Inaugural Whatcom Wind Ensemble Concert
June 8th, 2008
Thoughts of Love - Arthur Pryor: Featuring Aaron Willson (Trombone)
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
Slava! A Concert Overture - Leonard Bernstein
Mars, the Bringer of War from "The Planets" - Gustav Holst
Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
Galop - Dmitri Shastakovich; trans. Donald Hunsberger
June 8th, 2008
Thoughts of Love - Arthur Pryor: Featuring Aaron Willson (Trombone)
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
Slava! A Concert Overture - Leonard Bernstein
Mars, the Bringer of War from "The Planets" - Gustav Holst
Pageant - Vincent Persichetti
Galop - Dmitri Shastakovich; trans. Donald Hunsberger
2008 - 2009
December 10th, 2008
A Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed Concertante for Eb Alto Saxophone and Band - Clare Grundman Ukranian Folk Songs - Halsey Stevens Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol - Percy Grainger American Salute - Morton Gould April 1st, 2009 Barnum and Bailey's Favorite - Karl L. King New Dance - Wallingford Riegger Suite Dreams - Steven Bryant Mother Earth - David Maslanka Symphonic Songs for Band - Robert Russell Bennett I. Serenade II. Spiritual III. Celebration June 10th, 2009 Awayday - Adam Gorb Three Ayres from Gloucester - Hugh M. Stuart I. The Jolly Earl of Chomondeley II. Ayre for Eventide III. The Fiefs of Wembley The Engulfed Cathedral - Claude Debussy; trans. Merlin Patterson Lads of Wamphray - Percy Grainger Elegy for a Young American - Robert LoPresti Serenade - Derek Bourgeois Furioso Polka - Johann Strauss II; arr. Robert O'Brien |
2009 - 2010
December 10th, 2009
Fanfare and Allegro - Clifton Williams Glimpse - Hau-Wei Chang Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold Blessed Are They - Johannes Brahms; scored by Barbara Buelman Santa Fe Saga - Morton Gould Hands Across the Sea - John Philip Sousa February 27th, 2010 Overture to "Candide" - Leonard Bernstein Hymn of Praise - Anton Bruckner; arr. Gordon Suite Francaise - Darius Milhaud Tempered Steel - Charles Rochester Young Variants on a Mediaeval Tune - Norman Dello Joio March "Grandioso" - Roland F. Seitz; arr. Alfred Reed June 9th, 2010 The Hebrides Overture - Felix Mendelssohn; arr. Paul Erwin From a Dark Millennium - Joseph Schwantner An American in Paris - George Gershwin; trans. John Krance Chester - Overture for Band - William Schuman Mountain Majesty from "Poema Alpestre" Op. 21 - Franco Cesarini Moravian Folk Rhapsody - Robert Sheldon The Gallant Seventh - John Philip Sousa; ed. Frederick Fennel |
2010-2011
November 5th, 2010
Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostakovich Joy Revisited - Frank Ticheli First Suite in Eb for Military Band - Gustav Holst I. Chaconne II. Intermezzo III. March Scenes from "The Louvre" - Norman Dello Joio Ballad for Band - Morton Gould March, Opus 99 - Sergei Prokofiev January 1st, 2011 Poet and Peasant - F. Von Suppe; arr. Henry Fillmore Symphony for Band - Morton Gould I. Epitaphs II. Marches "Shepard's Hey" English Morris Dance - Percy Grainger Colonial Song - Percy Grainger Danzas Cubanaz - Robert Sheldon April 20th, 2011 Rocky Point Holiday - Ron Nelson Hammersmith - Prelude and Scherzo - Gustav Holst Canzona - Peter Mennin El Salon Mexico - Aaron Copland Komm, Susser Tod [Come, Sweet Death] - J.S. Bach Fugue a la Gigue - J.S. Bach; arr. Gustav Holst Meta March - Steven Bryant May 5th, 2011 (McIntyre Hall - Mount Vernon, WA) Huldigungsmarsch - Richard Wagner; ed. William A. Schaefer Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli Serenade for Wind Band - Derek Bourgeois; combined with Mount Vernon High School Wind Ensemble Mountain Majesty - Franco Cesarini; combined with Mount Vernon High School Wind Ensemble The Stars and Stripes Forever- John Philip Sousa; combined with Mount Vernon High School Wind Ensemble June 11th, 2011 Huldigungsmarsch - Richard Wagner Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre Divertimento for Band - Vincent Perishetti Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa |
2011-2012
October 29th, 2011
