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IN THIS ISSUE From the Podium – 1 Commissions and Premieres – 2 Publications – 2 Programs – 6

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COVID-19/Coronavirus For CBDNA, our committees are running at full speed, Six months ago none of us could have imagined our working on behalf of all our members, and I thank the current situation: online learning, social distancing, stay chairs and committee members for their work. I’m very at home orders, fear, financial disaster, unemployment, proud of them, as well as our CBDNA Board, Tom looming budget cuts, and worry that we will not be able Verrier, Doug Stotter, and Scott Hanna. Cynthia to start the fall semester in August or September. Our Johnston Turner and I are busy imagining a spectacular ability to make music together in the same room has conference in Athens, GA in February of 2021 that you been taken away, and we realize just how much we take will absolutely NOT want to miss. In the Summer for granted every day. It’s all overwhelming, and taxes Report we will give an update on all of these activities. our abilities to stay focused and plan for the future. For now, let’s take a look below at what was happening And yet, online a vast community of friends and before the shutdown. And I truly hope that you, your colleagues has grown, thirsting for connection, seeking family, friends, and students are safe and healthy. new knowledge, re-imagining the possible, and taking time for personal growth. We have more free time now Mark Spede than perhaps since we were children, and I encourage everyone to reawaken your imagination. What will we National President, CBDNA do with our post-virus lives and careers? What will that moment feel like for us, and our students, when we are able to give that first downbeat and hear sound? How will we make more beautiful music?

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COMMISSIONS AND An Introduction to our Chinese Cousins: An Interview with Mong Hong Sun PREMIERES by Jeffrey Emge Professor of Music and Conductor, Wind Ensemble Off the Clock - Christopher Theofanidis The University of Texas at Tyler The Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony presented the Professor Ming Hong Sun is a well-known figure in world premiere of Off the Clock by Christopher music education in both Shanghai and throughout Theofanidis (Yale University) on May 19, 2019 at the China. He is oboe professor for the Shanghai Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. Conservatory of Music and the affiliated "middle school" (preparatory high school), Vice-President and CCP From the composer's program notes: (Chinese Communist Party) party secretary of the It is a pleasure to combine an artistic project with a preparatory school, Secondary Director (Vice-President) personal friendship. Such is the origin of this work, of the Chinese Oboe Association, and Director of the celebrating the 30th anniversary of AYWS. Scott Wind Department of the Shanghai Conservatory. Stewart and I go back quite a long time to his Emory As one might imagine, Professor Sun is a very busy man. days, and we have had many professional collaborations The interview was arranged by the kind efforts of over the years and have developed a close friendship. It conducting professor Chang Sun. was a particular pleasure then for me to write this work. The translator for the interview was Xue Dan Du, then Off the Clock is a set of five miniatures lasting about twelve an Orchestra Conducting undergraduate senior at the minutes, for concert band: Allegro, Grazioso, Allegro, Conservatory, now a MM student in Orchestra Cantabile, and Presto. Several of the movements elide Conducting at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. into each other without distinct breaks. The first, third, and fifth movements are all very upbeat with strong The interview tool place in professor Sun's office at the rhythmic components. The second and third are more Preparatory School for the Shanghai Conservatory of lyrical and coloristic. Music, 9 DongPing Road, Shanghai. Most of the interview took place on June 8, 2018. Follow-up The first movement is based around a two-note motive questions regarding translation took place in June 2019. and has a strong and driving percussion component. The second movement has slow, falling intervals in the muted brass and winds, with melodies emerging from the oboes Jeffrey Emge: Thank you, Professor Sun Min Hong, for and saxophones. The third movement is a fantasy on a agreeing to meet me and to have an interview. The Spanish medieval hymn. It exists in a kind of purpose of this interview is to learn about the Chinese Renaissance sound world. The fourth movement is Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles. wistful with a long melodic line that leaves harmonic trails in its wake. The last movement is a peppy number I hope to publish this interview in an American music with bright scoring. All the movements have some aspect journal, so that American music teachers can learn more of celebration at their core, and it has been a real about music education in China. For an abbreviation in pleasure to celebrate with AYWS in these weeks. I wish this conversation, I will refer to the group as CASBE. you all many more decades of such great music making! (CAS-bee). Off the Clock is available from Bill Holab Music. JE: As an introduction, please tell me a little about your musical background, education, and training. PUBLICATIONS MHS: I began attending the [Preparatory school] of the Naval School of Music Seeks Materials Shanghai Conservatory in 1973, and after six years I attended the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1982, The Naval School of Music is accepting donations of band I finished my Bachelors degree in music, then started at magazines and journals to complete our library's reference the Conservatory teaching oboe. I went to France in collection: CBDNA Journal, BASBWE Winds, BD Guide, Band International, etc. Please contact Librarian Russ 1986 for further education at the Paris Conservatory. I Girsberger at [email protected]. returned to China in 1989 and have been the oboe professor since then, and since 2008 I have been

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Director of the Wind Department at the Shanghai MHS: Correct. We have one director, but seven Conservatory. associate directors. They are mostly from Beijing, with others from Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xian, and Shenyang.

JE: Tell me about your various titles and work at the Shanghai Conservatory and Shanghai Conservatory JE: I am familiar with the group WASBE. Is the Chinese Preparatory School. name made to align with that group? MHS: My primary job is to "blow the horn" (modest Translator: Where is this association (located)? idiomatic humor) and teach students. I am also JE: well, it is world-wide; maybe "headquartered" in Secondary Director (one of the Vice-Presidents) of Europe. CASBE, President of the Shanghai Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles, Party Secretary MHS: (cross-talk; then answering the question): no. of the Preparatory School, and Vice-Principal of the Preparatory School. JE: What do you see is the purpose of CASBE?

