Marching Show Catalog

Selected season concepts, productions, and repertoire

A working catalog of marching band show concepts and productions across collegiate appointments. Concept design and music arranging by M. Smith; drill design carried out in collaboration with drill writers in the standard collegiate model.

Butler University Marching Band

Director of Athletic Bands  ·  2016 – 2022  ·  BIG EAST Conference

2019 Season — Rotating Themed Productions

Three rotating themed shows across the season, each requiring distinct musical and visual identity:

Swing Show
  • Sing, Sing, Sing (Louis Prima)
  • Hey Pachuco! (Royal Crown Revue)
  • Birdland (Josef Zawinul, Weather Report)
Latin Show
  • El Cumbanchero (Rafael Hernández)
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos
  • Málaga (Bill Holman)
1990s Show
  • Larger Than Life (Backstreet Boys) → Barbie Girl (Aqua)
  • MMMBop (Hanson) → Wannabe (Spice Girls)
  • ...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears) → Bye Bye Bye (NSYNC)

2018 Season — Game-by-Game Themed Productions

Distinct themed productions designed for each home football contest, each with custom arranging, drill, and visual identity:

Latin Heat September 15, 2018
  • Camino Real (Alfred Reed)
  • Flight of the Condor (John Higgins)
  • Malagueña (Ernesto Lecuona)
Funk & Soul September 29, 2018
  • Think (Aretha Franklin)
  • Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)
  • Boogie Wonderland (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • What Is Hip? (Tower of Power)
What Is Emo Anyway? October 20 & October 27, 2018
  • I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! at the Disco)
  • Demons (Imagine Dragons)
  • Centuries (Fall Out Boy)
  • Welcome to the Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
Patriotic Tribute November 10, 2018
  • America Fantasy (Bruce Pearson)
  • Armed Forces Medley → America the Beautiful (traditional)

2017 Season — “A Bulldog’s Guide to the Orchestra’”

Full-season unified show concept introducing the orchestral repertoire to a marching-band audience. Each movement adapted from a major orchestral or symphonic work:

  • Brahms’s Lullaby (Brahms)
  • Festive Overture (Shostakovich)
  • 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)
  • William Tell Overture (Rossini)
  • Farandole (from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2, Bizet)
  • Piano Concerto in G, Mvt. I (Ravel)
  • Verdi’s Requiem (Verdi)
  • Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich)
  • The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)

“Rhapsody” — Full-Season Unified Show Concept

Season-long arc tracing the rhapsody form across three works spanning American jazz, Romantic concert music, and arena rock:

  • Rhapsody in Blue (George Gershwin)
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
  • Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga — “Marching Mocs”

Interim Director of Bands  ·  2014 – 2016  ·  Southern Conference (NCAA Division I)

2014 Season — “Stages”

Unified three-frame production concept built around three integrated stages of musical material:

  • Concert stage: Sam Hazo, Ride
  • Orchestral stage: Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” variations on Mvt. IV
  • Musical-theater stage: Rodgers & Hammerstein, My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music
Patriotic Show — featuring guest artist James Rogers
  • Fly Eagle Fly — arranged by Smith, performed with former Dollywood artist James Rogers

UTC Band Day — Halloween-Weekend Productions

UTC Band Day games were scheduled around Halloween each season. The marching band hosted area high school students for the day and performed featured halftime shows that included a thematic Halloween nod alongside other repertoire:

2015 Band Day
  • Back to the Future Medley (Alan Silvestri)
  • Thriller (Michael Jackson)
2014 Band Day
  • December 1963 (Oh, What a Night) (The Four Seasons)
  • Thriller (Michael Jackson)

Other Recurring Season Productions (2014 – 2016)

Additional rotating productions across the Interim Director seasons of the Marching Mocs:

Michael Jackson Tribute
  • I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
  • Love Never Felt So Good (Michael Jackson)
  • Thriller (Michael Jackson)
Latin Show
  • El Camino Real (Alfred Reed)
  • La Suerte de Los Tontos
  • Málaga (Bill Holman)
Patriotic Show
  • Armed Forces Medley (traditional)
  • America the Beautiful (traditional)

Castleton State College — Spartan Marching Band

Associate Director of Bands  ·  2012 – 2013  ·  the only show-style marching band in the state of Vermont

Latin-Themed Full Season Production

Full-season Latin production with personally authored pre-game drill and custom arrangements. Charts written as flex-band arrangements to accommodate the size of the ensemble:

  • El Cumbanchero (Rafael Hernández)
  • Evil Ways (Santana)
  • I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) (Pitbull)
  • The Children of Sanchez (Chuck Mangione)
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