YEAR

TITLE

COMP./ARR.

CONDUCTOR

Hosts -
Valerie Stiner
Sarah Zschunke
Brian Stacey

The Pennsylvania State University

Co-Hosts - Amanda Neville and Theresa Shearer

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music

Hosts - Malinda Forry and Janis Burkett

Reading Youth Symphony Orchestra
Formerly Millersville University

The Pennsylvania State University

2007

Altoona Area High School

Host – Kelly Detwiler

Impresario Overture   

W. A. Mozart

Dr. Stephen Benham

Duquesne University

Variations on a Shaker Tune 

Aaron Copland

Carmen Suite #1

Bizet

Pavane

Faure/Simpson

The Cowboys Overture

John Williams

Meditation on the Old Bohemian Chorale

“Saint Wenceslas”

Suk

2006

Hollidaysburg

Area HS

Host –

Brian Mishler

Hoe-down

Aaron Copland

Nicolas Palmer

Altoona Symphony

Fiddle-Faddle

Leroy Anderson

A Mighty Fortress

Vaclav Nelhybel

Hungarian March

Hector Berlioz

Brook Greene Suite

Gustav Holst

Symphony No. 8, Opus 88  Fourth Movement

Antonin Dvorak

A Salute To The Big Bands

Arr. Calvin Custer

2005

State College & Bellefonte High Schools

Host – James Robinson & Louise Victor

A Hectic Overture

John Lloyd

Robert Gardner

The Pennsylvania State University

Moments

Robert Gardner

The Inferno

Robert W. Smith

Hansel and Gretel

Englebert Humperdinck

Music From Spiderman

Danny Elfman, Arr. John Wasson

Irish Tune From County Derry

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Night On The Bare Mountain

Modest Moussorgsky

2004

Tussey Mountain HS

Host –

John Hoffner

Titus Overture, K. 621

W.A. Mozart, Arr. Merle Issac

Dr. Willis M. Rapp

Reading Pops Orchestra

Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 21

Edvard Grieg

Marche de Noces, Op. 21

Alexander K. Glazunov

Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43   IV Finale

Jean Sibelius

Star Wars Suite for Orchestra

Yoda’s Theme, The Imperial March

John Williams

Lord Of The Dance

Ronan Hardiman, Arr. Larry Moore

2003

Westmont Hilltop HS

Host – Denise Cunningham

American Salute

Morton Gould

Dr. Jason Worzbyt

Indiana University

Pavane, Op. 50

Gabriel Faure

Sinfonia Concertante

Johann Christian Bach

Mock Morris

Percy Grainger

Iridium

Jack Stamp

English Dances Set 1

Malcolm Arnold

2002

State College Area HS

Host – James Robinson

Symphony No. 2 “Romantic” Move. 1 & 2

Howard Hanson

Gerardo Edelstein

The Pennsylvania State University

Symphonia No. 8 in D Major,  I Allegro 

Felix Mendelssohn

Into The Storm

Robert W. Smith

A Tribute to Henry Mancini

Henry Mancini,  Arr. Calvin Custer

Bacchanale, from Samson and Delilah

Camille Saint-Saens, Arr. Issac

2001

Tussey Mountain High School

Host –

John Hoffner

Crown Imperial

William Walton  Arr. Stone

Dr. Kenneth Sarch

Mansfield University

A Mighty Fortress

Vaclav Nelhybel

Symphony No. 5   Fourth Movement

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Oboe Concerto

George Frideric Handel

West Side Story

Leonard Bernstein  Arr. Mason

Symphonie Fantestique,

March to the Scaffold, Fourth Movement

Hector Berlioz

2000

Indiana Area Senior High School

Host –

David Jeckavich

Symphony No. 5 (Reformation), Op. 107

4^th Movement:  Choral and Finale

Felix Mendelssohn

Stephen M. Heyde

Baylor University

Irish Tune From County Derry

Percy Grainger

Duke Ellington!  (A Medley for Orchestra)

