NWSC All-Conference Orchestra Repertoire List:
Each year - America The Beautiful, Arr. Carmen Dragon (Grand Finale)
25th Annual: 2025 (Hannah Schendel, Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, Carlton College)
Rogers High School
Loco Motion, Stella Sung
Serenade, William Grant Still
Toast of the Town, Quinn Mason
24th Annual: 2024 (Hisham Bravo Groover, St. Cloud Symphony and Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies) Coon Rapids High School
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
Water Reflections, Yukiko Nishimura
Hoe-Down from "Rodeo", Aaron Copland
23rd Annual: 2023 (Dr. Rachel Dirks, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS)
Andover High School
Dusk, Daniel Bryant
Conga del Fuego Nuevo, Marquez
Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila, Saint-Saens, arr.Nieweg and Bradburd
22nd Annual: 2022 (Dr. Kevin F.E. Sutterlin, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN)
Spring Lake Park High School and Totino Grace High School
The Bamboula (Rhapsodic Dance, S. Coleridge-Taylor
Variations on The Minstrel Boy, Daniel Breedon
Dance of the Yao Tribe, Mao Yuan, Liu Tieshan
21st Annual: 2021 - Festival was postponed to 2022
20th Annual: 2020 (Dr. Kirk Moss, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN) Spring Lake Park High School and Totino Grace High School
Chugach, Nancy Pettersen-Strelau
Danse Negre, S. Coleridge-Taylor
American in Paris, Gershwin (arr. J. Whitney)
19th Annual: 2019 (Dr. Kathleen Horvath, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH) Park Center Senior High School
Lancaster Overture, Whear
Dance Rhythms, Riegger
Outdoor Overture, Copland
18th Annual: 2018 (Dr. Jean R. Perrault, University of Minnesota - Duluth) Elk River High School
The Barber of Seville Overture, Rossini
Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma” IX. Nimrod, Elgar
Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms
Danza No. 4, Lamothe
17th Annual: 2017 (Dr. Ruth Lin, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN) Irondale High School
Festival March, Dvorak
Carmen Suite No. 1, Bizet
Berceuse and Finale, Stravinsky (arr. Merle J. Isaac)
16th Annual: 2016 (Alan Mac Nair, Troy High School-Troy, MI) Blaine Senior High
Masquerade Suite, Khachaturian (Waltz, Romance, Galop)
Unconqured, Tippette
Russian Sailor’s Dance, Gliere
15th Annual: 2015 (Nobuyoshi Yasuda, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) Osseo Senior High
Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens
Longing For Your Return, Steve Amundson
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
14th Annual: 2014 (Foster Beyers, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN) Champlin Park High School
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar
Finale from New World Symphony, Antonin Dvorak
Hungarian Dance No. 5, Johannes Brahms (orch. Parlow)
13th Annual: 2013 (Kirt Mosier, Lee’s Summit High School) Armstrong High School
Polovetsian Dances, Borodin
Dusk, Steven Bryant
March and Procession of Bacchus, Leo Delibes (arr. Merle J. Isaac)
Prophet’s Dance, Kirt Mosier
12th Annual: 2012 (Courtney Lewis, Assistant Conductor, Minnesota Orchestra) Anoka High School
Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
Slavonic Dance No. 1, Antonin Dvorak
Greensleeves, Adapted by Alfred Reed
11th Annual: 2011 (David Kozamchak, Northwestern College, Roseville) Maple Grove Senior High
Fanfares from “Libuse”, Bedrich Smetana, transcribed by Michael Halstenson
In the Steppes of Central Asia, Alexander Borodin
Symphony #9 “From the New World,” fourth movement, Antonin Dvorak
10th Annual: 2010 (Dr. James Kjelland, Northwestern University, Evanston IL) Centennial High School
Into the Storm, Robert W. Smith
Excerpts from “Carmen”, Georges Bizet
Aragonaise, Seguedille, Les Toreadors, Habanera, Danse Boheme
March to the Scaffold, Berlioz/Carter
9th Annual: 2009 (Amir Kats, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies) Coon Rapids High School
