MMEA JAZZ Schedule
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Performing Arts Center
HAMPDEN ACADEMY
8:00 am.
Bucksport HS Purple Combo
Mark Neslusan, Director
Program
Footprints ~ Shorter
How Insensitive ~ Jobim
Ostalgia in Times Square ~ Mingus
8:30 am.
Lawrence HS Jazz Combo
Brittany Genness, Director
Program
Tenor Madness ~ Rollins/Taylor
My Funny Valentine ~ arr. Terry White
Pink Panther ~ arr. Tamoaro
9:00 am.
Bucksport HS Gold Combo
Mark Neslusan
Program
Delilah ~ Young/Brown
You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To ~ Porter
Tokyo Blues ~ Silver
9:30 am.
Shead Ahead Jazz Combo
Robert Sanchez, Director
Program
Fly Me To The Moon ~ Howard / Sanchez
West Coast Blues ~ Montgomery / Sanchez
Nature Boy ~ Ahbez / Sanchez
10:00 am.
Camden Hills Reg. HS Jazz Ensemble
Craig Ouellette, Director
Program
Digits ~ Clark Terry/Terry White
Only Trust Your Heart ~ Carter/White
Big Swing Face ~ Potts/Sigler
10:30 am.
Waterville Senior High School Jazz Band
Sue Barre, Director
Program
88 Basie Street ~ Nestico
Long Lost Friend ~ Shutack
New Rhumba ~ arr. Morales
11:00 am.
Kennebunk HS Jazz Band
Eric Halpin-Desmarais, Director
Program
The Defibrillator ~ Adrien RE
My Funny Valentine ~ Rodgers/Wolpe
The Chicken ~ Ellis / Berg
11:30 am.
Houlton High School Jazz Band
Keving Mania, Director
Program
Abracadabra! ~ barton
Pure Imagination ~ arr. Skeffington
Apocalypse ~ Barton
LUNCH BREAK/AWARDS 12:00 to 12:30 Awards
12:45 pm.
Cony HS Jazz Band
Russell Caverly
Program
Cold Duck Time
I Remember Clifford
Four
1:15 pm.
Sanford HS Jazz Band
Hailey Francoer, Director
Program
Reds Good Groove ~ arr. White
Cute ~ arr. Story
Caravan ~ arr. Sweeney
1:45 pm.
Orono HS Jazz Band
Jennifer Acosta, Director
Program
Work In Progress ~ Goodwin
Latin lady ~ Mahaffey
Oh! Lady Be good ~ arr. White
2:15 pm.
Winslow HS Jazz Band
Ben Clark, Director
Program
Check Your Swing ~ Chris Sharp
Don’t Know Why ~ arr. Murtha
Watermelon Man ~ arr. Mike Kamuf
2:45 pm.
Mt. Ararat Jazz Band
Benjamin Cox, Director
Program
Prime Time ~ Rowe
Freddie Freeloader ~ arr. Holmes
Cry Me a River ~ arr. Lopez
3:15 pm.
MDI HS Jazz Band
Michael Remy, Director
Program
Boo-Dah! ~ Billy Strayhorn
It’s Oh So Nice ~ Nestico
Banana Phone Bill ~ Jacob Mann
3:45 pm.
Mattanawcook Academy Jazz Ensemble
Maylinda Boynton, Director
Program
Crazy Train ~ arr. Murtha
Cathy’s Army ~ Yorke-Slader
The Bare Neccessities ~ arr. Murtha
4:15 pm.
Lake Region HS Jazz Band
Jason W. Ward, Director
Program
Blues After Dark ~ Golson
Sister Sadie ~ Silver
Chili Peppers ~ Pearson
4:45 pm.
Old Town HS Jazz Ensemble
Jeffrey Priest, Director
Program
Bu-yah ~ Paul Baker
Pure Imagination ~ arr. Skeffington
Blues for Alice ~ arr. White
5:15 pm.
Edward Little HS Jazz Band
Bill Buzza, Director
Program
In a Mellow Tone ~ arr. Berry
Round Midnight ~ arr. Smukal
Don’t Let Up ~ arr. Turner
5:45 pm.
York HS Jazz Ensemble
Daniel Sovetsky, Director
Program
Blues Up & Down ~ Sill/White
Oblivian ~ Piazzolla/White
Sweet Georgia Brown ~ Burke/White
6:15 pm.
Foxcroft Academy Jazz Band
Deb Maynard, Director
Program
Fly Me To The Moon ~ Howard/Taylor
St. Thomas ~ Rollins/Taylor
Abracadabra ~ Barton
Gymnasium
HAMPDEN ACADEMY
8:00 am.
