Marching Spartans 2011

West Springfield Marching Spartans

The Marching Spartans is open to all band students at West Springfield High School.  The 2012 band will include up to 120 performing members in brass, woodwind, percussion, and visual ensemble.  The Marching Spartans are associated with the US Scholastic Band Association and the Virginia Band and Orchestra Band Director’s Association.  The Marching Spartans  were named the 2004 U.S.S.B.A. Virginia State Champions in Group IV Open, and the 2005 & 2006 U.S.S.B.A. Virginia State Champions, 2005 Mid-Atlantic States Champion and 2005, 2006 & 2007 U.S.S.B.A. Champions in Group V A.   The Marching Spartans have also performed at 3 Bands of America Regional Competitions, and have made 4 U.S.S.B.A. National Championships appearances.  In addition to our fall performance schedule, the Marching Spartans The rehearsal and performance schedules can be found on our calendar page.

Marching Shows:

2012—”Masterworks” (working title)

             The music of Ludwig Von Beethoven

 

2011—”One Small Step...”:

             Twelve Seconds to the Moon, Robert W. Smith

             To Tame the Perilous Skies, David Holsinger

             “Apollo 13”, James Horner

 

2010—”Rhapsody and Blue”:

             Rhapsody in Blue, George Gershwin

             Blue Shades, Frank Ticheli

             Bohemian Rhapsody, Frederick Mercury

 

2009—”Fusion”:

             Fusion, Brian Balmages

             Concerto for Bass Trombone, Chris Brubeck

            

2008—Inside, Outside, Upside Down:

             Inside, Daniel Valadie

             Exit Music for a Film, Radiohead

             Two Romanian Dances, Bartok

 

2007—Plan B:

             Symphony No. 7, mvt. 2, Beethoven

             Symphony No. 9, Finale, Beethoven

             Lute Suite, Bach

             Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Bach

             Adagio for Strings, Barber

             Symphony No. 1, Brahms

             Profanation (Jeremiah Symphony), Bernstein

             Blue Rondo a la Turk, Brubeck

             Long & Winding Road, The Beatles

             Because, The Beatles

             Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles

             Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys

 

2006—Industrial Strength:

     Symphony in Bb for Band  &

             Symphonic Metamorphosis

                          By Paul Hindemith

 

2005—Pieces of a Dream

     Nights in White Satin, Roundabout,

     Dust in the Wind, Living in the Past

 

2004—West Side Story

     Tonight, Maria, I Have a Love, Cool

 

2003—Carmen!

    

Marching Spartans

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