The 1991 All-State Conference was held January 31-February 2, 1991 in Peoria, IL.


Jazz Night Concert- Friday February 1, 1991

Honors Jazz Choir
April Arabian, Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA

Bouree - Bach, arr. Ward Swingle
Their Hearts Were Full of Spring - arr. Kirby Shaw
Don't Get Around Much Anymore - arr. Martin Behnke

All-State Jazz Band
Ronald Carter, East. St. Louis High School, IL

Manteca - arr. John Berry
Funny Moon for Two - Dave Parker
Strike Up the Band - Nestico
Here's That Rainy Day - Dave Barduhn
Birdland - Larry Kerchner

Honors Jazz Combo
Frank Mantooth, Chicago, IL

Moments Notice - John Coltrane
Naimi - John Coltrane
Seven Steps to Heaven - Miles Davis
Quaker State Samba - Frank Mantooth

Honors Jazz Band
Fred Sturm, Lawrence University

The Second Time Around - arr. Billy Byers
Judge and Jury - Frank Mantooth
The Saints - arr. J.J. Johnson
Let A Song Go Out of My Heart - Duke Ellington, arr. Benny Carter
Flintstoned - arr. John Fedchock 


All-State Concert - Saturday, February 2, 1991

All-State Orchestra
Steven Amundson, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

Academic Festival Overture - Johannes Brahms
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Edvard Grieg, trans. Charles Roberts
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Finale - Jean Sibelius

All-State Chorus
Richard Garrin, Chicago Symphony Chorus
Accompanist - Joyce Kelstrom, Elmhurst and Connie Lyda, Lisle

Dona Nobis Pacem - J.S. Bach
Crucifixus - Antonia Lotti
Heart We Will Forget Him - James Mulholland
Soon-Ah-Will-Be Done - William Dawson
Canticle of Praise - John Ness Beck
Stomp Your Foot - Aaron Copland

All-State Band
Don Owens, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

King Cotton - Sousa/Frederick Fennell
Sine Nomine - Ralph Vaughn Williams, arr. Houseknecht
Studies in Motion - Fisher Tull
An Ellington Portrait - arr. Floyd Werle 


Honors Concert - Saturday, February 2, 1991

Honors Orchestra
Robert Ritsema, Hope College, Holland, MI

First Essay for Orchestra - Samuel Barber
Capricccio Italien - Peter I. Tschaikovsky

Honors Chorus
Eph Ehly, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO
Accompanist - Steve Zegree, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI and Connie Lyda, Lisle

Now Shout - Kemner
Crucifixus - Antionio Lotti
Dixit Dominus - Wolfgang A. Mozart
Aftonen - Alfven
Canticle of Praise - John Ness Beck

Honors Band
Ray Cramer, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Koenigsmarsch - Richard Strauss, ed. Roger Barrett
Variants on a Medieval Tune - Norman Dello Joio
Blessed Are They - J. Brahms, arr. Barbara Buehlman
Lord of the Rings (First Movement) - Johann de Meij
Whip and Spur March - Thomas Allen, arr. Ray Cramer