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Band
The KU Bands are a diversified group of performing ensembles. The Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band and University Band provide opportunities to perform the widest possible range of concert wind band literature including chamber music, masterworks, and contemporary works . Nationally recognized conductors continually provide new challenges for all levels of performers. The band program is also home to the Sudler Award-winning Marching Jayhawks and the bands for the men's and women's basketball teams, and the women's volleyball team.
KU Wind Ensemble’s Journey to Carnegie Hall
For more information visit http://ku.edu/carnegiehall
Released March 2013 on the Naxos Label
Upcoming Concerts:
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The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble
2013 Concert Season
February 1, 2013 Shared with Jazz Ensemble 1 and soloist Steve Leisring, trumpet
7:30 pm Lied Center of Kansas
Blue Shades (1997) by Frank Ticheli (b. 1958)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924) by George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Steven Spooner, piano
March 18-21
Naxos Recording Sessions
“In the Shadow of No Towers” (2012) by Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985)
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists (2001) by Philip Glass(b. 1937)
Ji Hye Jung and Robert van Sice, timpani
March 26
8:00pm (EST), Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, NYC
“In the Shadow of No Towers” (2012) by Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985)
world premiere
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists (2001) by Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Ji Hye Jung and Robert van Sice, timpani
kuendowment.org/music_carnegie
April 2
7:30pm, Lied Center of Kansas
“In the Shadow of No Towers” (2012) by Mohammed Fairouz (b. 1985)
Midwest premiere
Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists (2001) by Philip Glass(b. 1937)
Ji Hye Jung and Robert van Sice, timpani
April 23
7:30pm, Lied Center of Kansas
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1954/1965) by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
O Magnum Mysterium (2003) by Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943)
First Suite in Eb, Op. 28, No. 1 (1909)
I. Chaconne
II. Intermezzo
III. March
by Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Ravenkind (2012)
I. Odineyes
II. Nighttress
III. Jetpriest
IV. Creekkeeper
by Forrest Pierce (b. 1972) with Robert Walzel, soloist world premiere
Theme and Variations, Op. 43a (1943) by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Past Performances
September 21, 2012
7:30pm, Collage Concert at the Lied Center of Kansas
Movement 2 from Symphonic Requiem, op. 135 (2011) by James Barnes (b. 1949)
October 2
7:30pm, Lied Center of Kansas
Road Stories (2010) by Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962)
Music for Prague 1968, (1968) by Karel Husa (b. 1921)
Symphonic Requiem, op. 135 (2011) by James Barnes (b. 1949)
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October 17
7:30pm, Lied Center of Kansas
“Canzon Primi Toni” from Sacrae Symphonie (1597) by Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)
La Creation du Monde, op. 81a (1923) by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
November 2
7:30pm, Yardley Hall, Overland Park, KS
From Glory to Glory (2011) by Kevin Walczyk (b. 1964)
On the Waterfront (1954) by Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
Nitro (2006) by Frank Ticheli (1958)
Event Horizon (2011) by Joni Greene (b. 1981)world premiere
Rhapsody in Blue (1924) by George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Steven Spooner, piano
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