PROGRAM
• DES MOINES CONCERT HANDBELLS
Song 1: Snowpeak Ruins – from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Composers: Toru Minegishi and Suka Ohta – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Song 2: Path of Repentance – from Final Fantasy X – Composer: Nobuo Uematsu – Transcriber: Alex Guebert
Members: Jo Broadston, Dick Crusinberry, Beth Ann Edwards, Scott Ehlinger, Lori Fenton, Jenn Hawkins, Sandy Kirchhoff, Kate McLean, Joseph Mullin, Julie Murphy, Rachel Onsrud, Debbi Regennitter, Shelly Siemer, Ruth Staplin, Carol Stratemeyer
• MULLIN/QUANDT DUET
Song 1: Sector 4 Depths – from Metroid Fusion – Composers: Minako Hamano, Akira Fujiwara – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Song 2: Fi’s Theme – from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Composers: Hajime Wakai, Shiho Fujii, Mahito Yokota, and Takeshi Hama – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Members: Joseph Mullin, Katie Quandt
• BRASS ENSEMBLE 1
Song: New Super Mario Bros. – Composers: Asuka Ohta, Hajime Wakai, Koji Kondo – Arranger: Harrison Bruner
Members: Desmond Armentrout, Steve Billingsley, Jimmy Dooling, Robert Krause, Jim Novak, Jordan Thomas
• STRING ENSEMBLE 1
Song: Scarlet Forest – from Deltarune – Composer: Toby Fox – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Members: Evelynn Huntley, Jenny Lau, Joseph Mullin, Adam Pandian, Jotham Polashek, Katie Quandt, Maggie Stagner, Ed Walker, Damian Williams
• VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Song 1: Secret Course – from Super Mario Sunshine – Composer: Koji Kondo – Arranger: Impiaaa
Song 2: Randy Dandy-O – from Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag – Traditional – Arranger: The Longest Johns – Transcriber: Bruce Yang – Editor: Aaron Barker
Members: Aaron Barker, Kyle Drilling, Kaleigh Hartman, Seth Hartman, Caroline Kinney, Alex Klawitter, Bill Parrott, Cody Pfau, Brent Thompson, Wendy Poush, Vernie Vukovich
• 515 BRASS COLLECTIVE
Song: Prologue – from The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds – Composer: Ryo Nagamasu – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Members: Joel Andrews, Dan Benson, Rishi Kolasu, Paul Lichty, Colton Whetstone
• WOODWIND ENSEMBLE
Song 1: The Measure of His Reach – from Final Fantasy XIV – Composer: Masayoshi Soken – Arrangers: Rpdrafter, Jennifer Walter
Song 2: Littleroot Town – from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald – Composer: Junichi Masuda – Arrangers: Mr_MusicGuy, Jennifer Walter
Members: Alec Gabel, Dean Grannes, Spencer Masumura, Marc Quibell, Sebastian Speer, Jennifer Walter, Tasha Wells
• BRASS ENSEMBLE 2
Song: Selections from The Legend of Zelda – Composers: Koji Kondo & Shinobu Tanaka – Arrangers: Luke Barga, Jim Novak
Members: Samuel Anderson, Aaron Barker, Shauna Fessler, Tim Jones, Ben Mullin, Jim Novak
• FLUTE ENSEMBLE
Song 1: Mii Channel Theme – Composer: Kazumi Totaka – Arranger: Megan Witkowski
Song 2: Medley from Mario Kart Wii – Composers: Akusa Ota, Ryo Kagamatsu – Arranger: Annalise Arroyo
Members: Stef Harper, Olivia Hockey, Emma Nixon, Carre Trude, Jennifer Walter, Valerie Wedgeworth
• STRING ENSEMBLE 2
Song: Great Sea Theme – from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Composers: Kenta Nagata, Hajime Wakai, Toru Minegishi, and Koji Kondo – Arranger: Joseph Mullin
Members: Brad Benson, Julisa Heredia, Anna Lee, Daniel Nguyen, Xavier Quinn, Emma Staut
SAX ENSEMBLE
Song: Medley from Pokemon Red/Blue – Composer: Junichi Masuda – Arranger: DtLin
Members: Eli Bettenhausen, Josh Dahm, Steven Fink, Tim Hornback, Kyra Jones, Eric Neeley
• HORN ENSEMBLE
Song: Adventure – from Dragon Quest III – Composer: Koichi Sugiyama – Arranger: Steven Arango
Members: Lawrence Brennan, Courtney Cswercko, Laura Krossner, Marta Mooney, Joseph Mullin, Shanna Speer
• NOLA JAZZ
Song: Jungle Hijinks – from Donkey Kong Country – Composer: David Wise – Arranger: Kevin Treanor
Members: Scott Davis, Jack Deahl, Rachel Garretson, Jeff Kane, Paul Lichty, Alayna Ringsby
A special thanks to Bravo Greater Des Moines for their sponsorship of our ensemble. It is both a financial and confidence boost for our ensemble to have their support!
GSO BOARD:
Aaron Barker – President
Jennifer Walter – Vice President
Marta Mooney – Secretary and Development
Emma Nixon – Treasurer
Jim Novak – Personnel and Social Media
SPECIAL THANKS:
Hoover High School and Desmond Armentrout for rehearsal space
Joseph Mullin for many outstanding arrangements
Jim Novak and Jennifer Walter for heavy arrangement lifting
Ashley Madsen, Marta Mooney, and Josh Dahm for ushering these concerts
The Des Moines Concert Handbells for ringing in awesome video game tunes
NOLA Jazz Band for turning their talents to game music
515 Brass Collective for stepping up to make our concert more epic
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