American Overture for Band - Joseph Jenkins October - Eric Whitacre Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst I. "March: Morris dance, Swansea Town, Claudy Banks" II. "Song Without Words, 'I'll Love My Love'" III. "Song of the Blacksmith" IV. "Fantasia on the Dargason" Flight - Brian Balmages Mannin Veen - Haydn Wood Rolling Thunder - Henry Fillmore January 1st, 2012 Aleluia - Jacobus Gallus, Transcribed for Brass Choir by Carl H. Kandel March No.1 in F “Geschwindmarsch” - Ludwig van Beethoven Geshwindmarsch by Beethoven - Paul Hindemith Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger Mov. I Dublin Bay (Sailor's Song) Mov. II Harkstow Grange Mov. IV The Brisk Young Sailor Mov. V Lord Melbourne (War Song) Mov. VI The Lost Lady Found (Dance Song) Commando March - Samuel Barber The Promise of Living - Aaron Copland American Civil War Fantasy - Jerry H. Bilik March 17th, 2012 Colas Bruegnon Overture - Dmitri Kabalevsky Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger Molly on the Shore - Percy Grainger Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett Mov. I Cake Walk Mov. IV Wallflower Waltz Mov. II Schottische Mov. V Rag Mov. III Western One-Step Dusk - Steven Bryant Finale from Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich May 30th 2012 *WWU Band Pops Concert Fairest of the Fair - John Philip Sousa Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! - Eric Whitacre June 7th, 2012 (Bellingham High School, WA) Pacific Commemoration - Mark Camphouse O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen Toccata and Fugue in D minor - J.S. Bach Serenade for Wind Instruments - Antonin Dvorak Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! - Eric Whitacre June 13th, 2012 - (Ferndale High School, WA) Pacific Commemoration - Mark Camphouse Godzilla Eats Las Vegas! - Eric Whitacre The Fairest of the Fair - John Philip Sousa (Combined with the FHS bands) |
2012-2013
October 27th, 2012 (Lynden School District Performing Acts Center)
Fanfare: Sinfonia - Jack Stamp Children's March - Percy Grainger Shenandoah - Frank Ticheli Country Band March - Charles Ives Serenade No. 8 - Antonin Dvorak Waltz No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich Salvation is Created - Pavel Tchesnekov Slava! - Leonard Bernstein Wedding Dance - Jacques Press January 12th, 2013 The Footlifter - Henry Filmore, ed. Robert E. Foster Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland, arr. Merlin Patreson Symphony for Band - Vincent Persichetti I. Adagio-Allegro II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegretto IV. Vivace Country Gardens - Grainger Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respegi, Tran. Guy M. Duker March 23rd, 2013 Shortcut Home - Dana Wilson Elsa's Processional to the Cathedral - Richard Wagner Autobiography - Robert Russell Bennett The Boys of the Old Brigade - William Paris Chambers Gaia Visions - Frank Ticheli I. Forgotten Forests II. Desecration III. Redemption Symphony No. 1, "Finale: Allgro Moderato" - Vasily Kalinnikov June 3th, 2013 *WWU Band Pops Tulsa - A Symphonic Portrait in Oil (Don Gillis) Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddy Mercury) June 8th, 2013 - with guest Performs "Basically Brass" Dance of the Jesters (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arr. by Ray Cramer) Suite Francais (Darius Milhaud) Tulsa - A Symphonic Portrait in Oil (Don Gillis) Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddy Mercury) El Capitan (John Phiip Sousa) |
2013 - 2014
October 26th, 2014
Little Fugue - J.S. Bach Airs of the Court - Ottorino Respighi Trumpet Concerto - Johann Nepomuk Hummel Chromatic Galop - Franz Lizst Angels in the Architecture - Frank Tichelli The Screamer - Fred Jewell January, 2015 Gavorkna Fanfare - Jack Stamp The Marbled Midnight Mile - Steven Bryant Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble - David Gillingham Symphonic Suite - Clifton Williams I. Intrada II. Chorale III. March IV. Antique Dance V. Jubilee Ave Maria - Franz Biebl adapted by Robert C. Cameron Danzon No. 2 - Auturo Marquez March 22nd, 2014 Symphony No. 1 "The Lord of the Rings"- Johan de Meij. Mov I. Gandalf Variations on a Shaker Melody - Aaron Copland "Theme and Variations, Op. 43a - Arnold Schoenberg Kirkpatrick Fanfare - Andrew Boysen From "An Alabama Song Book" - Donald Grantham IV. Honey in the Rock English Dances Set, II - Malcolm Arnold V. Allegro non Troppo VI. Con Brio VII. Grazioso VIII. Giubiloso - Lento e Maestoso June 14th, 2014 Short Ride on a Fast Machine- John Adams, arr. by Richard L. Saucedo Fantasia in G Major - J.S. Bach, tran. Richard Frank Goldman Fete-Dieu A Seville (Feast Day in Seville) - Isaac Albeniz, trans. By Lucien Cailliet Arnold Schoenberg Variations on "America" - Charles Ives trans. by William Shuman Rest - Frank Ticheli Circus Bee - Henry Fillmore, ed by Loras John Schissel |
