WIND ENSEMBLE

Dr. John Lynch
John P. Lynch, Conductor

The Wind Ensemble has earned an international reputation for its artistry. Membership, determined each semester by blind audition, includes the most accomplished graduate and undergraduate UGA music majors. Employing flexible scoring, the Wind Ensemble performs works for eight to eighty players, and presents repertoire composed from the Middle Ages to tomorrow. Championing the performance of new music, the ensemble has a rich history of commissioning the rising stars of composition. In addition to commissioning and premiering new works, the Wind Ensemble tours nationally and internationally, hosts acclaimed guest artists, and records on the Naxos label. Most recently, the ensemble performed at the 2009 national CBDNA conference in Austin. The Wind Ensemble embraces the new band sound, which idealizes clarity, color, and resonance.

UGA Wind Ensemble Repertoire

2012-2013 Season

(tentative)

All performances are at 8:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center unless otherwise noted

European Vacation

September 11
Stephanie Pierce, soprano

Carnival Overture-Antonin Dvorak/arr. Steiger
   Frank Wickes, conductor
Un Mitternacht-Gustav Mahler
   Stephanie Pierce, soprano
Repercussions-Adam Gorb
   premiere
Sinfonietta-Ingolf Dahl
March Op. 99-Sergei Prokofiev

Concert on the Lawn

September 28, 2012 – 12:30 P.M.
The Lawn of UGA’s Historic North Campus
Pops and light classic repertoire

The Red White and Green

October 18
   Marcello Rota, Guest Conductor

William Tell Overture-Gioccomo Rossini
O Magnum Mysterium-Morten Lauridsen/arr. Reynolds
Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition Winner
Federico Ermirio: New work to be announced
Emblems-Aaron Copland
An Ives Set
   The Alcotts-Charles Ives/arr. Thurston
   Variations on America-Charles Ives/arr. Rhoads

Death and Transfiguration

November 14

An American Elegy-Frank Ticheli
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum-Olivier Messiaen
Chester-William Schuman
Symphonic Suite from “On the Waterfront”-Leonard Bernstein/arr. Bocook


American Portraits

JanFest (Open exclusively to January High School Band Festival participants)

American Salute-Morton Gould
Variations on America-Charles Ives
O Magnum Mysterium-Morton Lauridsen
Baron Cimetier’s Mambo-Donald Grantham
Chester-William Schuman
Symphonic Suite from “On the Waterfront”-Leonard Bernstein/arr. Bocook

Second Thursday Scholarship Series Concert
On the Road with the UGA Wind Ensemble: ABA Preview

February 14
   Tim Adams, Percussion

Carnival Overture-Antonin Dvorak/arr. Steiger
American Salute-Morton Gould
Prelude and Fugue
   Prelude in Bb minor-J.S. Bach/arr. Lynch
   Scherzo a la Britten-John Leszczynski
Emblems-Aaron Copland
   John Whitwell, conductor
March Op. 99-Sergei Prokofiev
Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble-John Mackey
   premiere
Commissioned work-Jess Turner
   preview

Heroes
American Bandmasters Association Conference

University of South Florida – Tampa, FL
March 7

Carnival Overture-Antonin Dvorak/arr. Steiger
American Salute-Morton Gould
Prelude and Fugue
   Prelude in Bb minor-J.S. Bach/arr. Lynch
   Scherzo a la Britten-John Leszczynski
Emblems-Aaron Copland
March Op. 99-Sergei Prokofiev
Commissioned work-Jess Turner
   premiere

Dedications

April 12
   Carter Pann, guest composer

Huldigungsmarsch-Richard Wagner
Symphonies of Wind Instruments-Igor Stravinsky
The Engulfed Cathedral-Claude Debussy/arr. Patterson
Tarentella from Symphony No. 1-John Corigliano/arr. Gershman
Symphony for Winds “My Brother’s Brain”-Carter Pann
   premiere