2009 Warren Central

Scholastic Open Class

Concert Percussion Ensemble

Warren Central High School

Indoor Percussion Ensemble

Greetings to all of our percussion family!  I wanted to let you all know that our percussion ensemble had a great first competition at New Palestine this past weekend and the judges were very impressed with our show.  I did want to take a minute and explain a little about the piece we are playing, Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson.

Rocky Point Holiday was written in 1969 and is Ron Nelson's first major work for band. It was commissioned for the University of Minnesota Band's Russia tour. "Rocky Point Holiday" was written in Rocky Point, Rhode Island while the composer was on vacation.

This composition helped "typecast" the composer as a writer of "flashy, high energy overtures. "Rocky Point is...fun to play and listen to." It is indeed highly energetic, cast in a three-part form of fast-slow-fast and features a sound of long-lined singing melodies, underscored by moving ostinatos, colorful frenetic swirling winds and very busy percussion.

Its infectious rhythms permeate the piece, as its buoyant feeling surges forward to climax after climax.

The piece is composed as if you were going on a train trip throughout the country. As you will see this week that idea will be more evident and we continue our journey.

Mr. Jeff Cleveland, Director

Warren Central High School Winter Percussion History

2008 The Planets (Mars & Jupiter) by Gustav Holst

Arranged by David R. Brooks III

IPA PSCO - 4^th Place

2007 The Music of STYX (Mr. Roboto, Babe, Fooling Yourself, & Mr. Roboto Reprise)

Arranged by David R. Brooks III

IPA PSCO – 2^nd Place

2006 Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36 by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Arranged by David R. Brooks III

IPA PSCO - State Champion

WGI Finalist - 4^th Place

2005 Magnum Opus by KANSAS

Arranged by David R. Brooks III

IPS PSCO – 3^rd place

WGI Participant PSCO - 5^th Place

2004 ISSMA Solo and Ensemble

2 Gold Ratings at State Solo and Ensemble

2003 On the Waterfront by Leonard Bernstein

IPA PSCO – 2^nd Place 

2002 Symphony No. 9 in E minor (New World Symphony) by Antonín Leopold Dvořák

IPA PSCO – 3^rd Place

2001 American Salute – Morton Gould

IPA PSCO – 2^nd Place

2001 Spies in the Night (James Bond, Shaft, & Mission Impossible)

IPA PSA – 6^th Place

2000 A Surfer’s Fantasy (Morning Mood, Surfing Safari, Surfer Girl, & Wipe Out) 

IPA PSA – 7^th Place

2000 Third Suite by Robert Jager

IPA PSCO – 6^th Place

1999 West Side Story – Leonard Bernstein

IPA PSA – 3^rd Place

1995 Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky

BOA Marching Percussion Festival

1994 Carmina Burana – Carl Orff

BOA Marching Percussion Festival

1993 Sabre Dance, Morning Mood, William Tell Overture

BOA Marching Percussion Festival

IPA = Indiana Percussion Association

WGI = Winter Guard International (Percussion Division)

BOA = Bands of America (Percussion Festival)

PSCO = Percussion Scholastic Concert Open Classification

PSA = Percussion Scholastic A Classification