AU Wind Symphony Winter Concert

Come join us for the Wind Symphony Winter Concert, featuring our annual partnership with the Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band under the direction of their new conductor, Mark Hollandsworth. We will be featuring several classic works for band, including Joseph Jenkins exuberant "American Overture for Band," Gustav Holst’s seminal "First Suite in Eb," one of the first serious works for wind band, and Oliver Nickel’s transcription of "Danzón No. 2," a contemporary classical work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez inspired by Cuban dance rhythms. We will also perform to gorgeous melodies, Frank Ticheli’s lush arrangement of the folk song "Shenandoah," and a lullaby "Song for My Children," by Andrew Boysen Jr.

Program

(Repertoire by the Southwestern Michigan College Brass Band)

"Fanfare" from "La Peri" (Paul Dukas)

"Emblem of Freedom March" (Karl King)

"Dances from Terpsichore" (Michael Praetorius)

"Nimrod" from "Enigma Variations" (Edward Elgar)

"Fiesta!" (Philip Sparke)
 

- Intermission -

"American Overture for Band" (Joseph Jenkins)

"Shenandoah" (Frank Ticheli) 

"First Suite in Eb" (Gustav Holst)

Chaconne
Intermezzo
March

"Song for My Children" (Andrew Boysen, Jr.) 

"Danzón No. 2" (Arturo Márquez/trans. Oliver Nickel) 

Wind Symphony

Conductor: Byron Graves

The Andrews University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and Andrews University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.