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Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI, USA 48197
Dr. Diane L. Winder
Interim Department Head
emu.music@emich.edu
Phone: 734.487.4380
Fax: 734.487.6939
February 19, 2012
Amy M. Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
Psalm for Band - Vincent Persichetti
Rest - Frank Ticheli
Tuba Concerto, Movement I - Edward Gregson
Brian Gorski, Tuba 2011 William Stewart Undergraduate Concerto Competition Winner
Paris Sketches - Martin Ellerby
Pas Redouble — Camille Saint-Saens, arranged by Arthur Frackenpohl
April 15, 2012
Alumni Honors Concert
Amy M. Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
An Original Suite - Gordon Jacob
Elegy - James Barnes Chance
Undertow - John Mackey
November 19, 2011
BANDORAMA
Amy M. Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.
The Merry Widow - Franz Lehar, Arranged by Eiji Suzuki
The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
Scenes from "The Louvre" - Norman Dello Joio
October 23, 2011
Amy M. Knopps, conductor
Mary K. Schneider, guest conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
Festivo - Edward Gregson
Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arranged by Walter Beeler
Handel in the Strand - Percy Grainger
L’Inglesina - David Delle Cese
Nimrod from “Enigma Variations - Edward Elgar, Arranged by Alfred Reed
Second Suite in F for Military Band - Gustav Holst
April 3, 2011
Alumni Honors Concert
Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band and Alumni Band
EMU Faculty Brass
Guest alumni Deborah Lokie, trumpet and David McGrath, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
Flag of Stars – Gordon Jacob
American Salute – Morton Gould, transcribed by Philip J. Lang
A Musical Toast
– Leonard Bernstein, transcribed by Clare Grundman
February 13, 2011
Amy Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
A Copland Set:
The Promise of Living – Aaron Copland, Arranged by Kenneth Singleton
Down a Country Lane –Aaron Copland, Transcribed by Merlin Patterson
Variations on a Shaker Melody From Appalachian Spring – Aaron Copland
Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, Movement I – Carl Maria von Weber
(Eric Baker, clarinet, winner of the 2010 William Stewart Competition)
Song Without Words, Five Mood Pieces for Wind Ensemble – Dan Welcher
November 20, 2010
BANDORAMA
"Internal Combustion"
Amy Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Noisy Wheels of Joy – Eric Whitacre
Internal Combustion: A Celebration of the American Automobile – David Gillingham
Whirr, Whirr, Whirr – Ralph Hultgren
October 24, 2010
"American Landscapes"
Amy Knopps, conductor
Pease Auditorium, 4 p.m.
American Overture for Band – Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
Shenandoah – Frank Ticheli
Marching Song of Democracy – Percy Grainger
Sasparilla – John Mackey
Rolling Thunder – Henry Fillmore, Arranged by Frederick Fennell
Howard Hanson – Chorale and Alleluia
Martin Ellerby – Concert for Euphonium, IV. Diversions
(Sean Peterson, euphonium, winner of the 2009 William Stewart Competition)
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana
Brian Balmages – Fanfare Canzoniques
Percy Grainger– Australian Up-Country Tune; Children’s March
Guy Woolfenden – Illyrian Dances
Jasques Press – Wedding Dance, from Hasseneh
Dmitri Shostakovich - Folk Dances
Johannes Brahms/Scored by Barbara Buehlman - Blessed Are They
Adam Gorb - Yiddish Dances
Berlioz, Hector - Hungarian March Rákóczy
Bach, J. S. - Prelude and Fugue in g minor (BWV 558)
Chance, John Barnes - Elegy
Schuman, William - George Washington Bridge
Grainger, Percy - Spoon River
Ron Nelson - Morning Alleluias for a Winter Solstice
Joseph DeLuca - Beautiful Colorado
(Rachel Rushing, saxophone, winner of the 2008 William Stewart Competition)
Vincent Persichetti - Divertimento for Band
Karl King - Invictus
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Toccata Marziale
William Latham - Choral Prelude II; Dr. Mary Schneider, conductor
Virgil Thomson - A Solemn Music
Norman Dello Joio - Variants on a Mediaeval Tune
Ralph Vaughan Williams - "Old Hundredth” Psalm Tune
November 18, 2008
BANDORAMA
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.
John Philip Sousa - Semper Fidelis March
Steven Bryant - Dusk
Aaron Copland - Lincoln Portrait
October 10, 2008
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease, 8 p.m.
Richard Wagner- Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin
Pavel Tchesnekoff - Salvation is Created
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Song Suite
March- “Seventeen Come Sunday”
Intermezzo- “My Bonny Boy”
March – “Folk Songs from Somerset”
April 13, 2008
30th Annual Alumni Honors Concert
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 3pm.
Samuel Barber - Commando March
Anthony Iannaccone - After a Gentle Rain
W.A. Mozart - Serenade in E flat
Malcom Arnold - Four Scottish Dances
March 9, 2008
Collage of Voice, Winds and Percussion
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 3 p.m.
Julius Fucik - Florentiner March, Op. 214
Eric Whitacre - Lux Arumgue
Ron Nelson - Aspen Jubilee
February 10, 2008
Winter Winds
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 3 p.m.
J.S. Bach - The “Little” Fugue in g minor (BMV 578)
Michael Colgrass - Bali
Charles Ives - Old Home Days
Michael Daugherty - UFO, Mvt. V. Objects
(Brian Young, percussion, winner of the 2007 William Stewart Competition)
Sergei Prokofiev - March, Op. 99
November 17, 2007
BANDORAMA
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 7 p.m.
Morning Star – David Maslanka
Allerseelen – Richard Strauss arr. Albert Davis
Dance of the Jesters – Peter Tchaikovsky arr. Ray Cramer
October 14, 2007
Traditions and Tangos
John Zastoupil, Symphonic Band conductor
Pease Auditorium, 3 p.m.
Giovanni Gabrieli - Canzon Duodecimi Toni
Malcom Arnold - Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo
Gabriel Faure - Chant Funeraire
John Philip Sousa - The Gallant Seventh