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EMU Wind Symphony Repertoire

Mary K. Schneider, conductor

Fall 2012 Concert Programs

“Transformations”
Sunday, 14 October, 2012
4:00 PM Pease Auditorium

Makris: Aegean Festival Overture
Shostakovich/Reynolds: Prelude in E-flat minor, op. 34
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
            In Memorium
Bach/Paynter: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue, BWV564
Bates: Rusty Air in Carolina
W. Schuman: New England Triptych
                  I. Be Glad Then America
                  II. When Jesus Wept
                  III. Chester

“BANDORAMA”  with Symphonic Band and Marching Band
Saturday, 17 November, 2012   
7:00 PM Pease Auditorium
Gail Robertson, guest faculty artist

Prokovief: March, op. 99
Grantham: Symphony for Winds and Percussion
              III. Stomp
Pryor: Blue Bells of Scotland
            Prof. Gail Robertson, euphonium
Sousa: Bullets and Bayonets
Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy

 

Winter 2012 Concert Programs


April 15, 2012
Alumni Honors Concert
Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, and Alumni Band
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

John Estacio/trans. Fraser Linklater - Frenergy
Herbert L. Clarke - The Debutante
(Chad Snider, Trumpet, Winner of the 2011 William Stewart Undergraduate Concerto Competition)
Paul Hindemith - Symphony in B flat
John Philip Sousa - Nobles of the Mystic Shrine

Kent Boulton - Fanfare for a Festival

 

March 16, 2012
Chamber Winds
Pease Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Igor Stravinsky - Fanfare for a New Theater
Paul Dukas/arr. Wayne Barrington - Fanfare from La Peri
Francis Poulenc - Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano
     I. Allegro Vivace
Philip Bliss/Arr. Gorski - It is Well With My Soul
Eric Cruickshank - Dancing 7’s
Anton Reicha - Wind Quintet, Op. 88, No. 2
     IV. Finale: Allegretto
Stanley Leonard - Fanfare and Allegro
Zach Collins - Cinematic Fantasy
Jean Rivier - Grave et Presto
Whitney Prince - To The Max

 

February 24, 2012
College Band Directors National Association Regional Conference
Mount Pleasant, MI
Staples Family Concert Hall, 1:30 p.m.

David Maslanka - Traveler
David Biedenbender - Stomp
James Mobberley - Words of Love, with guest faculty artist MeeAe Cecilia Nam
Claude Debussy/ arr. Mashima - L’isle joyeuse
Michael Daugherty - Lost Vegas

 

February 17, 2012
"Journeys" 
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

David Maslanka – Traveler
David Biedenbender – Stomp
James Mobberley – Words of Love, with guest faculty artist MeeAe Cecilia Nam
Claude Debussy/ arr. Mashima - L'Isle Joyeuse  
Michael Daugherty – Lost Vegas
         I.   Viva
         II.  Mirage
         III. Fever

 

Fall 2011 Concert Programs


November 19, 2011
BANDORAMA
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.
with Symphonic Band and Marching Band

Biedenbender - Stomp
Maslanka - Traveler
Marquez/Nichols - Danzon No. 2
Mackey - Hymn to a Blue Hour

 

October 16, 2011
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Hesketh - Masque
Ticheli - Sanctuary
Arnold - English Dances
Holst - Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo
Gould - “Marches” from West Point Symphony

 

Previous Seasons

April 3, 2011
Alumni Honors Concert
Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Alumni Band
EMU Faculty Brass
Guest alumni Deborah Lokey, trumpet and David McGrath, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Ron Nelson – Rocky Point Holiday
John Corigliano – Gazebo Dances
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Sweeney – Suite from Mass
Leonard Bernstein – Slava!