Arr. Calvin Custer

St. Paul’s Suite for String Orchestra

Movements 1, 2 and 4

Gustav Holst

Symphonic Portrait

Lennie Niehaus

A Hectic Overture

John Lloyd

1999

Clearfield Area High School

Host – Raymond A. Mandell

Kaddish

McBeth

 Dennis Glocke

The Pennsylvania State University

Prophets Dance

Mosier

Die Meistersinger Overture

Wagner

Carmen Suite #1

Bizet

Holberg Suite, Movements 1, 2, and 5

Grieg

Cartoons

Mitchell

1998

Richland High School

Host –

Winsome W. Garland

Outdoor Overture

Copland

Brian L. Hughes

Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa

Halcyon

Hofeldt

Hooligan’s March

Grieg

Pavane

Ravel

Star Wars Medley

Williams-Burden

Symphony No. 4, 4^th Movement

Tschaikowsky

1997

Somerset Area Senior High School

Host – Malinda Forry

Hectic Overture

Lloyd

Peter J. Brye

Millersville University

Concerto Grosso in d minor

Vivaldi/Issac

Procession of the Sardar

Ippolitov-Ivanov

Brook Greene

Gustav Holst

A Tribute to Henry Mancini

Arr. Calvin Custer

Symphony No. 5, Chorale and Finale

Felix Mendelssohn

1996

Indiana Area Senior HS

Host – David Jeckavich

Peer Gynt Suite, Movements 1, 2, and 4

Edvard Grieg

Mr. Stephen Heyde

Baylor University

Symphony No. 2,  Movement IV Finale

Tchaikovsky

Tribute to John Williams

Arr. Ray Mitchell

Lancaster Overture

Paul Whear

Irving Berlin – A Symphonic Portrait

Arr. Hawley Ades

1995

State College Area High School

Host – Dianne Howard

Iphigenia in Aulis

Gluck  Arr. Issac

Peter J. Brye

Millersville University

Pavane

Maurice Ravel   Arr. Issac

Caravan

Ellington-Tizol-Mills, Arr. Ployhar

Capriol Suite for String Orchestra

Movements 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Peter Warlock

Symphonie No. 2, Movement IV Finale

Jean Sibelius

A Mighty Fortress

Vaclav Nelhybel

1994

Hollidaysburg Area High School

Host – William J. Deremer

Poet and Peasant Overture

Von Suppe/Issac

Clifford L. Cox

Edinboro University

Carmen Suite No. 1

Bizet

Holberg Suite for Strings, Move. 1, 2 and 4

Grieg

Festique

Daniels

Symphony No. 2

Hanson

West Side Story

Bernstein/Mason

1993

Richland High School

Host –

Winsome W. Garland

Festival Prelude

Reed

Dr. Jack Stamp

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Concerto in C Major for Violin

Haydn

March to the Scaffold

Berlioz

Ruy Blas Overture

Mendelssohn

Irish Tune from County Derry

Grainger

Shepherds Hey

Grainer

Latin American Symphonette -Pavanne, Guaracha

Gould

Semper Fidelis

Sousa

1992

Clearfield Area High School

Host – Raymond A. Mandell

Toccata

Giocomo Frescobaldi

Dr. Douglas Meyer

The Pennsylvania State University

Prairie Night and Celebration Dance

Aaron Copland

Music for Orchestra

Vaclav Nelhybel

Symphony No. 5, Reformation

Felix Mendelssohn

Selections from My Fair Lady

Frederick Loewe

1991

Altoona Area High School

Hosts – Dennis Moses, Kelly Detwiler

An Outdoor Overture

Aaron Copland

Dr. Ronald E. Schafer

Harrisburg Youth Symphony

Selections from The Phantom of the Opera

Webber/Custer

Finale from the Fifth Symphony

Tschaikowsky

Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Movement 1

Vivaldi/Issac

Procession of the Nobles

Rimksy-Korsakov/Issac

1990

Westmont Hilltop High School

Host – Robert Spence

Hungarian March

Berlioz

Dr. Hugh Johnson

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Der Rosenkavalier Waltz

R. Strauss/Douglass

Selections from “Les Miserables”

Arr. Lowden

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 95

from “The New World”, 

I.  Adagio-Allegro Molto,

IV. Allegro Con Fuoco

Dvorak

1989

Somerset Area High School

Host- Malinda Forry

Poet and Peasant Overture

Suppe

Stephen M. Heyde

Baylor University

Bartok Suite

Bela Bartok

Three Dances from the opera The Bartered Bride

F. Smetana

Symphonie No. 2, Movement IV

Jean Sibelius

West Side Story

Arr. Jack Mason

1988

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Die Meistersinger Von Numberg

