130+ Track & Field Day Photos

May 25, 2010

Track and Field Day was a smashing success.  Each class  participated in the day’s events.  Check out the new gallery here.

The Echoes (May 2010), Photos, & Video

May 24, 2010

The Last Echoes for the 2009-2010 school year is now online.  See thoughts from the Senior Class President, ASB National Day of Prayer, AP Tests, and other end of the year thoughts.  Read the May 2010 edition here

Two new sets of photos are now live on the UCA website.  ASB church & the 4-year Senior trip galleries are now live.  See them here.

Brandon (a member of the 2010 Senior Class) made a video to feature next week’s Gymnastics Home show.  See the video here.

New UCA Video

May 14, 2010

The UCA Band & Choir visited the Walla Walla University Church and performed during the second service.  The UCA music portions of the service are below.  You can download the entire church service here.

UCA Band & Choir Perform At Walla Walla University from Mark Janke on Vimeo.

The April 2010 Echoes & New Photos

April 18, 2010

The student paper “The Echoes” April, 2010 is now online.  Read it here.

New Photos have arrived on the website.  There are photos of the Gymnastics tour to Moses Lake in March 2010 and The Easter play: The Deliverer.

UCA Band Plays Through Power Outage

March 16, 2010

This past weekend was grandparent weekend at UCA.  The culminating event is the Spring Arts Festival.  It is a celebration of creativity in voice, art, instrument, and much more.

For part of the program, the UCA band (under the direction of Dean Kravig) performed “Allegro Barbaro”, a difficult number in 2/2 and reaching tempos of 178 beats per minute.  In the midst of performing this difficult song, the Spangle area, and UCA, suffered a momentary loss of electrical power.  The gymnasium went pitch black but the band kept playing without being able to see their music.  The power came back on and the band finished the song.  The song was met with wild applause and a standing ovation.

A proud parent shot video of this performance and UCA is happy to share it with you.  Enjoy.

UCA Band Plays Through A Power Outage from Mark Janke on Vimeo

Watch all videos for UCA during the 2009-2010 School year

1980s Yearbooks Online

March 12, 2010

Another decade of yearbooks (1980s) has made it to the world wide web.  Visit the yearbook archives to view the 1980s yearbooks and all the years from 1920-1989.  Check them out!  They’re rad.

Band Clinic & Senior Recognition Media

March 8, 2010

A new video of The UCA band Clinic 2010 is online. It features one of the songs that the 189 member band played.

Watch the video here

Band Clinic Photos Online

February 23, 2010

This past weekend was the UCA Band Clinic.  The band of 189 members was directed by Dean Kravig.  The students who participated ranged from 6th-12th grade. The concert was spectacular & they played some difficult music.

Check out the Band Clinic Photos

UCA Brass Quintet – 1982 Recording

February 18, 2010

While digging through the Alumni Archives, a copy of the 1982 Brass Quintet was discovered.  This recording is a great example of the enduring excellence of UCA’s music department and talented students.  This entire recording is listed below (track by track) for your downloading & listening use.

The musicians are Jerry Lange (Trumpet I), Jeff Hilde (Trumpet II), Keith Gimble (French Horn), Robert Schmidt (Trombone), and Glen Gimble (Tuba).

01 Scherzo and Leid
02 fanfare
03 Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
04 Andant et Allegro Trombone Solo
05 Scherzo
06 The Easy Winners
07 Junk Man Rag
08 Concert Piece in F Minor
09 The Harlem Rag March
10 Sir Duke
11 Suite for Tuba – 1. Allegro Maestoso 2. Andante Expressivo
12 Suite for Tuba – 3. Allegro con Brio
13 Sempre Fidelis
14 Mississippi Rag
15 Tailgate Breakaway
16 Two Pavans
17 Prelude and Fugue in B Flat
18 Canzon II
19 Gagiarda II
20 Gagiarda I
21 Rondeau
22 Sonata from Die Bankelsangerleider

The Echoes – February 2010 is online.

February 16, 2010

The newest edition of The Echoes is online.  In this edition, students offer their thoughts on Christmas concerts, banquets, the UCC office building, creative culinary creations, and much more.

Read the February 2010 Echoes

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