Masquerade Suite, Aram Khachaturian
I. Waltz, II. Nocturne, V. Gallop,
Toccata, Girolamo Frescobaldi, transcribed by Hans Kindler
IV. Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet
8th Annual: 2007-08 (Dr. Kirk Moss, MN State University-Moorhead) Park Center Senior High
Overture to Nabucco , Verdi
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Elgar
Finlandia, Sibelius
7th Annual: 2007 (Dr. William LaRue Jones, University of Iowa) Blaine High School
Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
Postlude in F – Charles Ives
Tribal Dance of the Yao Minority People – Mao Yuen
6th Annual: 2006 (Warren Friesen, MN State University-Mankato) Elk River HIgh School
Normandy 1944, J. Robert Hanson
Rhosymedre, Vaughan Williams, arr. Foster
Danse Bacchanale, Saint Saens
5th Annual: 2005 (Bruce Houglum, Concordia College-Moorhead) Andover High School
Toccata, Frescobaldi, trans. Kindler
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach, arr. Arthur Luck
Symphony #8, first movement, Dvorak
4th Annual: 2004 (Sylvia Alimena, Washington DC) Osseo Senior High
Overture to Rosamunde, Franz Schubert
Choral Prelude “Sleeper’s Awake”, Bach, trans. Ormandy
Symphony #2 - Mvmt #4, Jean Sibelius
3rd Annual: 2003 (Claudette Laureano, Minnesota Youth Symphonies) Champlin Park High School
Overture to “Royal Fireworks”, Handel, arr. Johnson
Symphony #8 “Unfinished” Mvmt #1, Schubert
Wedding March from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Mendelssohn
2nd Annual: 2002 (Henry Charles Smith, Minnesota Orchestra, retired) Maple Grove Senior High
Carmen Suite No. 1, Georges Bizet
No. 1 Prelude, No. 1a Aragonaise, No. 5 Les Toreadors
Ase’s Tod from Peer Gynt Suite, Edvard Grieg
A Mighty Fortress, Vaclav Nelhybel
The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa
1st Annual: 2001 (David MacKenzie, Southern Oregon University) Anoka High School
Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky
Symphony No. 2, Vittorio Giannini
Allegro energico
Dance of the Tumblers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Each year - America The Beautiful, Arr. Carmen Dragon (Grand Finale)
25th Annual: 2025 (Hannah Schendel, Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, Carlton College)
Rogers High School
Loco Motion, Stella Sung
Serenade, William Grant Still
Toast of the Town, Quinn Mason
24th Annual: 2024 (Hisham Bravo Groover, St. Cloud Symphony and Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies) Coon Rapids High School
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
Water Reflections, Yukiko Nishimura
Hoe-Down from "Rodeo", Aaron Copland
23rd Annual: 2023 (Dr. Rachel Dirks, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS)
Andover High School
Dusk, Daniel Bryant
Conga del Fuego Nuevo, Marquez
Danse Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila, Saint-Saens, arr.Nieweg and Bradburd
22nd Annual: 2022 (Dr. Kevin F.E. Sutterlin, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN)
Spring Lake Park High School and Totino Grace High School
The Bamboula (Rhapsodic Dance, S. Coleridge-Taylor
Variations on The Minstrel Boy, Daniel Breedon
Dance of the Yao Tribe, Mao Yuan, Liu Tieshan
21st Annual: 2021 - Festival was postponed to 2022
20th Annual: 2020 (Dr. Kirk Moss, University of Northwestern, St. Paul, MN) Spring Lake Park High School and Totino Grace High School
Chugach, Nancy Pettersen-Strelau
Danse Negre, S. Coleridge-Taylor
American in Paris, Gershwin (arr. J. Whitney)
19th Annual: 2019 (Dr. Kathleen Horvath, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH) Park Center Senior High School
Lancaster Overture, Whear
Dance Rhythms, Riegger
Outdoor Overture, Copland
18th Annual: 2018 (Dr. Jean R. Perrault, University of Minnesota - Duluth) Elk River High School
The Barber of Seville Overture, Rossini
Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma” IX. Nimrod, Elgar
Hungarian Dance No. 6, Brahms
Danza No. 4, Lamothe
17th Annual: 2017 (Dr. Ruth Lin, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN) Irondale High School
