra
Director Canes Nicolas
Feb. 26   12:25 PM   Century II 203 Birch
Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, RV 522 Antonio Vivaldi - Matthieu, 2007 (IMSLP)
Panis Angelicus Cesar Franck/Wanda Sobieska - freegigmusic.com
Lakay for Strings and Percussion Christopher Ducasse - Klasik Lakay 1094
Phantom Tangos Brian Balmages - FJH Music Company Inc
Salina Central High School Soul Jazz Ensemble
Director Guillermo Rodriguez
Feb. 26   12:30 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Annie's Dance Greig and Liston/ Arr. Melba Liston - Jazz at Lincoln Center
The One Note What?! Arr. Darren W. Jenkins - Big "D" Music
Freckle Face Sammy Nestico - Banes Music
I Ain't Gonna Ask No More Toshiko Akiyoshi - Kendor Music
Sofrito Santamaria and Creque arr. Michael Philip Mossman - Mongo Music
Topeka Washburn Rural High School Choir - This Generation
Director Thomas Holcomb
Feb. 26   1:00 PM   Century II 201 Peach
Exultate Deo Hans Leo Hassler - Public Domain
Places We Won't Walk Arr. Ben Holcomb - Manuscript
Ancient Prairie Ēriks Ešenvalds - Musica Baltica 98-MB2371
Kyrie (From Mass in Eb) Josef Rheinberger - Public Domain
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners Williametta Spencer - Shawnee Press A0986
Canticum Novum Ivo Antognini - Walton Music WW1556
Pittsburg State University Wind Ensemble
Director Andrew Chybowski
Feb. 26   1:20 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Carmina Burana: Cantiones Profane, mvts. 1, 2, 3, and 6 Carl Orff/John Krance - Schott Music, SHS 1015
Intento de Mambo Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera - Valley Winds Publishing
Death and Disfigurations, mvt. 2 Scott McAllister - Lydmusic
Sure-Fire, mvt. 3 Catherine Likhuta - Catherine Likhuta
Sound and Smoke, mvt. 2: Avalanche of Eyes Viet Cuong - Viet Cuong
Garden City High School Chorale
Director Abigail Martinez
Feb. 26   1:25 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Time Jennifer Lucy Cook - 01157658
Hela Rotan Indonesian Folk Song/arr. Ken Steven - 00396760
93 Million Miles Jason Mraz, Michael Natter, Mike Daly/arr. Susan LaBarr - 01197175
Juego a que me quemo Colombian Folk Song/arr. Julian Giraldo - 08748793
Swifter than Flame Elaine Hagenberg - EH1022
Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down Paul Caldwell & Sean Ivory - S-249
Life is Beautiful Z Randall Stroope - SBMP1758
Butler Community College Percussion Ensemble
Director Kim Trujillo
Feb. 26   1:35 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Internal Combustion John Rack - Music For Percussion
Trio Per Uno, Mvt. 3 N.J. Zivkovic - Edition Musica Europea
Shared Space Ivan Trevino - Lone Star Percussion
Bonham Christopher Rouse - Boosey & Hawkes
Kansas City Kansas Community College Chamber Choir
Director John Stafford
Feb. 26   2:30 PM   Century II MJT Theater
O Vos Omnes Michael Engelhardt - Manuscript (New Commission)
Can We Sing The Darkness To Light? Kyle Pederson - Walton
Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal Paul Melaor - Novello
Good Night, Dear Heart Dan Forrest - Hinshaw
See Dat Babe African-American Spiritual/arr. Stacey V. Gibbs - Gentry
Human Heart Coldplay, We Are King, and Jacob Collier/arr. Sjoerd Jansen - sheetmusicdirect.com
Stand up and Make A Change Ly Tartell and Greg Jasperse - Shawnee Press
Olathe North High School Chamber Orchestra
Director Cecily Mahan
Feb. 26   2:30 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Egmont Overture Ludwig van Beethoven/arr. Robert D. McCashin/arr. MCCASHIN, R - FJH Music Company Inc
Two Nordic Melodies Edvard Grieg - C.F. Peters
Swamp Thang Richard Meyer - Highland/Etling Publishing
Manhattan High School Jazz Combo
Director Devin Burr
Feb. 26   2:40 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Olathe East High School Choir - Concordia
Director Derek Cross
Feb. 26   3:35 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Will the Circle Be Unbroken Derek Cross - Unpublished
Sicut Erat from Magnificat Niccola Porpora - Edward B. Marks Music Company
Desert Song Arranged by Erin Bentlage - säje
Cikala le Pong Pong Ken Stevens - Earthsongs
Creep Arranged by Scala & Kolacny Brothers - Warner/Chappell Music Ltd and Imagem Songs Limited
Er ist gekommen in Sturm und Regen Brandon Williams - G. Schirmer, Inc.
