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Shawn D. Vondran, conductor

The Symphonic Band’s first fall-quarter performance highlights the range of emotions evoked by places and spaces. The heights captured in Machu Picchu—City in the Sky inspire awe and wonder. The spiritual From the Delta is emblematic of the African American experience of enslavement in the South. George Washington Bridge, a work premiered 75 years ago, evokes a sense of urban grandeur and the wonder of modern engineering. Gabrieli’s “Sancta Maria” brings listeners into a divine space juxtaposed against darker outside forces, and Frank Ticheli’s Angels in the Architecture closes the concert depicting a battle between light and darkness.

Satoshi Yagisawa, Machu Picchu—City in the Sky
William Grant Still, "Spiritual" from From the Delta
William Schuman, George Washington Bridge
Giovanni Gabrieli, "Sancta Maria" from Sacrae Symphoniae
Frank Ticheli, Angels in the Architecture