Grade 8/9 

       
Flute  Clarinet  Trumpet  Percussion 
Chung, Jennifer  Doell, Kaji  Hubbard, Chase  Chung, Timothy  Rossland Secondary School Presents:
Robinson-Wallis, Galay, Jesse  McKinnon, Kaycee  Verot-Fournier,
Alexandra  Samuel 
Turnbull, Sally  Ashton, Jeffrey Flood, Jacob  
Fry, Ian Heximer, Megan  Alto Sax 
Zanier, Jordan  Haas, Wesley    Zimmer, Julian 
Vockeroth Fisher,
Denomie 
   
Trombone 
Semenoff, Jessica 
Distant Thunder:
Mular, Sierra  Bass Clarinet  Mann, Gabe * Tenor Sax 
Dahl, Roni  Grace-Wood,
Sean
Knight, Jacob Ruutopold, Tiivo 
An Evening of Music
Bassoon  Huttemann, Tia Tuba
Evans, Brett  Riemer, Derek

 
Grade 10/11/12 
Flute 
Mies, Carla 
Trumpet 
Heintz, David * 
Bari Sax 
Houlden, Jonas *
Bass 
Soltice, Patrick * February 23 rd , 2011
Doell, Sarita *  Ried, Alexander *  Spencer, Nicole *  Crawford, Wylie *
Britton, Jessica *  Cook, Christine *     7PM
Hubbard, Dawson Cameron, Annie *   Percussion 
      McKay, Jeanine * 
Rossland Secondary School Auditorium
Clarinet  Baritone   
Pastro, Brogan *  Shaw, Nemaiah *   
French, James
Snelgrove, Maddie* 
 
* = Student also appearing in Jazz Band. 
 
Special thanks from the Rossland Secondary Music Featuring
Department to the CORNERSTONE CAFÉ & DELI. We Grade 8/9 Band
greatly appreciate their continued support of both our young RSS Jazz Band
musicians and local music. Grazie!
RSS Concert Band
Program Notes
 

G- Force 5! (2005) – Ralph Ford

G-Force 5! brings together an exciting combination of energy and intensity. Composer Ralph Ford has brought simple
musical elements together to create this piece, using only the first 6 notes of the Bb Scale.
- Introduction -
Calypso Kid (1996) – John O’Reilly
Sometimes winter can be deep and endless. Let the Calypso Kid transport you to a moment of respite on a warm - Concert Band -
tropical beach, complete with palm trees and no worries. (Palm trees not included.)
Port ‘O’ Call
Anasazi (1987) – John Edmondson
The Anasazi (pronounced “On-uh-SAH-zee”) were a tribe who lived in the Four Corners area of New Mexico,
A Canadian Ballad
Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Translated to mean ‘the Ancient Ones’, the Anasazi lived from 1ce until around 1300ce Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest
when they mysteriously vanished.
- Grade 8/9 Band -
A Canadian Ballad (2010) – Robert Sheldon
The traditional Newfoundland Lyric Ballad, “She’s Like a Swallow”, is presented for band with all the passion and Calypso Kid
emotion it deserves. This tragic tale has many interpretations, but in all its forms is certainly a story of love and loss. Anasazi
G-Force Five!
Port ‘O’ Call (1995) – Michael Sweeney
A tasty light change of pace, Port ‘O’ Call offers a Latin feel as you travel with the band along the coast.
- Jazz Band -
Distant Thunder of the Sacred Forest (2003) – Michael Sweeney
Western music has developed to favour the relationship of melody and harmony with rhythm. Rhythms are highly Vehicle
regimented and depend on everyone reaching the same place at the same time. African music has developed favouring Featuring Solos by:
the relationship of rhythms, how they interconnect and emerge from one and other. This piece offers a glimpse of the
complexity of rhythm as the whole group solidifies into a united vision of melody and harmony. Inspired by the forest
regions of West Africa.

Brouhaha
Vehicle (1969) (arr 2008) – James M. Peterik arr. Paul Murtha Featuring Solos by:
A powerhouse rock and roll classic. When James Peterik wrote this song he was in a newly plutonic relationship with
this once girlfriend. Mixed signals caused plenty of tension. “One day in a fit of frustration, I heard myself blurt out to
her "You know, all I am to you is your "Vehicle". Just then the light bulb popped up on top of my head and I thought
about all the guys like me who don't mind being taken for a ride by a beautiful girl.” Gospel John
Featuring Solos by:
Brouhaha (2009) – Les Sabina
Noun. (broo-hah-hah) - an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., especially a broil over a minor or
ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the RSS Jazz Band caused three Tuba related injuries…

Gospel John (1971) – Jeff Steinberg arr. Bob Lowden

This arrangement of the classic tune combines some elements of Gospel with Jazz.