 

February 11, 2011
"Winter Winds"
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Giovanni Gabrieli – Canzon Primi Toni, with guest conductor Amy M. Knopps
W. A. Mozart – Serenade No. 12 in C minor, K.388
Ernst Krenek – Three Merry Marches
Karel Husa – Smetana Fanfare
Georges Hue – Fantasie for Flute
(Jessica Peltz, Flute, winner of the William Stewart Concerto Competition)
Dan Welcher – Minstrels of the Kells

 

January 21, 2011
"Images of Song and Dance"
Michigan Music Conference
DeVos Place Performance Hall, Grand Rapids

Anthony Iannaccone – Images of Song and Dance No. 2: Terpsichore
Percy A. Grainger – Mock Morris and Colonial Song
Scott McAllister – Black Dog, with Kimberly Cole Luevano
Donald Grantham – J’ai ete au bal

 

November 20, 2010
BANDORAMA
Guest faculty artist Kimberly Cole Luevano, clarinet
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Ryan George – Firefly
Percy A. Grainger – Colonial Song
Scott McAllister – Black Dog, with Kimberly Cole Luevano
Donald Grantham – J’ai ete au bal

 

October 17, 2010
“Angels in the Architecture”
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music
David Sampson – Outburst
Johannes Brahms – Chorale Prelude, op. 122/7 “O God, Thou Holy God”
Arnold Schoenberg – Theme and Variations, op. 43a
Anthony Iannaccone – Images of Song and Dance No. 2: Terpsichore
Frank Ticheli – Angels in the Architecture

April 11, 2010
Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Alumni Band
Guest conductor: EMU Alumnus David Carman
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Leonard Bernstein – "Profanation" from Jeremiah Symphony
Percy Grainger – Colonial Song; Molly on the Shore
H. Owen Reed – La Fiesta Mexicana

 

March 12, 2010
Chamber Winds
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Brian Balmages – Fanfare Canzoniques
Alfred Uhl – Divertimento:  III Allegro con brio
Karel Husa – Divertimento for Brass and Percussion
Roger W. Petersen – Chasing the Silence
Nebosja Jovan Zivkovic – Trio Per Uno
Antonin Dvorak – Serenade in D Minor, op. 44

 

February 12, 2010
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Felix Mendelssohn – Overtüre für Harmoniemusik
Steven Bryant – Ecstatic Waters
Joseph Schwanter – Percussion Concerto - Mvt. III
(Brian Young, winner of the 2009 William Stewart Competition)
Paul Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphosis

 

November 21, 2009
BANDORAMA
Guest faculty artist Donald Babcock, trombone
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Karl King - Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
Dan Welcher - Zion
Eric Whitacre - October
Launy Grøndahl - Konzert für Posaune I. Moderato, with Donald Babcock
John Mackey - Redline Tango


October 18, 2009
Guest faculty artist Julie Stone, flute
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Tielman Susato/Dunnigan - Selections from "The Danserye"
Joaquin Rodrigo - Adagio para Orquesta de Instrumentos de Viento
Ernst Toch - Spiel, op. 39
J.S. Bach/Reed - My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish
J.S. Bach/Holst - Fugue a la Gigue
Michael Daugherty - Bells for Stokowski


April 5, 2009
Alumni Honors Band, Wind Symphony, and Symphonic Band
Guest conductors: Dr. Max Plank and EMU Alumnus Kent Boulton
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.

Dimitri Shostakovich - Festive Overture
Charles Ives - "The Alcotts” from Concord Sonata
Michael Gandolfi - Vientos y Tangos

 

February 13, 2009
Wind Symphony and Chamber Choir
Mary Schneider and Trey Jacobs, conductors
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Percy Grainger - Duke of Marlborough Fanfare
David Dzubay - Ra!
H. Owen Reed - Heart of the Morn
Gary Shocker - Green Places, Mvt. III. Troll Garden
(Kathryn Grabowski, flute, winner of the 2008 William Stewart Competition)
Percy Grainger - Lincolnshire Posy

 
November 15, 2008
BANDORAMA
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.

Emmanuel Chabrier/F. Junkin - Marche Joyeuse
Warren Benson - Solitary Dancer
Donald Grantham - Starry Crown


October 10, 2008
Pease Auditorium, 8 p.m.

David Maslanka – Mother Earth Fanfare
Benjamin Britten/J.Bach - Courtly Dances from "Gloriana," Act II, op. 53
Kathryn Salfelder - Cathedrals *Regional premiere*
Morten Lauridsen/Reynolds - O Magnum Mysterium
Gustav Holst - Suite in E flat, op. 28