I Am the Wind Elaine Hagenberg - Elaine Hagenberg Music
What Happens When a Woman? Arranged by Artemisia - Artemisia
Olathe West High School Wind Ensemble
Director Carol Lowman
Feb. 26   3:35 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Fanfare - HAYABUSA Satoshi Yagisawa - DeHaske - DHP 1115085-140
Four Cumberland Sketches Randall D. Standridge - Randall Standridge Music, LLC - RSMC057
Such Small Things Nathan Daughtrey - C. Alan Publications - #23230
Illumination David Maslanka - Maslanka Press #100680
National Emblem EE Bagley / Fennell - Carl Fischer - J716
Topeka Seaman High School Viking Steel Ensemble
Director Emory Dease
Feb. 26   3:40 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Tasty Pete Zambito - C. Alan Publications
Joyanne Kahn Cordice - NA
Waiting for You Seal Arr. Emory Dease - NA
Song for Mia Andy Narell - Pan Ramajay Productions
Drive Ed Sheeran, John Mayer Arr. Emory Dease - NA
Arkansas City High School Choir - Arkettes
Director Logan Caywood
Feb. 26   4:35 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Kaval Sviri Bulgarian Folk Song arr. Petar Liondev - Vox Bulgarica
Light of A Clear Blue Morning Dolly Parton arr. Craig Hella Johnson - Hal Leonard Corporation, 08750799
Back Pocket vulfpeck arr. Greg GIlpin - Hal Leonard Corporation, 00368401
Flight Craig Carnelia arr. Ryan Murphy - Walton Music, WW2098
Evergreen Yebba arr. säje - säje voices
Cikala Le Pong Pong Pakpaknese folk song arr. Ken Steven - earthsongs, S-420
Emporia State University A Cappella Choir
Director Joshua Donaldson
Feb. 26   7:00 PM   Century II Concert Hall
The Power of Folk Music Joshua Donaldson - Unpublished
Atsalums Jēkabs Jančevskis - Musica Baltica
Titity Tatatoj Laura Jēkabsone - Unpublished
Normal Carlos Cordero - MusicSpoke
Good Bones Maggie Smith - Maggie Smith, "Good Bones: Poems"
Requiem Eliza Gilkyson, arr. Craig Hella Johnson - G. Schirmer
Wanting Memories Ysaÿe Barnewell - E.C. Schirmer
Perhaps the World Ends Here Joy Harjo - Joy Harjo, "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky"
Evocation (Mon-Nee-Joh) Hye-Young Cho - Santa Barbara Music Publishing, SBMP1780
Kansas University Wind Ensemble
Director Matt Smith
Feb. 26   8:00 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Passacaglia in Primary Colors Michael Daugherty - Michael Daugherty Music
Adoration Florence B. Price/trans Cheldon Williams - Murphy Music Press
Andante and Hungarian Rondo Carl Maria von Weber/trans. R. Mark Rogers - Southern Music
Millennium Canons Kevin Puts/arr. Mark Spede - Ricordi
Buhler High School Choir
Director Kyler Comley
Feb. 27   8:00 AM   Century II MJT Theater
Lamentations of Jeremiah Z. Randall Stroope - Alliance Music - AMP 1185
Long Time Traveler / Swing Low Sail High Evan Powers - Permission Granted through Personal Email
North George Chung - Purchase On Vancouver Youth Choir Website
Meet Me Here Craig Hella Johnson - Hal Leonard Inventory: #HL 00286864
Micah Blues Kyle Pederson - MorningStar Music 50‑0307
Let The River Run Craig Hella Johnson - Hal Leonard - 08754596
Friends University Jazz Combo - Soulstice
Director Nick Schroeder
Feb. 27   8:05 AM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Bolivia Cedar Walton - Hal Leonard
Chico-San Chick Corea - Hal Leonard
Litha Chick Corea - Hal Leonard
Armageddon Wayne Shorter/arr. Miguel Zenon - Miguel Zenon
