J.P. Taravella High School
Band & Orchestra

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"This performance was more than worth my trip from Germany to hear.
I was taken back to Fu-Mon Hall in Tokyo just now."  -Frederick Humphreys (4 May 2001)

    These are sound clips from past performances of the J.P. Taravella Instrumental Music Ensembles.  You need Real Player in order to listen to these clips in streaming audio.  Real Player Basic is free.  For a list of recommended listening  literature, click this link.  We hope you enjoy these performances.

2004-2005
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JPT Wind Orchestra
Army of the Nile (Kenneth Alford)
Fantasy Variations on a Theme of Paganini (James Barnes)
Rocky Point Holiday (Ron Nelson)

JPT Wind Symphony
Hello Sunshine March (Yoshio Matsuo)
An Irish Rhapsody (Clare Grundman)
Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo (Malcolm Arnold/Paynter)

2003-2004
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JPT Wind Orchestra
Pas Redouble (Saint-Saens/Frackenpohl)
In Evening's Stillness (Joseph Schwantner)
Ballet Music from McBeth (Guiseppe Verdi/Suzuki)

JPT Wind Symphony
Emblems, Military March (Kenichi Masakado)
George Washington Bridge (William Schumann)
Pageant (Vincent Persichetti)

2002-2003

JPT Wind Orchestra
Il Bersagliere by Eduoardo Boccalari
from the FBA State Evaluation

Terpsichore (After Michael Praetorius) by Bob Margolis
Movement One
Movement Two
Movement Three
Movement Four
from the FBA State Evaluation
"Used by permission of www.ManhattanBeachMusic.com"

Fanfare and Allegro by Clifton Williams
from the FBA State Evaluation

JPT Wind Symphony
Abschied der Slawin by W. Agapkin
from the FBA State Evaluation

Courtly Airs and Dances by Ron Nelson
from the FBA State Evaluation

Symphonic Dance No. 3 "Fiesta" by Clifton Williams
from the FBA State Evaluation

2001-2002

JPT Chamber Orchestra
Chamber Symphony, Mvmt I by Dmitri Shostakovich
from the Spring Concert

JPT String Orchestra
Rumanian Folk Dances, Mvmts 6 & 7 by Bela Bartok
    from the FOA District Evaluation

JPT Symphony Orchestra
Dance of the Tumblers by Rimsky Korsakov
from the Spring Concert

JPT Wind Orchestra
Carmina Burana (Selections) by Carl Orff/arr.John Krance
    from the FBA District Evaluation

JPT Wind Symphony
Under the Flag of Glory by Junichi Naito
from the State Evaluation
 

2000-2001

JPT Wind Orchestra
Blue Shades by Frank Ticheli
    from the FBA State Evaluation

JPT Wind Symphony
First Suite in Eb, Movement I by Gustav Holst
    from the Spring Concert

JPT Jazz Ensemble
The Last Dive by Matt Harris
    from the FBA State Evaluation

JPT Fusion Ensemble
Havona by Weather Report
   from the Spring Concert

1999-2000

JPT Wind Orchestra
"Fetes" from Trois Nocturnes by Claude Debussy (tr. Tatebe)
from the FBA State Evaluation
 

1998-1999

JPT Wind Orchestra
Rocky Point Holiday by Ron Nelson
from the FBA State Evaluation
 

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J.P. Taravella Band & Orchestra