MHS: It is a private (not affiliated with the government) JE: and of course, Professor of Oboe. association. It includes professional and amateur wind MHS: (in English) Yes. musicians. It also includes instrument dealers and manufacturers.

JE: I remember two years ago, we met at your office, and you treated me very politely, and allowed me to observe JE: In what year was CASBE created? you teach and perform. I was amazed at your extremely MHS: October 2004 high level of performance and also at the high level of your students. MHS: In fact, my major (job) is oboe player and teacher. JE: You are the Vice-President; who is the current My secondary jobs are CASBE Vice-President, Vice- President, and where does he teach? President of the Chinese Oboe Association, and MHS: Hai Yu, He is at the PLA (People's Liberation President of the Shanghai Oboe Association. Army) at HaiZheng (name of the special military music group), head of the entertainment division, a military musician. JE: When I returned home, I looked at your business card closely. I was surprised that you are an officer of CASBE. (Professor Sun laughs) As I am also a college JE: Since you are the Vice-President of CASBE, what band conductor, I was very excited to learn that China are your responsibilities? has an organization called "China Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles" (CASBE). I don't MHS: My responsibilities are to develop local (Shanghai) think many Americans are aware of this. What exactly is professional and amateur wind music (groups), CASBE? instrumental development, and marching band. MHS: This organization is the only professional music association (like it) in China. It is affiliated with the JE: Does CASBE have a constitution or set of by-laws? Chinese Musician's Association (CMA). This CMA is affiliated with the China Federation of Literary and MHS: We do. There are rules, and responsibilities of Artistic Circles (CFLAC). CFLAC has many branches, membership. like dance, music, etc. The music branch also has divisions like instrumental, performance, choral, etc., totaling over 70 subdivisions within music. JE: How often does CASBE have elections? MHS: (Officers are) Elected every five years. JE: So, your position with CASBE is Vice-President, correct? JE: Who can join CASBE?

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MHS: They are from all over the country. If you want to JE: Does CASBE publish any journal, magazine, etc.? join CASBE, you have to first join the regional chapter. MHS: You can find the journal in the website, You cannot be member of CASBE if you are not a www.casbe.cn There is a lot of information, forums, regional chapter member. "The first step before the expert articles, and music special editions. You can find other step." articles that mention CASBE every week.

JE: Do you know how many schools or persons are in JE: In America, many states have required lists of band CASBE? repertoire. Does CASBE have such a list? MHS: I will give you the exact number later how many MHS: We have an outline for repertoire, but not a people register, how many groups register. That will be required list. We introduce famous musicians, a huge number. professional guidance, and pedagogy tips on the website. (In the follow-up interview in 2019, Professor Sun stated CASBE covers lot of things, bands, solo, marching band the membership of CASBE is "well over 1000") and ensembles. Unless we will have an upcoming competition, we will not publish music list to practice

JE: Does CASBE have a website that potential members and other interested persons can see? JE: Can you suggest any Chinese composers or band compositions that we Americans should perform? MHS: www.casbe.cn (note: site content in Chinese only) MHS: Too many to mention, you can ask for the list

later. This music is protected by copyright; if I give that JE: Does CASBE have regular meetings at the province music to others, it takes a lot of different procedures to level? Is it always at the same time of the year? get permission. MHS: Executive committee meeting is at Beijing. Three of committee members are from Beijing. Other people JE: What would you like American band teachers to join the meeting by video. We rotate the location of the know about CASBE? Maybe I forgot something annual meeting. If the head of the regional chapter important. cannot attend, they can join by video. The annual meeting is for the heads of the province chapters; the MHS: Japanese bands are really good. For this year's time of the meeting varies. competition, we finally invited Japanese (group). For the past 30 years (we did not invite them), it was probably

for political reasons. This time I finally invited the best JE: Where and when was the last (national) meeting? Japanese band to make a sensation. Whether it is MHS: Last October in Xiamen. symphonic or marching, Japanese groups are really good. We have a gap with both Japan and the United States. We need to learn. I hope you can be a bridge. Japanese JE: Does CASBE sponsor any province or national marching bands use a field, Japanese bands use a grid. competitions? MHS: Every year there is a competition in Shanghai. JE: Sun Ming Hong, I thank you for agreeing to this This year we have almost 170 wind bands, almost 7000 interview. I wish you all success and good luck in your people for the competition, including college, high school, future, both in CASBE and with your work at the middle school, elementary school, amateur groups and Shanghai Conservatory. I know I caused you no small specialty groups. The so-called specialty groups include amount of trouble. flute ensembles, saxophone ensembles, clarinet ensembles, etc. MHS: Not at all.

JE: How are the judges chosen? MHS: Judges are from the wind instrument masters from all over the provinces, not just from CASBE.