Wichita Symphony Youth Chamber Players
Director Catherine Tummons
Feb. 27   8:05 AM   Century II Concert Hall
Iowa Spring Paul Seitz - Latham Music, Ludwig Masters Publication-52250362
Symphony Concertante No. 1 (Allegro) Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de St. George, arranged by Jim Palmer - Highland/Etling Publishing, Alfred Music- 50836S
Colors of Home Alan Lee Silva - Excelsia Music Publishing- RSO1904FS
Deerpath Triptych (I. Open Lands, II. Lake Brave, III. The Hunt) William Hofeldt - Kjos Music Company- SO182
Atlantis of the Sands Chris Pilsner - zicato music- 25124300
Derby North Middle School Choir - Millennium Falcons
Director Rebecca Beard
Feb. 27   8:55 AM   Century II MJT Theater
Morokeni arr. Bernard Kruger - Hal Leonard
Shule Aroon Ruth Elaine Schram - Heritage Music Press
Festival Cantate Victor C. Johnson - Heritage Music Press
Count The Stars Andy Beck - Alfred Publication
I Feel A Change Is Coming Jim Papoulis - Hal Leonard
Overland Park Oxford Middle School Percussion Ensemble
Director Johnathon Westcott
Feb. 27   9:05 AM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Kumi-Daiko Scott Brown - Row-Loff Productions
Black (W)hole Jordan Williams - C. Alan Publications
Numerology Brian Nozny - Tapspace
Song Without Words arr. John Herndon - Tapspace
The Enchanted Woods Alejandro Gonzalez - Tapspace
Nzuri Mwana Stuart P. O'Neil - Tapspace
Lindsborg Smoky Valley High School Viking Concert Band
Director Adam Keller
Feb. 27   9:15 AM   Century II Concert Hall
Carnegie Anthem William Owens - FJH Music B1534
In Heaven's Air Samuel R. Hazo - FJH Music B1129
Reverberations Brian Balmages - B1405
Flourish for Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams - Oxford University Press
Inglesina "The Little English Girl" Davide Delle Cese / Ed. John R. Bourgeois - Wingert-Jones Publications
Lansing High School Men's Concert Choir
Director Brian White
Feb. 27   9:50 AM   Century II MJT Theater
Cry Havoc! Rob Redei - robredei.com
Dies Irae Christi Jones - BriLee Music - BL968
When I Have Sung My Songs to You Earnest Charles; arr. Timothy Seelig - Shawnee Press - C0314
Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) Stan Jones; arr. Norman Luboff - Hal Leonard - HL08648800
Tell My Father from The Civil War: An American Musical Frank Wildhorn; arr. Andrea Ramsey - Cherry Lane Music Company - 02501096
Good-Night Matthew Emery - Santa Barbara Music Publishing - SBMP 1226
Bailara! Dan Davison - Walton Music - WW2092
Topeka Washburn Rural High School Jazz Ensemble I
Director Luke Chaffee
Feb. 27   10:00 AM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Funky Cha-Cha Arturo Sandoval/Richard Eddy - HL 07010390
Cruveball Paul Baker - JW Pepper 10999408
Time Check Don Menza - JW Pepper 10052786
Dream a Little Dream of Me Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt and Fabian Andre - JW Pepper 90530169E
Who, Me? Frank Foster - JW Pepper 10798292
Sterling High School Concert Band
Director Abigail Giles
Feb. 27   10:20 AM   Century II Concert Hall
C-141 Starlifter Randall Standridge - Randall Standridge Music GMM347
Midnight Ride Rossano Galante - Alfred Music 49982S
Phoenix Rekindled Grace Baugher Dunlap - Murphy Music Press
Illumination David Maslanka - Maslanka Press
Kansas University Viola Choir