Richard Wagner

Walter M. Chesnut

University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Carmen Suite No. 1

Georges Bizet

Pavane  Pour Une Infante Defunte

Maurice Ravel

Concerto For Trumpet, Movement 1

Franz Joseph Haydn

Selections from “Cats”

Arr. Bob Lowden

A Mighty Fortress

Vaclav Nelhybel

1987

Johnstown Senior High School

Hosts –Richard Gardenhour,

S. Samuel Signorino

Fingal’s Cave Overture, Op. 6

Felix Mendelssohn

Stephen M. Heyde

Baylor University

Symphony No. 2, “Romantic”, Op. 30

Howard Hanson

March to the Scaffold

Hector Berlioz, Arr. Anthony Carter

Beaver Valley – “37, 

1. The River

2. Black Snow

3. The Sons of Italy

Henry Mancini

Selections from E.T.

John Williams/John Cacavas

1986

Clearfield Area High School

Host –

Melvin L. McConnell II

Symphonie No. 2, 4^th Movement

Sibelius

Clifford L. Cox

Edinboro State College

Polovetsian Dances from “Prince Igor”

Borodin

Carmen Suite No. 1

George Bizet

Marche Slave

Tschaikowsky

Selections from “Cats”

Bob Lowden

1985

Hollidaysburg Area High School

Host – William Deremer

Egmont Overture

Beethoven/Sopkin

Henry Neubert

Ithaca College

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, First Movement

Mozart/Stoessel

Music For Orchestra

Nelhybel

Dance Of The Tumblers

Rimsky-Korsakov/Stone

Stevie Wonder Sounds

Wonder/Whitney

Symphony No. 5, Finale

Tschaikowsky

1984

Bald Eagle-Nittany High School

Hosts – Cheryl Guth and Gary Guth

Concerto Grosso in D Minor

Vivaldi/Issac

Dr. Donald W. Beckie

Susquehanna University

Elegie

Gabrielle Faure

Selections from L’Arlesienne Suites

Carillon

Farandole

Georges Bizet

Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Move. III and IV

Tschaikovsky

West Side Story

Bernstein/Mason

1983

Richland High School

Host- Winsome W. Garland

Procession of the Nobles

Rimsky-Korsakov/Issac

Clifford Cox

Edinboro State College

Titus Overture K. 621

Mozaart/Issac

Variations On A Shaker Melody

Aaron Copland

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Opus 88, Move. I

Anton Dvorak

Selections from E.T.

Williams/Cacavas

1982

State College Area High School

Host – Will Hartman

Finlandia, Op. 26, No. 7

Jean Sibelius

Smith Toulson

The Pennsylvania State University

A Noyse of Minstrells

Gordon Jacob

Music For Orchestra

Vavlav Nelhybel

An Outdoor Overture

Aaron Copland

Fugue In G Minor (The Little)

Bach-Cailliet

Choreography for String Orchestra

Norman Dello Joio

Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 95, Finale

Anton Dvorak

1981

Altoona Area High School

Host – Charles E. Redenberger

Suite For Orchestra (From The Watermusic)

Handel

Dr. Donald C. Portnoy

West Virginia University

Czech Rhapsody

Jaromir Weinberger

Kaddish

W. Francis McBeth

Selections from “A Chorus Line”

Hamlisch/Lowden

Mont Blanc Overture

John Bavicchi

Symphony No. 5, Opus 64, Movement 4 Finale

Tschaikowsky

1980

Indiana Area High School

Host –

David M. Jeckavich

Carmen Suite No. 1

Bizet

Clifford Cox

Edinboro State College

Symphony No. 2, Movement 1

Howard Hanson

March To The Scaffold

Berlioz/Carter

Polovetsian Dances

Borodine

Beaver Valley ‘37

Henry Mancini

Barry Manilow Medley

Manilow/Lowden

1979

Richland Area High School

Hosts – Benjamin P. Arellano and Winsome Garland

Prelude For Orchestra

Noah Klaus

Stephen Heyde

West Virginia University

Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Johann Sebastian Bach

“Unfinished” Symphony, First Movement

Franz Schubert

Scherzo Fantasy

Artin Arslanian

Berceuse and Finale

Igor Stravinsky

Festique

M. L. Daniels

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius

Annie

Arr. Phillip Lang