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PROGRAMS Ramon Garavito, Jr., tuba October 27, 2019 CALIFORNIA “FSOM Concerto Competition Winners” Pomona College Band Petals of Fire ...... Zhou Tian Stephen Klein, conductor Il Convegno, Divertimento for 2 Clarinets, Op. 76 ...... Leslie Schroerlucke, clarinet ...... Amilcare Ponchielli, arr. DiMeglio November 15 & 17, 2019 Concerto for Tuba and Wind Ensemble ...... Gary Ziek Lyric Suite ...... Gerald Finzi, arr. Moss Winter Blossom ...... Xi Wang *Reeding the Scales ...... Tom Flaherty Funeral Music for Queen Mary ...... Two Pieces from Album for the Young ...... Henry Purcell/Steven Stucky ...... Robert Schumann, arr. Klein L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 .... Georges Bizet, arr. Godfrey University of Miami *Essay ...... Oliver Dubon Frost Symphonic Winds *The Octatonic March ...... Stephen Klein J. Steven Moore, conductor *K2 ...... Anika Arvanitis F. Mack Wood, graduate conductor The Melody Shop ...... Karl King, arr. Glover November 20, 2019 “Landmarks” The Washington Post ...... John Philip Sousa FLORIDA George Washington Bridge ...... William Schuman University of Miami Lincolnshire Posy ...... Percy Grainger Frost Wind Ensemble Shenandoah ...... Omar Thomas Robert M. Carnochan, conductor Testament ...... David Maslanka F. Mack Wood, graduate conductor Jennifer Grim, flute University of Miami Omar Thomas, guest composer Frost Wind Ensemble September 22, 2019 Robert M. Carnochan, conductor “Come Sunday” Jeffrey Summers, graduate conductor Come Sunday ...... Omar Thomas November 21, 2019 Concerto for Flute, Op. 39 ...... “Disquiet” ...... Lowell Liebermann, trans. Shaw Serenade, Op. 44 ...... Antonín Dvořák Lontano, Symphony for Wind Ensemble ...... Disquiet ...... Sarah Kirkland Snider, trans. Summers ...... Michael Martin Millennium Canons ...... Kevin Puts, trans. Spede

University of Miami University of Miami Frost Symphonic Winds Frost Wind Ensemble J. Steven Moore, conductor Robert M. Carnochan, conductor Tina DiMeglio and Jeffrey Summers, Steven D. Davis, guest conductor graduate conductors Tina DiMeglio, graduate conductor October 3, 2019 Jennifer Grim, flute “For a Future to be Possible” February 1, 2020 Canzona ...... Peter Mennin “Frost Honor Band” Salvation is Created ...... Traveler ...... David Maslanka ...... Pavel Tschesnokoff, arr. Houseknecht Irish Tune from County Derry ...... Pageant ...... Vincent Persichetti ...... Percy Grainger, trans. Rogers A Mother of a Revolution! ...... Omar Thomas Concerto for Flute, Op. 39, mvt. III ...... Give Us This Day ...... David Maslanka ...... Lowell Liebermann, trans. Shaw The Pines of Rome ...... Ottorino Respighi, trans. Nefs University of Miami Frost Wind Ensemble University of Miami Robert M. Carnochan, conductor Frost Symphonic Winds Tina DiMeglio, graduate conductor J. Steven Moore, conductor Xi Wang, guest composer Tina DiMeglio, Jeffrey Summers, and Claire Grellier and Patrick Prentice, clarinet

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F. Mack Wood, graduate conductors Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare ...... Richard Strauss February 16, 2020 Cherry Blossom Brilliance ...... Chang Su Koh “Music U Want 2 Hear Too” Traces of Amber Sky ...... Aaron Perrine Toccata Marziale ...... Ralph Vaughan Williams English Dances, Set II ...... Be Thou My Vision ...... David Gillingham ...... Malcolm Arnold, trans. Thompson Baron La Croix’s Shuffle ...... Donald Grantham Ignition ...... Todd Stalter The Alcotts ...... Charles Ives, trans. Elkus First Light ...... David Maslanka My Soul to Keep ...... Julie Giroux Lincolnshire Posy ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Fennell Joropo ...... Johann de Meij Molly on the Shore ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Rogers Symphony No. 3, mvt. IV ...... Vittorio Giannini The Footlifter March ...... Henry Fillmore Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony Scott A. Stewart, conductor University of Miami Christopher Theofanidis, guest composer Frost Wind Ensemble May 19, 2019 Robert M. Carnochan, conductor Aegean Festival Overture ...... F. Mack Wood, graduate conductor ...... Andreas Makris, trans. Bader Lindsay Kesselman, soprano Wayfaring Stranger ...... Christopher Nelson March 1, 2020 Suite from Mass ...... Leonard Bernstein, trans. Sweeney “Memories” Chorale and Alleluia ...... Howard Hanson The Spark Catchers ...... Hannah Kendall, trans. Wood Off the Clock ...... Christopher Theofanidis Places we can no longer go ...... John Mackey Aspen Jubilee ...... Ron Nelson …and the mountains rising nowhere ...... Joseph Schwantner Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony The Frozen Cathedral ...... John Mackey Scott A. Stewart, conductor Brian Hecht, bass trombone CANCELLED – COVID-19 October 7, 2019 Frost Symphonic Winds BRITISH INVASION J. Steven Moore, conductor English Folk Song Suite ...... Ralph Vaughan Williams Tina DiMeglio and F. Mack Wood, Country Gardens ...... Percy Grainger graduate conductors Near Woodstock Town ..... Percy Grainger, arr. Cramer Aaron Perrine, guest composer Gum-sucker's March ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Rogers April 16, 2020 Dancing at Stonehenge ...... Anthony Suter “Earth Songs 2070” Three London Miniatures ...... Mark Camphouse In This Broad Earth ...... Steven Bryant Concerto for Tuba ...... Ralph Vaughan Williams Earth Song ...... Frank Ticheli Thames Journey ...... Nigel Hess Pale Blue on Deep ...... Aaron Perrine Child Moon ...... Aaron Perrine Columbus State University Teardrop ...... Jay Rees Wind Ensemble Jamie L. Nix, conductor CANCELLED – COVID-19 Drew Eary and Brian Walker, Frost Wind Ensemble graduate conductors Robert M. Carnochan, conductor September 26, 2019 Jeffrey Summers, graduate conductor “Poetry and Art, Wine and Revelry” April 19, 2020 Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker ...... “The Planets” ...... Richard Strauss Emblems ...... Aaron Copland …and the mountains rising nowhere ...... The Planets ...... Gustav Holst, trans. Patterson ...... Joseph Schwantner The Alcotts from Sonata No. 2 ...... GEORGIA ...... Charles Ives, trans. Thurston Petals of Fire ...... Zhou Tian Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony Molly on the Shore ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Rogers Scott A. Stewart, conductor Dionysiaques, Op. 62 ... Florent Schmitt, ed. Hauswirth March 25, 2019

