Concert Band Rehearsal Schedule

Commencement 2026

Sunday, May 10

Location:

Tent in front of Marquis/Hickok

Attire:

All Black – layers (temperature changes)

Arrival Time:

Setup crew – 7:00 am

Percussionists – 7:30 am

Wind players – 7:45 am

Rehearsal:

8:00 – Tune

8:05 – Fanfare for the Unsung Hero

8:10 – Ijo Ajoyo

8:15 – Nobles Forest Hunt

8:25 – Centennial Celebrations

8:30 – For Good

8:35 – Lucid Dreams (Possible repeat to 143)

8:40 – Seniors leave!

8:40 – Collegiate Rite

8:55 – Coe Loyalty

9:00 – Celebration (Standridge)

9:10 Non-seniors use restrooms, eat breakfast (thank you, Duroje!), etc.

9:20 All return to seats

9:25 Tune

9:30 Perform Pre-commencement Concert

9:30 Fanfare for the Unsung Hero

9:34 Ijo Ajoyo

9:39 Nobles Forest Hunt

9:44 Centennial Celebrations

9:50 For Good

9:56 Lucid Dreams (Possible repeat to 143)

10:00 Processional – Collegiate Rite – repeat first section as needed (Carson points up), crash and skip to P as needed (Carson makes fist, cues crash so you can turn pages, then gives P downbeat)

Ceremony

Ca. 11:30 – Coe Loyalty, Recessional - Celebration (Standridge)

About Noon – assist with teardown, return clothespins, instruments, keys, music

Fall Term rehearsals begin August 26

schedule also available online on our Facebook page

calendar at tinyurl.com/coecollegebands

syllabus available HERE

schedule available HERE

Sample recordings for Spring 2026

Some of these will be performed at Kingston Yard

A Mere Moment - Michele Fernandez - FOB only

Ijo Ajoyo - Duroje Gwamna - Figure Skating, FOB

Phoenix, mvt. III: Ascendant - Joseph Sowa - FOB only (small group)

Lucid Dreams - Adrian Sims - FOB only

Centennial Celebration - Adrian Sims - FOB only

Nobles Forest Hunt - William Pollock - FOB only

Dona Nobis Pacem - Michael Daugherty - FOB only

Strike Up the Band - Gershwin/Barker - Figure Skating, FOB

Imminent Danger - Jennifer Rose - Figure Skating, FOB

76 Trombones - Meredith Willson, Leroy Anderson - Figure Skating

How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell, arr. Vinson - Figure Skating

Fanfare for the Unsung Hero - Matt Conaway - Figure Skating

For Good – from Wicked (Stephen Schwartz) - Figure Skating

Celebration - Randall Standridge - Figure Skating

Superman - John Williams, arr. Lowden - Figure Skating

Big Band Signatures- John Higgins - Figure Skating

New York, New York - Figure Skating

You Can’t Stop the Beat - Figure Skating

Singing in the Rain - Figure Skating

Let It Go (from Frozen) - Figure Skating

Linus and Lucy - Figure Skating