Description:

Shawn D. Vondran, conductor 

The Symphonic Band's December concert is a celebration of our natural world, beginning with one of the simplest, often overlooked, creatures on our planet: the humble moth. Traditionally, moths symbolize many different things, from nature, wood, and soil, to love or connection with the spirit world. Nishimura's Wilderness takes the concert theme further, honoring wild spaces and the people who fight to protect them. Dello Joio’s Variants on a Medieval Tune is a rejoicing in the world around us. Concluding the concert is a unique work combining the sounds generated by humans (the players) with artificial sounds and effects generated by a computer. The composer describes the result as "W.B. Yeats meets Ray Kurzweil in The Matrix." 

Viet Cuong, Moth  
Cait Nishimura, Wilderness  
Norman Dello Joio, Variants on a Medieval Tune  
Steven Bryant, Ecstatic Waters