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Columbus State University CANCELLED – COVID-19 Wind Ensemble Columbus State University Jamie L. Nix, conductor Wind Ensemble Joint Concert with the Jamie L. Nix, conductor Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony Brian Walker, graduate conductor Scott Stewart, guest conductor Omar Thomas, guest composer September 29, 2018 Susan Tomkiewicz, oboe Fanfare für die Wiener Philharmoniker ...... April 30, 2020 ...... Richard Strauss “Legacy” …and the mountains rising nowhere ...... Legacy, Concerto for Oboe and Wind Band ...... Joseph Schwantner ...... Oscar Navarro Serenade in B-flat Major, K. 361/370a “Gran Partita” Encore: Danza Final (Malambo) from “Estancia” ...... W.A. Mozart ...... Alberto Ginastera, trans. John Molly on the Shore ...... Percy Grainger Chester ...... William Schuman Dionysiaques, Op. 62 ...... Florent Schmitt Of Our New Day Begun ...... Omar Thomas Come Sunday ...... Omar Thomas Columbus State University Wind Ensemble ILLINOIS Jamie L. Nix, conductor Concordia University Chicago Craig Kirchhoff and Scott Boerma, Wind Symphony guest clinicians/conductors Richard R. Fischer, conductor Hila Plitmann, soprano Peter Stigdon, piano and organ November 15, 2019 Tyler Ruthemeyer, accordion “Earth, Moon, and Stars” Spring Tour Festive Overture ...... Alleluia! Laudamus Te ...... Alfred Reed ...... Dmitri Shostakovich, trans. Hunsberger Symphony No. 5 “Elements”, mvt. II ...... Julie Giroux Le bal du Béatrice d’Este ...... Reynaldo Hahn Danzón No. 2 ...... Arturo Márquez, trans. Nickel Songs from a Silent Land ...... Michael Daugherty Seal Lullaby ...... Eric Whitacre Make Our Garden Grow from Candide ...... Pines of Rome, mvts. III and IV ...... Leonard Bernstein, trans. Grundman ...... Ottorino Respighi, arr. van Grevenbroek Goodnight Moon .... Eric Whitacre, trans. Mösenbichler Lauds “Praise High Days” ...... Ron Nelson Star Wars Trilogy ..... John Williams, trans. Hunsberger Menuet and Farandole from L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2 ..

...... Georges Bizet Columbus State University On My Heart Imprint Your Image ...... William Brusick Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Jazz Suite No. 1, March ...... Jamie L. Nix, conductor ...... Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. de Meij Drew Eary and Brian Walker, With Heart and Voice ...... David Gillingham graduate conductors ENCORE: Who Puts His Trust in God Most Just ...... February 19, 2020 ...... J. S. Bach, arr. Croft “Picture Studies” Wind Orchestra CANCELLED – COVID-19 Handel in the Strand ...... Concordia University Chicago ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Brion and Schissel University Band Anahita ...... Roshanne Etezady Richard R. Fischer, conductor Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 ..... J.S. Bach, trans. Reed Kuang-Hao Huang, piano Apollo Unleashed from Symphony No. 2 ...... April 3, 2020 ...... Frank Ticheli Fanfare-The Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth .. Wind Ensemble ...... Satoshi Yagisawa Picture Studies ...... Adam Schoenberg Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew ...... James Curnow Trauermusik ...... Richard Wagner, ed. Votta Loch Lomond ...... Frank Ticheli Millennium Canons ...... Kevin Puts, trans. Spede Rhapsody in Blue ...... George Gershwin, arr. Verrier March of the Trolls from Lyric Suite, Op. 54 ......

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...... Edvard Grieg, arr. Beck Wind Ensemble Praise Jerusalem! ...... Alfred Reed Cassandra Bechard, conductor ENCORE: Midway March ...... May 8, 2020 ...... John Williams, arr. Curnow “Timeless: Masterworks for Wind Band” Overture for Winds ...... Charles Carter Wheaton College Conservatory of Music Nimrod from Enigma Variations ...... Symphonic Band ...... Edward Elgar, arr. Reed Glen Schneider, conductor Sea Songs ...... Ralph Vaughan Williams November 9, 2019 Prelude, Siciliano and Rondo ...... Second Suite in F for Military Band ...... Malcolm Arnold, arr. Paynter ...... Gustav Holst, ed. Matthews Fairest of the Fair ...... John Philip Sousa Concerto for Winds ...... Francis Poulenc, arr. Singleton Psalm for Band ...... Vincent Persichetti LOUISIANA Second Suite for Band (Latino-Mexicana) .. Alfred Reed Louisiana State University Groovy Loops ...... Scott McKenzie Wind Ensemble Melodious Thunk ...... David Biedenbender Damon Talley, conductor Solas Ané ...... Samuel Hazo Nick Doshier, graduate conductor Magnolia Star ...... Steve Danyew Darrel Hale, bassoon

Donald Grantham, visiting composer Wheaton College Conservatory of Music September 29, 2019 Symphonic Band Fuse ...... Nicholas Omiccioli Glen Schneider, conductor Colonial Song ...... Percy Grainger February 22, 2020 Concerto for Bassoon ...... Irish Tune from County Derry ...... Percy Grainger ...... Ellen Taafe Zwillich, trans. Hill Kirkpatrick Fanfare ...... Andrew Boysen, Jr. Farewell to Gray ...... Donald Grantham Now is the Time ...... Anthony O'Toole Starry Crown ...... Donald Grantham Slavonic Rhapsody No 1 ......

