BHS Band and Color Guard
BHS Home > Band & Color Guard > General Information >> History
*

History

The Beavercreek High School Bands pride themselves on playing the very best of band literature all during the year as well as utilizing unique and exciting show concepts for their Marching Band & Color Guard Programs.Examples of past Repertoire include:

bullet
Marching Band:
87-88 Divergents of Jazz 94-95 Gloria Estefan 01-02 Sting 08-09 Tears for Fears

88-89 Cartoons 95-96 Crosby Stills Nash & Young 02-03 Santana Part 2 09-10 Aerosmith

89-90 Chicago 96-97 Steely Dan 03-04 Fleetwood Mac 10-11 Pink Floyd


90-91 Blood Sweat & Tears 97-98 Carlos Santana 04-05 Sting Part 2 11-12 Muse

91-92 Beatles 98-99 Stevie Wonder 05-06 The Beatles 12-13 Jethro-Tull

92-93 Chuck Mangione 99-00 Earth Wind & Fire 06-07 U2


93-94 Carlos Santana 00-01 Phil Collins 07-08 Led-Zeppelin
bullet
Wind Symphony:

Music by composers such as Holst, Shostakovich, Tull, Holsinger, Grainger, Tchaikovsky, etc.

bullet
Symphonic Band:

Music by composers such as McGinty, Kopetz, Court, Claude T. Smith, Reineke, etc.

bullet
Concert Band:

Music by composers such as Mahr, Hultgren, Sayre, Shaffer, Nelhybel

bullet
Varsity Band:

Music by composers such as Mahr, Hultgren, Sayre, Shaffer, Nelhybel

bullet
Jazz Ensemble One, Two, Three, & Four:

Music by composers such as Stan Kenton, Manyard Ferguson, Pam Watson, Roger Holmes, John Berry, Chuck Mangione, Tom Kubis, etc.

bullet
Winter Guard:
1988 Life Cycle of a Tree 2001 VARSITY: Festival Variations by Claude T. Smith

1989 The Greek Mythology of Day & Night 2002 Winter Guards inactive

1991 Rhythm of The Saints by Paul Simon 2003 Music by Pete Escovedo

1992 Rhythm of The Guard by Paul Simon 2004 Music by the Doobie Brothers

1993 Shadows In The Rain by Sting 2005 David Grey's "Babylon"

1994 Here I Am by Lyle Lovett 2006 Tom Jones

1995 Tropical Jazz by Dave Weckel 2008 Shadows in the Rain by Sting

1996 Colors Of The Wind by Vanessa Williams 2009 Groove is in the Heart by Dee-lite

1997 What Would You Say? by The Dave Matthews Band 2010 I Just Wanna Be Happy by Gloria Estefan

1999 Disco Sounds of Gloria Estefan 2011 King of Anything by Sara Bareilles
  2000 JV: That's Right Your Not From Texas by Lyle Lovett 2012 Toys Comnig to Life
  2000 VARSITY: Faces by Earth Wind & Fire  
  2001 JV: Virginia Woolf by The Indigo Girls  
bullet
Winter Percussion:

As a marching percussion ensemble under the direction of Douglas McCullough this ensemble won numerous awards including being State Champions, and both Regional and National Finalists. Past music has included selections by Spyro Gyra, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Miami Sound Machine, Aram Khahaturian, and the Allman Brothers Band. In 2001 The BHS Percussion Ensemble became a concert ensemble under the direction of Jim Leslie concentrating on the best of standard percussion literature as well as studying the proper technique of all the various percussion instruments. This group is open to all band percussionists starting in December and going until May. Plans are being made for this ensemble to perform at both the OMEA State Convention, and the Percussive Arts Society International Convention.


BHS Band Logo Mr. Douglas McCullough, Director
Beavercreek High School Band and Color Guard
Tel:937-429-7547 x2469 | Fax::937-429-7546 | doug.mccullough@beavercreek.k12.oh.us
Content Managed by Jeff Sydelko for Beavercreek City Schools