Wagner MS Jazz Band
Dana Ross, Director
Program
One Cool Morning ~ Sorenson
Remebering Thad ~ Schutack
Bari-ed Alive! ~ Sherburne
8:30 am.
Center Drive Jazz Band
Pauline Miller, Director
Program
25 or 6 to 4 ~ Lamm
St. James Infirmary ~ arr. Collins-Dowden
Downtown Tango ~ Hirsch
9:00 am.
Tremont & Pemetic Jazz Band
Allison Putnam & Michael Milazzo, Directors
Program
Come Fly With Me ~ VanHeusen/Stitzel
Jammin' with Charlie ~ Sorenson/Pearson
Moanin' ~ arr. Sweeney
9:30 am.
Houlton MS Jazz Band
Mike Hutchinson, Director
Program
Afro Blue ~ Santamaria/Arr. Sweeney
Here's That Rainy Day ~ Van Heusen/arr. Stitzel
The Chicken ~ Ellis/arr. story
10:00 am.
Warsaw Jazz Band #2
Marisa Weinstein, Director
Program
Ben’s Blues ~ Strommen
Brazilian Sunset ~ Sorenson
Tyrannosaurus Charlie ~ Sorenson
10:30 am.
Winslow Jr. High Jazz Band
Ben Clark, Director
Program
Tyrannosaurus Charlie ~ Sorenson
Yesterday ~ arr. Stitzel
A Blues to Grow On ~ Sorensen
11:00 am.
Warsaw Jazz Band
Marisa Weinstein, Director
Program
Freddie Feeloader ~ arr. Sweeney
Unold Story ~ Beach & Schutack
Angel ~ arr. Sabina
11:30 am.
Presque Isle MS Jazz Band
John Brabant, Director
Program
Malaguena ~ arr. Story
One O’Clock Jump ~ arr. Cook
The Lunch bunch ~ Sigler
Iron Man ~ arr. Sweeney
LUNCH BREAK/AWARDS 12:00 to 12:30 Awards
12:45 pm
Nokomis RMS Jazz Band
Shane Cloutier, Director
Program
C Jam Blues ~ arr. Cloutier
Cold Duck Time ~ arr. Cloutier
Sonnymoon for Two ~ arr. Cloutier
1:15 pm
Reeds Brook MS Jazz Ensemble
Rebecca Mallory, Director
Jacob LaMontagne, Assistant Director
Program
Wayfaring Stranger ~ Collins-Dowden
Living in a Dream ~ Doug Beach
Curacao Blue ~ Zachary Smith
Wolverine Blues ~ Morton / arr. Tim Waters
1:45 pm.
Nokomis RMS Jazz Ensemble
Shane Cloutier, Director
Program
It Don’t Mean a Thing ~ arr. Sweeney
Here’s That Rainy Day ~ arr. Stitzel
It’s Only a Paper Moon ~ arr. Sweeney
2:15 pm.
Bonny Eagle MS Jazz Band
Tegan Raymond, Director
Program
Malaguena ~ arr. Sweeney
Ain’t No Mountain Enough ~ arr. Berry
Rollin’ On Down The Road ~ Molter
2:45 pm.
Orono MS Jazz Band
Jennifer Acosta, Director
Program
Night and Day ~ Porter / arr. Lopez
Why Not? ~ Weist
Do Nothing Til’ You Hear From Me ~ Ellington/arr. Despain
3:15 pm.
Waterville Jr. High Jazz Band
Sue Barre, Director
Program
Midnight Snack ~ Hirsch
Caracas ~ arr. White
Another Day, Another Blues ~ Stitzel
3:45 pm.
Brunswick Jr High Jazz Band
Heidi Anderson, Director
Program
Topsy ~ arr. Stitzel
Blue Monk ~ arr. Sweeney
Pollo Rojo ~ Les Sabina
4:15 Pm.
York MS Jazz Syndicate
Jimi Neel, Director
Program
Take the “A” Train ~ arr. Gassi
Azure ~ arr. Lewis
Mamacita ~ arr. White
4:45 pm.
Bangor MS Jazz Band
Jacob Gebhart, Director
Program
After Dark ~ Newton
Moondance ~ arr. Story
5:15 pm.
Caravel Jazz Band
Reilly Hesseltine, Director
Program
Blue Train ~ Murtha
Stroke of Midnight ~ Schutack
Low Rider ~ Berry