...... Carl Friedemann, arr. Lake, ed. Singleton Louisiana State University Kirkpatrick's Muse ...... Jay Bocook Chamber Winds Pas Redoublé, Op. 86 ...... Nick Doshier, Gabriela Gomez-Estevez, Weston ...... Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Frackenpohl Lewis, and Lisa Tatum, graduate conductors All Stars Are Love ...... Steven Bryant October 14, 2019 Give Us This Day ...... David Maslanka Fanfare for the Common Man ...... Aaron Copland

Blue Glacier Decoy ...... Jennifer Jolley IOWA Rondino, WoO. 25 ...... Ludwig van Beethoven CANCELLED – COVID-19 Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise ...... University of Dubuque ...... Francis Poulenc Wind Ensemble Cassandra Bechard, conductor Louisiana State University March 21, 2020 Symphonic Winds “Showstoppers: Music of Stage and Screen” Kelvin Jones, conductor Star Wars, The Force Awakens ...... Weston Lewis, graduate conductor ...... John Williams, arr. Brown Seth Orgel, horn *Lance Baldwin: Space Cadet ...... Jacob Herrmann “Icons” Pure Imagination ...... October 15, 2019 Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, arr. Douglas The Awakening Hour ...... Joseph Schwantner Wagner Don’t You See ...... Donald Grantham West Side Story ...... Leonard Bernstein, arr. Duthoit Second Suite in F ...... Gustav Holst, ed. Matthews 76 Trombones ...... Leroy Anderson, arr. Bocook Folk Dances ...... Dimitri Shostakovich, trans. Reynolds Rondo in E-flat, K. 371 ...... W. A. Mozart CANCELLED – COVID-19 Give Us This Day ...... David Maslanka University of Dubuque

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Louisiana State University American Guernica ...... Adolphus Hailstork Symphonic Band Of Our New Day Begun ...... Omar Thomas Cliff Croomes, conductor Gabriela Gomez-Estevez, graduate conductor Louisiana State University November 19, 2019 Chamber Winds Rocketship! ...... Kevin Day Nick Doshier, Gabriela Gomez-Estevez, Old Churches ...... Michael Colgrass Weston Lewis, and Lisa Tatum, A Glimpse of the Eternal ...... Aaron Perrine graduate conductors Jinx ...... Ryan George March 4, 2020 Suite Provençale ...... Jan Van der Roost City Girl Sentimentalism ...... Shuhei Tamura Emma Catherine ...... Omar Thomas Louisiana State University Train of Thought ...... Alex Shapiro Wind Ensemble Fratres ...... Arvo Pärt Damon Talley, conductor The Marriage of Figaro ...... W.A. Mozart November 20, 2019 Grand Pianola Music ...... John Adams Louisiana State University Winds of Nagual ...... Michael Colgrass Symphonic Band Cliff Croomes, conductor Louisiana State University Weston Lewis, graduate conductor Symphonic Winds March 10, 2020 Kelvin Jones, conductor Mother of a Revolution ...... Omar Thomas Lisa Tatum, graduate conductor Diamond Tide ...... Viet Cuong Mara Gibson, guest composer Spoon River ...... Percy Grainger November 21, 2019 Serenity ...... Ola Gjeilo, arr. Wilson Sym Winds Interactive Until the Scars ...... John Mackey Secret Sky: one hundred veils to fall ...... Mara Gibson This Cruel Moon ...... John Mackey Sept danses ...... Jean Françaix Khan ...... Julie Giroux Chester ...... William Schuman Tannhäuser Overture ...... MAINE ...... Richard Wagner, trans. Winterbottom CANCELLED – COVID-19 University of Southern Louisiana State University Maine Concert Band Wind Ensemble Jackie Townend, conductor Damon Talley, conductor Ben Blasko, guest conductor/composer Lisa Tatum, graduate conductor Aaron Emerson, oboe February 1, 2020 April 19, 2020 Circuits ...... Cindy McTee National Emblem March ...... E.E. Bagley Octet in E-flat, Op. 103 ...... Ludwig van Beethoven With Soul Serene ...... James David Pictures at an Exhibition ...... Variations on a Theme of Glinka ...... Modest Mussorgsky, trans. Lavender ...... Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Exl Rey's Theme ...... John Williams, trans. Lavender Louisiana State University March of the Resistance ...... Symphonic Winds ...... John Williams, trans. Lavender Kelvin Jones, conductor *Uplifted ...... Benjamen Blasko Gabriela Gomez-Estevez, graduate conductor Danzón No. 2 ...... Arturo Márquez, trans. Nickel Hana Beloglavec, trombone Omar Thomas, guest composer March 3, 2020 MINNESOTA “Lift Every Voice” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Fantastic Polka ...... Arthur Pryor North Star and University Campus Bands Shenandoah ...... Omar Thomas J. Nick Smith and Lance Sample, conductors Danse Bacchanale ...... Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Steiger David Roush, graduate conductor February 27, 2020

