Symphonic Wind Ensemble
When:
Friday, April 25, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:00 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 $8 for the general public and $5 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Part of NUNC! 6: the Northwestern University New-Music Conference
Robert Taylor, conductor; Sheldon Frazier, doctoral assistant conductor; Andrew Nogal, oboe; George Lewis, guest composer
The Symphonic Wind Ensemble kicks off NUNC! 6 (the Northwestern University New-Music Conference) with an opening concert featuring guest composer George Lewis’s Big Shoulders, Sharp Elbows, with its references to the city of Chicago as envisioned by the American poet Carl Sandburg. Bienen alumnus Andrew Nogal joins the ensemble in a performance of Christopher Stark’s Velocity Meadows for oboe, chamber winds, electronics, and video. Bookending the concert are “electrified” selections by Mason Bates and Björk.
Björk, Dancer in the Dark Overture
Cindy McTee, Soundings
George Lewis, Big Shoulders, Sharp Elbows
Christopher Stark, Velocity Meadows
Mason Bates, Mothership