Symphonic Band
When:
Friday, February 13, 2026
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 $6 for the general public and $4 for students with valid ID.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
events.music@northwestern.edu
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Shawn D. Vondran, conductor; Oliver Stark, euphonium (Northwestern Concerto Competition winner)
The Symphonic Band’s first program of the winter quarter opens with Leonard Bernstein’s raucous tribute to his friend Mstislav “Slava” Rostropovich. Zhou Tian’s Nocturne uses musical material from his first string quartet, the last piece he wrote before leaving his native China. The first half of the concert concludes with James Curnow’s Symphonic Variants, featuring Concerto Competition winner Oliver Stark, and the second half is devoted to David Del Tredici’s monumental symphony for band, In Wartime.
Leonard Bernstein, Slava!
Zhou Tian (arr. David Thornton and Zhou Tian), Nocturne
James Curnow, Symphonic Variants
David Del Tredici, In Wartime