Director Boris Vayner
Feb. 27   10:25 AM   Century II 203 Birch
Pavane Gabriel Fauré/Sancho Engaño - Absolute Zero Viola Quartet
Mars, Venus, and Jupiter from The Planets Gustav Holst/Boris Vayner - Boris Vayner
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Mercury and Queen/Boris Vayner - Boris Vayner
I'm a Jayhawk George "Dumpy" Bowles/Boris Vayner - Boris Vayner
Overland Park Oxford Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Combined Choir
Director Kymberly Fromme
Feb. 27   10:45 AM   Century II MJT Theater
Ahlan Wa Sahlan Kyle Pederson - Santa Barbara Music Publishing
Vox Vibe Greg Gilpin - Alfred Music Publishing
Never One Thing Arranger Corie Brown - Hal Leonard
I Am Light Arranger Darita Seth - Hal Leonard
The Storm Is Passing Over Arrangers Adam and Matt Podd - Podd Brothers Music
Goddard High School Percussion Group
Director Micah Bolton
Feb. 27   11:00 AM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Turbulence Adam Bruce - C. Alan Publications #27090
Musou Tsuribashi Robert Francis - Tapspace #TSPCE24-015
Ariel Ivan Trevino - Ivan Trevino
Concertpiece for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble, III. Fast Clifton Taylor/arr. Jason Baker - Tapspace #TSPCE18-009
Additive Light Ethan Wagoner - Ethan Wagoner Music LLC
Kansas City Ad Astra Youth Apollo Orchestra
Director Russ Pieken
Feb. 27   11:30 AM   Century II Concert Hall
Our Town Aaron Copland arr. Paul Lavender - Boosey and Hawks 884088910150
Tarantella from "Incidental Suite" Claude T. Smith Arr. James Villani - C.L. Barnhouse CTS-8015-00
One Dark Night Michael McLean - Manuscript
Overture to the Wind Kirt Mosier - Kjos 084027013861
Neodesha Northlawn Elementary Blue Energy Choir
Director Lindsay Unruh
Feb. 27   11:30 AM   Century II MJT Theater
The Little Birch Tree Arr. Mary Goetze - Boosey & Hawkes
A Distant Shore Mary Donnelly/Traditional, Arr. George L.O. Strid - Alfred
Music of the Sea Mary Lynn Lightfoot - Heritage
Follow the Drinking Gourd Arr. Rollo Dilworth - Hal Leonard
This Land is Your Land Woody Guthrie, Arr. Aden G. Lewis & Jack E. Platt - Ludlow Music
One Foot/Lead With Love Melanie DeMore - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis
Baldwin Elementary Choir
Director Katrina Jacobsen
Feb. 27   12:10 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Calico Cat Andy Beck - Alfred Music Publishing; Supplier ID: 00-47653
The Nightingale Stuart P. O'Neil - n/a - original piece commissioned for our choir
Kusimama Jim Papoulis - Boosey & Hawkes, Inc; Supplier ID: 48021188
Love About Livin' Michael Davidson - n/a - original piece commissioned for our choir
Kazoo Koncerto Mary Donnelly/arr. George L.O. Strid - Shawnee Press; Supplier ID: 35011941
Olathe Santa Fe Trail Middle School 8th Grade Band
Director Courtney Nichols
Feb. 27   12:35 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Echoes in a New Hall Grace Baugher Dunlap - Grace Baugher Music
Tripwire JaRod Hall - FJH Music Company
I Still Think About You Jorge Vargas - Randall Standridge Music
Celtic Air and Dance Michael Sweeney - Hal Leonard Corporation
Kvetchers Laura Estes - Excelcia Music Publishing
Olathe Northwest High School Raven Jazz I
Director Robert Davis
Feb. 27   1:00 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Greetings And Salutations Thad Jones - Kendor Music, Inc.
