Joliet Central Band
Buy the Sound
The Joliet Central Band is proud to announce the “Buy the Sound” campaign for commissioning new band music. The Commissioning Project will include an original composition written for the Joliet Central Band. The Joliet Central Symphonic Band will perform the world premiere of this piece with the composer conducting in a public concert held at the historic Joliet Township High School, Central Campus. Band students will have the opportunity to work with the composer in the rehearsal process prior to the concert, and students will gain insight and experience into the music composition process. All sheet music will include the band’s name under the title, and the composition will be available for other bands to perform following the world premiere.
FOR THE INAUGURAL COMPOSITION, WE HAVE CHOSEN 1995 JOLIET CENTRAL ALUMNUS JERMAINE STEGALL. READ ABOUT JERMAINE BELOW.
BUY THE SOUND CAMPAIGN
Sheet music is made up of bars, lines, staves, and pages. Our “Buy the Sound” campaign allows for sponsorship of the Commissioning Project at the following levels:
Buy a Bar: $50 to “Buy a Bar” of music. Donors at this level will receive their names in the program for the world premiere performance.
Buy a Line: $100 to “Buy a Line” of music. Donors at this level will receive their names in the program for the world premiere performance and reserved, priority seating at the performance.
Buy a Page: $250 to “Buy a Page” of music. Donors at this level will receive their names in the program for the world premiere performance, reserved priority seating at the performance, and will have their names included in a plaque that will be on display in the historical Joliet Central Band Room.
Buy the Sound: $500 and above: Donors at this level will receive their names in the program for the world premiere performance, reserved priority seating at the performance, will have their names included in a plaque that will be on display in the historical Joliet Central Band Room, and will receive an autographed copy of the score from the composer.
Additional funds beyond the goal will be applied towards our next commission project, slated for the Joliet Township High School Band’s 110th anniversary in 2022.
To donate, please contact Mr. Don Stinson, Joliet Central Band Director, at 815-727-6705 or email him at dstinson@jths.org. Checks may be made payable to the Joliet Central Band Parents Association.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Jermaine Stegall is a composer, conductor, and producer of film and television music. Jermaine is currently participating in the inaugural 2018-2019 Universal / Dreamworks Film Music Diversity Initiative where he works closely with the film music teams of Universal Pictures, Focus Features, and Dreamworks Animation. In 2016, he was selected as a Sundance Composer Lab Fellow held at Skywalker Ranch, and has worked closely over the years with some of Hollywood's biggest composers including Danny Elfman, Christophe Beck, Marco Beltrami, Harry Gregson-Williams, Christopher Lennertz, Blake Neely, and The Outfit. He has also written original and additional film and television music for such studios as The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Dimension Films, Fox Digital Studio, and NBC Universal Television.
Most recently Jermaine provided additional music scoring for Christophe Beck’s score for the upcoming holiday Netflix Original movie “The Christmas Chronicles” produced by Chris Columbus (The first three Harry Potter movies, Home Alone, The Goonies, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Gremlis to name a few. Additionally Jermaine has scored over 20 feature films, many of which have been released theatrically, and digitally worldwide including the theatrical release of Jamesy Boy (2014) directed by Trevor White, and the teen comedy Mono (2016) directed by Jarrett Lee Conaway. Jermaine received his master's degree in Music Composition from the University of North Texas, and later earned the prestigious Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television program at USC, and completed the BMI Conducting workshop held in Los Angeles, CA.
Jermaine is a 1995 graduate of Joliet Central High School. He performed on saxophone in the Joliet Central Band under the direction of Mr. Ted Lega.
ABOUT THE BAND
The Joliet Township High School Band, later the Joliet Central High School Band, is one of the most historically significant high school band programs in the country. Established in 1912, the band program has had only five directors in the history of the school, and has served the musical needs of thousands of students. Joliet’s nickname is “The City of Champions,” derived from the numerous awards and accolades earned by the band, including National Championships judged by John Philip Sousa and presidential performances, an engagement with the Rockettes in New York, performing at the very first Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and numerous appearances at the University of Illinois Superstate Festival. Students in the band enjoy opportunities in concert band, symphonic band, marching band, jazz band, jazz combo, pep band, and chamber ensembles. Recent accolades of the band include performing at the Chicagoland Invitational Concert Band Festival, being named a recipient of the 2017 Music in Our Schools Tour sponsored by the Give a Note Foundation, and invitations to the 2017 and 2018 University of Illinois SuperState Band Festival.