Festival March, Dvorak
Carmen Suite No. 1, Bizet
Berceuse and Finale, Stravinsky (arr. Merle J. Isaac)
16th Annual: 2016 (Alan Mac Nair, Troy High School-Troy, MI) Blaine Senior High
Masquerade Suite, Khachaturian (Waltz, Romance, Galop)
Unconqured, Tippette
Russian Sailor’s Dance, Gliere
15th Annual: 2015 (Nobuyoshi Yasuda, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) Osseo Senior High
Danse Macabre, Saint-Saens
Longing For Your Return, Steve Amundson
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
14th Annual: 2014 (Foster Beyers, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN) Champlin Park High School
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Edward Elgar
Finale from New World Symphony, Antonin Dvorak
Hungarian Dance No. 5, Johannes Brahms (orch. Parlow)
13th Annual: 2013 (Kirt Mosier, Lee’s Summit High School) Armstrong High School
Polovetsian Dances, Borodin
Dusk, Steven Bryant
March and Procession of Bacchus, Leo Delibes (arr. Merle J. Isaac)
Prophet’s Dance, Kirt Mosier
12th Annual: 2012 (Courtney Lewis, Assistant Conductor, Minnesota Orchestra) Anoka High School
Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky
Finlandia, Jean Sibelius
Slavonic Dance No. 1, Antonin Dvorak
Greensleeves, Adapted by Alfred Reed
11th Annual: 2011 (David Kozamchak, Northwestern College, Roseville) Maple Grove Senior High
Fanfares from “Libuse”, Bedrich Smetana, transcribed by Michael Halstenson
In the Steppes of Central Asia, Alexander Borodin
Symphony #9 “From the New World,” fourth movement, Antonin Dvorak
10th Annual: 2010 (Dr. James Kjelland, Northwestern University, Evanston IL) Centennial High School
Into the Storm, Robert W. Smith
Excerpts from “Carmen”, Georges Bizet
Aragonaise, Seguedille, Les Toreadors, Habanera, Danse Boheme
March to the Scaffold, Berlioz/Carter
9th Annual: 2009 (Amir Kats, Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies) Coon Rapids High School
Masquerade Suite, Aram Khachaturian
I. Waltz, II. Nocturne, V. Gallop,
Toccata, Girolamo Frescobaldi, transcribed by Hans Kindler
IV. Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Georges Bizet
8th Annual: 2007-08 (Dr. Kirk Moss, MN State University-Moorhead) Park Center Senior High
Overture to Nabucco , Verdi
Nimrod from Enigma Variations, Elgar
Finlandia, Sibelius
7th Annual: 2007 (Dr. William LaRue Jones, University of Iowa) Blaine High School
Night on Bald Mountain – Modest Mussorgsky
Postlude in F – Charles Ives
Tribal Dance of the Yao Minority People – Mao Yuen
6th Annual: 2006 (Warren Friesen, MN State University-Mankato) Elk River HIgh School
Normandy 1944, J. Robert Hanson
Rhosymedre, Vaughan Williams, arr. Foster
Danse Bacchanale, Saint Saens
5th Annual: 2005 (Bruce Houglum, Concordia College-Moorhead) Andover High School
Toccata, Frescobaldi, trans. Kindler
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, Bach, arr. Arthur Luck
Symphony #8, first movement, Dvorak
4th Annual: 2004 (Sylvia Alimena, Washington DC) Osseo Senior High
Overture to Rosamunde, Franz Schubert
Choral Prelude “Sleeper’s Awake”, Bach, trans. Ormandy
Symphony #2 - Mvmt #4, Jean Sibelius
3rd Annual: 2003 (Claudette Laureano, Minnesota Youth Symphonies) Champlin Park High School
Overture to “Royal Fireworks”, Handel, arr. Johnson
Symphony #8 “Unfinished” Mvmt #1, Schubert
Wedding March from “Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Mendelssohn
2nd Annual: 2002 (Henry Charles Smith, Minnesota Orchestra, retired) Maple Grove Senior High
Carmen Suite No. 1, Georges Bizet
No. 1 Prelude, No. 1a Aragonaise, No. 5 Les Toreadors
Ase’s Tod from Peer Gynt Suite, Edvard Grieg
A Mighty Fortress, Vaclav Nelhybel
The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa
1st Annual: 2001 (David MacKenzie, Southern Oregon University) Anoka High School
Night on Bald Mountain, Modest Mussorgsky
Symphony No. 2, Vittorio Giannini
Allegro energico
Dance of the Tumblers, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