Kansas City Shout Ernie Wilkins - The Jazz Lines Foundation
Misty Errol Garner arr. Gene Roland - Sierra Music Publications
It's Just Talk Pat Metheny arr. Bob Curnow - Sierra Music Publications
Bob-Omb Battlefield Koji Kondo arr. Charlie Rosen - www.the8bitbigband.com
Manhattan Flint Hills Youth Choirs - Konza Choir
Director Janie Brokenicky
Feb. 27   1:10 PM   Century II MJT Theater
O fortissimi Hildegard von Bingen/arr. Jamie Bunce - Manuscript
Cherokee Morning Song Michael Yannette - Lawson-Gould 00-50287
Ragtime Cowboy Joe Bradley Vogel - Manuscript
The Poet Sings Z. Randall Stroope - Heritage Music Press 15/1376H
The Music Makers Aiden Levendofsky - Manuscript
Untraveled Worlds Paul Halley - Pelagos Music PEL2025
Kansas State University Wind Symphony
Director Alex Wimmer
Feb. 27   2:55 PM   Century II Concert Hall
Xerxes John Mackey - Osti Music 2010
Rest Frank Ticheli - Manhattan Beach Music isbn 0-59913-114-5
First Suite in E-flat for Military Band Gustav Holst/Frederick Fennell - LudwigMasters Publications Co. Inc. 10100469
With Passion and Pride Grace Baugher Dunlap - Grace Baugher Music ASCAP 2025
Derby High School Madrigals
Director Tyler Morris
Feb. 27   3:00 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Perseus Kristopher Fulton - Hal Leonard 00300735
I Will Lift Mine Eyes Jake Runestad - Boosey & Hawkes 48020864
Shenandoah Derric Johnson - Excelcia Music Publishing DJS2204
O Vos Omnes Kevin Memley - Pavane Publishing P1528
I Can Tell the World Moses Hogan - Hal Leonard 08703198
Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) Philip Lawson - Hal Leonard 08743239
McPherson High School Jazz Choir - Vita Voce
Director Nicholas Griggs
Feb. 27   3:00 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Sometimes I'm Happy Youmans & Caeser, arr. Rosana Eckert - Irving Caeser Music Corp & Herald Square Music
Fly Away Birdie Nelson & Gazarek, arr. Matt Falker - Anchor Music Publications
Don't you worry 'bout a thing Darmon Meader & New York Voices - Black Bull Music / Jobete Music Co. Inc. EF 3849
desert song (she's calling) säje - säje
Speechless Adam Ranney & Israel Houghton - EMI Christian Music Publishing & Free Chapel Publishing
Unwritten Bedingfield, Brisebrois, Rodrigues, arr. Kerry Marsh - EMI Music Publishing LTD
Arkansas City High School Bulldog Jazz Ensemble
Director Chris VanGilder
Feb. 27   4:00 PM   Hyatt Ballrooms E-H
Brother Mister Christian McBride/Mike Kamuf - The McBride Co., Inc
Four! Fore?! Mathew Montgomery - Dapper Page Music
The Sally Shuffle Rick Stitzel - Rick Stitzel Music
Quarter Master Michael League/Brian Lawrence - Reserve Media Management, Inc
Wichita Community Children's Choir
Director Jill Wiechman
Feb. 27   4:05 PM   Century II MJT Theater
Let Music Surround You Fran Smartt Addicott - The Lorenz Corp. #978-0-9340-1747-3
Agnus Dei from Coronation Mass W.A. Mozart - Public Domain
There Is A Time Robert Leaf - Choristers Guild #CgA945
Murasame Victor C. Johnson - Heritage Music press #15/2774H
How Can I Keep From Singing Original Music by Rev. Robert Lowry, Arranged by Robert I. Hugh - Boosey & Hawkes #OCTB6859
Lift Our Voices Nancy Boone Allsbrook and Glenda Goodin - Boosey & Hawkes #48023052
Augusta High School Concert Choir
Director Nicholas Franssen
Feb. 28   8:00 AM   Century II MJT Theater
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord Undone Moore - Alfred
Woodsmoke and Oranges Ian Tamblyn/Rebecca Campbell - Cypress Choral Music
O Love, That Will Not Let Me Go David Phelps - Hal Leonard
Loch Lomond Jonathan Quick - Cypress Choral Music
In Remembrance Jeffery Ames - Walton Music
Yonder Come Day Adam & Matt Podd - Todd Brothers Music
Kansas City Kansas Community College Advanced Jazz Combo
Director Brett Jackson
Feb. 28   8:05 AM   Hyatt Ballrooms D-H
Friends University Flute Choir
Director Amy Hoffman
Feb. 28   8:05 AM   Century II 203 Birch
Pop Gary Schocker - Falls House Press
She Flutters Me! Jonathan Cohen - Falls House Press
Visions of Rapture Jackson Anderson - Rremboq music
Steel City Gareth McLearnon - Gareth McLearnon