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North Star Campus Band “A Night on the Town” “Reflections of Life” Foshay Tower Washington Memorial ...... …to the Wind ...... Aaron Perrine ...... John Philip Sousa Hymn to the Dawn ...... Kimberly Archer City Rain ...... Judith Lang Zaimont The Mysterious Village ...... Michael Colgrass Bright Lights…City Nights ...... Paul Hart Rollo Takes a Walk ...... David Maslanka University Band CANCELLED – COVID-19 “Reflections” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Illumination ...... David Maslanka University Wind Ensemble Shenandoah ...... Traditional, arr. Thomas Emily Threinen, conductor Variations on a Korean Folk Song ...... David Roush, graduate conductor ...... John Barnes Chance Russell Sweet, alto saxophone L’Inglesina ...... Davide Delle Cese, arr. Bourgeois April 3, 2020 “Contemporary Dualities” University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Overture from Dancer in the Dark ...... Symphonic Band ...... Björk Guðmundsdóttir, arr. Mendoza Betsy McCann, conductor Mothership ...... Mason Bates Preston Weber, graduate conductor Finding Rothko ...... Adam Schoenberg, trans. Sample March 3, 2020 Dance Mix ...... Rob Smith “Storytelling” Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble, mvt. In This Broad Earth ...... Steven Bryant I ...... David Maslanka Elegy for a Young American ...... Ronald LoPresti Moth ...... Viet Cuong Suite Française ...... Darius Milhaud Tunbridge Fair ...... Walter Piston CANCELLED – COVID-19 High Water Rising ...... Sally Lamb McCune University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dancefares ...... Jess Langston Turner University Band and Symphonic Band Betsy McCann and Cory Near, conductors University of Minnesota, Twin Cities J. Nick Smith, graduate conductor University Wind Ensemble and University April 14, 2020 Singers University Band Emily Threinen, conductor Florentiner March ...... Julius Fučík J. Nick Smith, graduate conductor A Mother of a Revolution ...... Omar Thomas March 4, 2020 One Life Beautiful ...... Julie Giroux “Past Connections” Candide Suite ...... Leonard Bernstein, arr. Grundman Intrada 1631 ...... Stephen Montague Symphonic Band Nänie, Op. 82 ...... Johannes Brahms, trans. Smith Divertimento ...... Roger Cichy Theme and Variations, Op. 43a ...... Arnold Schönberg Hymn to the Eternal Flame ...... Lontano: Symphony for Wind Ensemble ...... Stephen Paulus, arr. Juchniewicz ...... Michael Martin Themes from “Green Bushes” ...... Percy Grainger, arr. Daehn University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Through Wind and Whispers ...... Nicole Puinno Maroon and Gold Campus Bands Firefly ...... Ryan George David Roush and Preston Webb, and Shaun Evans, conductors CANCELLED – COVID-19 March 5, 2020 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Maroon Campus Band North Star, Gold, and Maroon Campus Bands “Windsongs” J. Nick Smith, Shaun Evans, David Roush and Marching Song ...... Gustav Holst, arr. Moss Preston Webb, conductors Brooklyn Air ...... Michael Markowski April 30, 2020 Greek Folk Song Suite ...... Franco Cesarini North Star Campus Band Canto ...... Francis McBeth “Life: An Unknown Journey” Gold Band The Machine Awakes ...... Steven Bryant

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The Immovable Do ...... Percy Grainger University of North Dakota Incantation and Dance ...... John Barnes Chance Wind Ensemble Gold Campus Band James Popejoy, conductor “Star Crossed” Brian Bowman, euphonium Zing! ...... Scott McAllister March 10, 2020 Beneath the Sacred Light ...... David Gillingham Vesuvius ...... Frank Ticheli The Seventh Night of July ...... Itaru Sakai Fantasia ...... Gordon Jacob Maroon Campus Band Lads of Wamphray ...... Percy Grainger “Folk Traditions” Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon .... Percy Grainger A Renaissance Ravel ...... Tielman Susato Themes from “Green Bushes” ...... Takeda Lullaby ...... Traditional, arr. Yeo ...... Percy Grainger, arr. Daehn Suite from Bohemia ...... Vaclav Nelhybel The Yellow Rose of Texas Variations ...... Dervish Dance ...... Elliot Del Borgo ...... Lewis J. Buckley

NORTH DAKOTA University of North Dakota University of North Dakota University Band Wind Ensemble Chamber Players James Popejoy, conductor James Popejoy, conductor Brian Bowman, euphonium November 6, 2019 Joel Pugh, euphonium Divertimento ...... Gary D. Ziek March 10, 2020 Excerpts from Symphony No. 5 ...... University of North Dakota ...... Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Longfield Variations on “Scarborough Fair” ...... Calvin Custer Wind Ensemble James Popejoy, conductor Sinfonia XVI: Transcendental Vienna ...... Timothy Broege Brian Pfeifer, percussion Serenade ...... Sigmund Romberg, arr. Bowman December 3, 2019 Figaro in Stereo ...... Paul Yoder Fanfare ...... Hugo Montenegro Lone Star Celebration ...... James Curnow Suite Française ...... Darius Milhaud