2014-2015
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2015-2016
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October 26th, 2014
Overture La Forza Del Destino - Giuseppe Verdi, arr. by Lake-Kent Sinfonietta - Ingolf Dahl Mov. I - Introduction and Rondo Mov. II - Pastorale Nocturne Mov. III - Dance Variations Danza Final from Estancia - Alberto Ginastera arr. by David John One Life Beautiful - Julie Giroux Yiddish Dances - Adam Gorb Mov. I - Khosidl Mov. IV - Hora Mov. II - Terkishe Mov. V - Freylachs Mov. III - Doina January 17th, 2015 Festival Overture - Dmitri Shostakovitch, Tran. Donald Hunsberger Colonial Song - Percy Grainger Gumsuckers March - Percy Grainger First Suite in F - Thom Ritter Gerogre, Ed. by R. Rogers I. Sea Chantey III. Contry Dance II. Song of the Bells IV. Rumba Rumba Toccata Marziale - Ralph Vaughan Williams Bookmarsk from Japan - Julie Giroux I. Mount Fuji "Fuji-san" II. Nihonbashi "Market Bridge" V. Evening Show at Kambara "Light is the touch" IV. Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa "light is the Tough" His Honor - Henry Fillmore, Ed. Frederick Fennell March 21st, 2015 George Washington Bridge - William Schuman The Immovable Do - Percy Grainger Trauersinfonie - Richard Wagner Folk Dances - Dimitri Shostakovich Carmina Burana - Carl Orff, arr. John Krance 1. O Fortuna 8. Ego sum abbas 2. Fortune plango vulnera 9. In taberna quando sumus 3. Ecce gratum 10. In trutina 4. Tanz - Uf dem anger 11. Dulcissime 5. Floret silva 12. Ava formosissima 6. Were diu werlt alle min 13. O Fortuna 7. Amor volat undique June 13th, 2015 Jubilee Overture - Philip Sparke Hymn for a Blue Hour - John Mackey Concerto for Trumpet - Alexander Arutiunian, trans. Guy M. Duker George Steward - Soloist Divertimento for Brass and Percussion - Karel Husa I. Overture II. Song II. Scherzo V. Slovak Dance Holst First Suite in Eb - Gustav Holst I. Chaconne II. Intermezzo III. March The Cheerio March - Edwin Franko Goldman |
November 1st, 2015
Esprit De Corps - Robert Jager Journal for a Soldier - Brian Balmages Heroes, Lost and Fallen - David Gillingham An American in Paris - George Gershwin arr. John Krance Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli Armed Forces - The Pride of America| Larry Clark and Greg Gilpin January 23rd, 2016 President Garfield's Inauguration March - John Philip Sousa In Memoriam - John Philip Sousa On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - David Holsinger Trittico - Vaclav Nelhybel I. Allegro Maestoso II. Adagio III. Allegro Marcato JoyRide - Michael Markowski Ave Maria - Franz Biebl With Heart and Voice - David Gillingham March 26th, 2016 Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein, transcribed by Clare Grundman Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland, transcribed by Merlin Patterson The Golden Age of the Xylophone - arr. Floyd E. Werle Dr. Patrick Roulet, Soloist Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold, arr. by John P. Paynter I. Pesante II. Vivace III. Allegretto IV. Con Brio El Camino Real | Alfred Reed June 11th, 2016 Canzon duo decimo toni - Giovanni Gabrielli Serenade No. 10 for Winds in B-flat Major - W.A. Mozart “Gran Partita,” Mov. VII - Finale La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed I. Prelude and Aztec Dance II. Mass III. Carnival Old Home Days - Charles Ives, arr. by John Elkus I. Waltz II. a) The Opera House (from “Memories”) b) Old Home Days (Chorus) III. The Collection IV. Slow March V. London Bridge is Falling Down Casey at the Bat - Randol Alan Bass American Salute - Martin Gould |
2016-2017
November 13th, 2016
