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Symphonic Band

Symphonic Band

Sunday, October 25, 2026 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, 50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Everything Old Is New Again

Shawn Vondran, conductor; Stromboli Brass Quintet (Sophie Urban and Lydia Hanje, trumpet; Katy Meffert, horn; Wesley Connor, trombone; Mitch Brady, tuba) 

As Northwestern University Bands celebrate their centennial anniversary, the Symphonic Band takes a look back through music history. The program begins with Paul Dooley’s Fantasy of Colors, “inspired by Baroque artwork and the genre of musical fantasias of Johann Sebastian Bach,” according to the composer. The Bach focus continues with Samuel Barber’s Mutations from Bach and an arrangement of Bach’s Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major by former Northwestern University Director of Bands John Paynter. The program’s second half includes Peter Mennin’s monumental Canzona and a suite from Leonard Bernstein’s MASS

Paul Dooley, Fantasy of Colors 
Samuel Barber, Mutations from Bach 
J. S. Bach (arr. John Paynter), Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major 
Peter Mennin, Canzona 
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Michael Sweeney), Suite from MASS  

Cost: $6 general public / $4 students with valid ID

Audience

  • Faculty/Staff
  • Student
  • Public
  • Post Docs/Docs
  • Graduate Students

Contact

Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Email

Interest

  • Arts/Humanities

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