Ruffles Call from Afar ...... Yo Goto Mangulina ...... Paul Basler OHIO Phantasmagoria ...... Jeremy Bell Columbus State Community College Shepherd’s Hey ...... Percy Grainger Concert Band The University of North Dakota March ... Karl L. King Thomas Lloyd, conductor James Predovich, harp University of North Dakota November 5, 2019 University Band Veni, Vidi, Vici March ...... R. B. Hall James Popejoy, conductor The Old Pirate’s Tale ...... Darren Mitchell Kalli Sonnenburg, vocalist Two Dances for Harp ..... Claude Debussy, arr. J. Lloyd December 5, 2019 Choreographic Prelude ...... “Sounds of the Season! - A Holiday Concert” ...... William Grant Still, arr. T. Lloyd Fantasy on Deck the Hall ...... Richard L. Saucedo Silver Light! ...... Benjamin Yeo I Saw Three Ships ...... Traditional, arr. Vince Gassi Ancient Flower ...... Yukiko Nishimura A Yuletide Trilogy ...... arr. John Moss Palladio ...... Karl Jenkins, arr. Longfield Fantasy on a Bell Carol ...... Edward J. Madden Toccata for Band ...... Frank Erickson The Polar Express ...... Glen Ballard and Alex Silvestri, arr. Lavender OREGON Grown-Up Christmas List ...... Oregon State University David Foster and Linda Thompson-Jenner, arr. Brown Wind Ensemble and Chamber Winds Sleigh Ride ...... Leroy Anderson Erik Leung, conductor Christmas “Pop” Sing-A-Long .... arr. James D. Ployhar Kyle Ramirez and Eric Russell, graduate Feliz Navidad ...... José Feliciano, arr. Wallace student conductors

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November 21, 2019 February 28–29, 2020 “Heroes, Dreamers, and Icons” Annual Wind Conducting Symposium Chamber Winds Wind Ensemble Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7 ...... Richard Strauss David Campo, conductor Wind Ensemble Suite Française ...... Darius Milhaud Traveler ...... David Maslanka Wind Symphony Sleep ...... Eric Whitacre Tamey Anglley, conductor Bali ...... Michael Colgrass First Suite in E-flat, Op. 28, No. 1 ...... Symphony for Band, Op. 69 ...... Vincent Persichetti ...... Gustav Holst, ed. Matthews “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide ...... Rondino, WoO. 25 ...... Ludwig van Beethoven ...... Leonard Bernstein Trauersinfonie ...... Richard Wagner, ed. Leidzen

SOUTH CAROLINA University of North Texas Clemson University Wind Orchestra Symphonic Band Andrew Trachsel, conductor Timothy Hurlburt, conductor February 11, 2020 March 9, 2020 Intrada 1631 (after Juan Pérez Bocanegra) ...... Conniption ...... William Pitts ...... Stephen Montague Pale Blue on Deep ...... Aaron Perrine Ancestral Rumors ...... Andrew Boss Masks and Machines ...... Paul Dooley Tender Hearts ...... Jonathan Newman Gone ...... Scott McAllister Symphony No. 4 ...... David Maslanka Molly on the Shore ...... Percy Grainger, ed. Rogers The River Runs Silver ...... Christian Kolo University of North Texas Wind Ensemble Daniel Cool, conductor TEXAS Danny Brock, guest conductor Stephen F. Austin State University February 18, 2020 Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony The Hounds of Spring ...... Alfred Reed January 30, 2030 Allerseelen ...... Richard Strauss, arr. Davis, ed. Fennell Symphonic Band Eternity in an Hour ...... Nicole Piunno Chris Kaatz, conductor Sea Songs ...... Ralph Vaughan Williams Americans We ...... Henry Fillmore Lincolnshire Posy ...... Chorale and Alleluia ...... Howard Hanson ...... Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Fennell Masque ...... W. Francis McBeth Wind Symphony University of North Texas Tamey Anglley, conductor Wind Symphony Give Us This Day ...... David Maslanka Eugene Migliaro Corporon, conductor Daniel Cook, guest conductor Stephen F. Austin State University Pamela Mia Paul, piano Wind Ensemble February 20, 2020 David Campo, conductor A Mother of a Revolution ...... Omar Thomas Tamey Anglley and Chris Kaatz, On-Again, Off-Again ...... Jack Frerer guest conductors *Concerto for Piano and Wind Symphony ...... February 22, 2020 ...... Richard Sortomme CBDNA Southwestern Regional, Norman, OK Symphony No. 2, “Migration” ...... Adam Schoenberg Ebullience ...... Stephen Lias, arr. Campo Three Images for Wind Ensemble ...... Joel Love University of North Texas Lament for Wind Orchestra ...... Chang Su Koh University Band Symphony No. 2 ...... James Syler Luslaida Barbosa, conductor Spine of the Devil ...... Waymon Bullock Jochen McEvoy, guest conductor February 24, 2020 Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony

