Symphonic Band
When:
Sunday, April 30, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Tickets are $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Shawn Vondran, conductor
The Symphonic Band’s first concert of the spring is a celebration of American voices past and present, opening with Kimberly Archer’s Fanfare Politeia — performed by the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band for the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. Steven Bryant describes the program’s second work, Alchemy in Silent Spaces, as “music of both personal and musical transformation.” The program continues with two important American voices from the past: Morton Gould and Samuel Barber. Commando March is Barber’s only original work for wind band, while the “West Point” Symphony is Gould’s most important work for wind band and a pillar of the band canon.
Kimberly Archer, Fanfare Politeia
Steven Bryant, Alchemy in Silent Spaces
Samuel Barber, Commando March
Morton Gould, Symphony IV (“West Point”)