The White Rose March - John Philip Sousa Wayfaring Stranger - Christopher Nelson Shadow Waltzes - Brian Balmages English Folk Song Suite - Ralph Vaughan Williams I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset Shrine of the Fallen - Brian Balmages Apollo Unleashed - Frank Ticheli February 11th, 2017 Gods Country - Rossano Galante Episodes from "On the Town" - Leonard Bernstein I. The Great Lover II. Lonely Town: Pas de Deux III. Times Square: 1944 Athletic Festival March - Serge Prokofieff, arr. by Richard Franko Goldman Lohengren - Introduction to Act III - Richard Wagner, arr by George Drumm Nothing Gold Can Stay - Steven Bryant Finale from Symphony No. 5 - Shostakovich April 23rd, 2017 The Hounds of Spring - Alfred Reed Be Thou My Vision - Jack Stamp Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance Sun Dance - Frank Ticheli Give us this Day - David Maslanka |
2017-2018
November 11th, 2017
William Byrd Suite - Gordon Jacob Mov. 1, Mov. III, Mov. IV, Mov. V Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 - J.S. Bach Transcribed by: Rudy Volkmann Zion - Dan Welcher Commando March - Samuel Barber Mars - Gustav Holst Machu Picchu - Satoshi Yagisawa February 10th, 2018 Norwegian March "Valders" - Johannes Hanssen arr. by Glenn C. Bainum Overture For Winds Op. 24 - Felix Mendelssohn arr. and edited by John Boyd Pagent Op. 59 - Vincent Persichetti Slava! (A Concert Overture) - Leonard Bernstein trans. by Clare Grundman Suite Française - trans. by Darius Milhaud Traveler - David Maslanka April 21st, 2018 An Outdoor Overture - Aaron Copland Salvation is Created - Pavel Chesnokov arr. by Bruce H.Houseknecht Danzon No. 2 - Arturo Márquez trans. by Oliver Nickel Sleep - Eric Whitacre Symphony No. 4 in F Minor - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arr. by V. F. Safranek |
2018-2019 |
2019-2020 |
October 28th, 2018
Jupiter, “The Bringer of Jollity” - Gustav Holst Harvest Hymn - Percy Grainger transcribed by Joseph Kreines Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli Dance of the Jesters - Peter Tchaikovsky, transcribed by Ray Cramer Music of the Spheres - Philip Sparke January 20th, 2019 Amparito Roca- Jaime Texidor When Jesus Wept- William Schuman Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Grainger (All Movements) Circuits - Cindy McTee Dusk - Steven Bryant Three Sketches for Wind Ensemble- Clare Grundman March 17th, 2019 Irish Suite - Leroy Anderson The Irish Washerwoman The Minstrel Boy The Last Rose of Summer The Rakes of Mallow Sheltering Sky - John Mackey Wen-Co March - MacDonald Woodwind Quintet, No 3 Mov. III - David Maslanka Concerto Grosso - Robert Russell Bennett *Featuring the Fifth Inversion Woodwind Quintet Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger Shepherd's Hey - Percy Grainger |
October 26th, 2019
American Overture - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Elegy for a Young American - Ronald LoPresti Horn Concert No. 1 - Richard Strauss, arr. Tim Laughlin Mov. I - Allegro Mov. II - Andante Mov. III - Allegro American in Paris - George Gershwin, transcribed by Jerry Brubaker We Seven - Kerek M. Jenkins Americans We - Henry Fillmore |
2021-2022March 5th, 2022
Fugue à la Gigue - J.S. Bach, arr. by Gustav Holst Tres Danzas de México - William E. Rhoads I. El Pitayero (from Jalisco) II. El Café (Province Unknown) III. El Curripiti (from Vera Cruz) Symphony no. 1 "The Lord of the Rings" (I. Gandalf) - Johann de Meij Manhattan Beach - John Philip Sousa English Dances, set 2 - Malcom Arnold, arr. by Nigel Herbert V. Allegro Non Troppo VI. Con Brio VII. Grazioso VIII. Giubiloso Joy of Life (Joie de Vivre) - Brian Balmages May 7th, 2022 Fanfare and Allegro - Clifton Williams Ukranian Folk Songs - Halsey Stevens, ed. by William Schaefer I. Family Gathering II. The Repentant Wife III. Easter Song IV. Under the Cherry Tree V. The Sun Has Set VI. Mother's Concern VII. Trouble With Hemp VIII. A Merry Widow IX. A Love Song X. Why Do You Pout, Dear? XI. The Wife Who Beat Her Husband Deus Ex Machina - Randall Standridge El Relicario - Jose Padilla, arr. by Robert Longfield I. Irish Tune from County Derry; II. Shepherd's Hey - Percy Grainger Pike's Peak - Brian Balmages |
2022-2023 |