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Miniature Suite ...... Steven Bryant On-Again, Off-Again ...... Jack Frerer The Gum-Suckers March ...... Ileri ...... Cem Güven ...... Percy Aldridge Grainger, ed. Rogers Quiet City ...... Aaron Copland Conga del Fuego Nuevo ...... Shenandoah ...... Donald Grantham ...... Arturo Márquez, trans. Nickel Symphony No. 2 “After Hafiz” ...... Donald Grantham Machu Picchu ...... Satoshi Yagisawa University of Texas University of North Texas Symphony Band Concert Band Tiffany Galus, conductor Brett Penshorn, conductor October 30, 2019 Jochen McEvoy, guest conductor Overture to Dancer in the Dark ...... February 24, 2020 ...... Björk Guðmundsdóttir, trans. Strizek Escapade ...... Joseph T. Spaniola Danza de los Duendes ...... Nancy Galbraith Divertimento for Winds and Percussion .... Roger Cichy Baron Piquant on Pointe ...... Donald Grantham When Jesus Wept ...... William Schuman Anahita ...... Roshanne Etezady O rose of May ...... Harrison J. Collins Machine from Symphony No. 5 ...... William Bolcom, trans. Lavender University of North Texas Brass Band University of Texas David Childs and Raquel Samayoa, conductors Wind Ensemble Danny Brock, guest conductor Jerry F. Junkin, conductor Natalie Mannix, trombone Sean Meyers, Sarah Hetrick, Dawin McMurray, March 2, 2020 and Megan Elks, saxophones Prelude for an Occasion ...... Edward Gregson November 24, 2019 Rhapsody in Brass ...... Dean Goffin Third Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman ...... Hymn for Diana ...... Joseph Turrin ...... Joan Tower Fantasy for Trombone ...... Elizabeth Raum, arr. Gates Lincolnshire Posy ...... Percy Grainger Londonderry Air ...... Traditional, arr. John Iverson Winter Blossom ...... Xi Wang Frolic for Trombones ...... Reginald Heath Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble . Hymn for the Highlands ...... Philip Sparke ...... Roger Briggs Sosban Fach ...... Gareth Wood University of Texas University of Texas Wind Symphony Wind Symphony Scott S. Hanna, conductor Scott S. Hanna, conductor Cheldon Williams, guest conductor Jonathan Villela, guest conductor December 4, 2019 Stephen Page, alto saxophone “Images” October 25, 2019 Danzas fantásticas, Op. 22 ...... “Singing the Blues” ...... Joaquin Turína, trans. Boyd Between Glimpses of Blue ...... Ted King-Smith The Engulfed Cathedral ...... Holy Roller ...... Libby Larsen, arr. Boyd ...... Claude Debussy, trans. Patterson Romance ...... William Grant Still The Solitary Dancer ...... Warren Benson Pale Blue on Deep ...... Aaron Perrine Funeral March for Rikard Nordråk ...... AMEN! ...... Carlos Simon ...... Edvard Grieg, arr. Fennell Three Images ...... Joel Love University of Texas Wind Ensemble University of Texas Jerry F. Junkin, conductor Symphony Band Matthew Sedatole, guest conductor Ryan Kelly, conductor Andrew Parker, English horn Ogechi Ukazu, guest conductor Michael Martin, trumpet Anne Marie Cherry, horn October 27, 2019

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Omar Thomas, guest composer University of Texas December 9, 2019 Longhorn Concert Band In This Broad Earth ...... Steven Bryant Joshua Gall, Ogechi Ukazu, and Jonathan Villela, Shenandoah ...... Omar Thomas conductors *Horn Concerto ...... Hermes Camacho March 1, 2020 We Seven ...... Derek Jenkins Easter Monday on the White House Lawn ...... la flor más linda ...... Gilda Lyons ...... John Philip Sousa March from Symphonic Metamorphosis ...... The Alcotts from Sonata No. 2 ...... Paul Hindemith, trans. Wilson ...... Charles Ives, arr. Thurston Movements from Carmina Burana ...... University of Texas ...... Carl Orff, arr. arr. Krance Wind Ensemble Jerry F. Junkin, conductor University of Texas Cheldon Williams, guest conductor Texas Concert Band Hila Plitmann, soprano Scott Hanna, Trey Lockett, and February 1, 2020 Matthew Sedatole, conductors Songs from a Silent Land ...... Michael Daugherty March 1, 2020 Rivers of Air ...... Jake Runestad Fanfare for a New Era ...... Jack Stamp Mr. Tambourine Man ...... Shenandoah ...... Omar Thomas ...... John Corigliano, arr. Mösenbichler Symphonic Dance No. 3, Fiesta ...... Clifton Williams

University of Texas University of Texas Wind Symphony Tower Concert Band Scott S. Hanna, conductor Joshua Gall and Cheldon Williams, conductors Shiree Williams, guest conductor March 1, 2020 David Small, baritone Light Cavalry Overture ...... Percussion Studio DMA Quartet: ...... Franz von Suppé, trans. Fillmore Francis Favis, Cy Miessler, Ryan Patterson, Only Light ...... Aaron Perrine Jordan Walsh Esprit de Corps ...... Robert Jager February 23, 2020 “Night into Day” University of Texas Chorale Fantasy on “Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death” Orange Concert Band ...... Ingolf Dahl Tiffany J. Galus and Shiree Williams, Komm, süßer Tod, BWV 478 ...... conductors ...... Johann Sebastian Bach, trans. Reed March 1, 2020 On This Bright Morning ...... David Maslanka Hands Across the Sea ...... John Philip Sousa In the Mornin’ ...... Charles Ives, arr. Singleton Ye Banks and Braes O’ Bonnie Doon ...... Radiant Child ...... David T. Little ...... Percy Aldridge Grainger J’ai été au bal ...... Donald Grantham Pastime: A Salute to Baseball ...... Jack Stamp

University of Texas University of Texas Symphony Band Wind Ensemble Ryan Kelly, conductor Jerry F. Junkin, conductor Jonathan Villela, guest conductor Ogechi Ukazu, guest conductor February 26, 2020 Christopher Deane, cimbalom Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 2 ...... Lindsay Kesselman, soprano ...... Gustav Holst, ed. Matthews March 6, 2020 Unfamiliar Trees ...... Emily Cooley *The Native Inhabitants of The Island of San Pateo ..... La procesión del Rocío, Op. 9 ...... Michael Barry ...... Joaquín Turina, trans. Reed Háry János Suite ...... Zoltán Kodály, trans. Bainum Let My Love Be Heard ...... Jake Runestad Places we can no longer go ...... John Mackey Dancing Fire ...... Kevin Day