Past Wind Ensemble Programs

Sunday, April 22, 2007
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

John Cody Birdwell, Conductor
David Maslanka, Guest Composer
Jason Ham, Euphonium Soloist
Lane Weaver, Graduate Conductor

Duke of Marlborough Fanfare	Percy A. Grainger
The Lads of Wamphray March	Percy A. Grainger/Kreines
SLALOM!	Carter Pan
Monologues	Joseph Turrin
Symphony No. 7	David Maslanka

Friday, February 16, 2007
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

John Cody Birdwell, Conductor
James Campbell, Percussion Soloist
Mary Joy Nelson, Soprano Soloist
Lane Weaver, Graduate Conductor

David's Book	David Maslanka
Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs	Dmitri Shostakovich/Duker
Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo	Gustav Holst
Aspen Jubilee	Ron Nelson

Monday, November 20, 2006
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

John Cody Birdwell, Conductor
Michael Yonchak, Graduate Conductor
Nan McSwain, Piano Soloist
Rebekah Fellrath, Dancer
Mark Clodfelter, Trumpet Soloist

...and the moutains rising nowhere	Joseph Schwantner
Sanctuary	Frank Ticheli
The Solitary Dancer	Warren Benson
When Speaks the Signal Trumpet Tone	David Gillingham
Niagara Falls	Michael Daugherty

Thursday, October 12 , 2006
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

John Cody Birdwell, Conductor

Sunday, September 17, 2006
Singletary Center for the Arts
3:00 pm

John Cody Birdwell, Conductor

Monday, April 18, 2005
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

Dr. J. Cody Birdwell, Conductor
Last Night's Fun Traditional Irish Band, Guest Artists
Mike Mower, Guest Composer
Miles Osland, Saxophone Soloist

Prelude, Op. 34 No. 14	Dmitri Shostakovich
Folk Dances	Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony in Bb	Paul Hindemith
Minstrels of the Kells	Dan Welcher
Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Orchestra ~World Premiere~	Mike Mower

Friday, March 4, 2005
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

Keith Brion as John Philip Sousa, Guest Conductor
Mary Joy Nelson, Soprano Soloist
Erin Walker, Xylophone Soloist
Mark Clodfelter, Trumpet Soloist

The Star Spangled Banner	arr. John Philip Sousa
Euryanthe	Carl Maria von Weber/Hindsley
Washington Post	John Philip Sousa
Carnival of Venice	arr. Staigers
Teddy Trombone	Henry Fillmore
Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away	Percy A. Grainger
Glory of the Yankee Navy	John Philip Sousa
Sesqui-Centennial Exposition	John Philip Sousa
Juliet's Waltz Song from Romeo and Juliet	Charles Gounod
Ah May the Red Rose Live Always	Stephen Foster
Under the American Flag from Cubaland	John Philip Sousa
The U.S. Field Artillery	John Philip Sousa
Variations on George Gershwin's Swanee	John Philip Sousa
Semper Fidelis	John Philip Sousa
All the Things You Are	Jerome Kern
The Invincible Eagle	John Philip Sousa
The Coeds of Michigan	John Philip Sousa
Gridiron Club	John Philip Sousa
Nola	Felix Arndt
Fluffy Ruffles	George H. Green
George M. Cohan Sing Along	George Cohan
God Bless America	Irving Berlin
Parade of the Services	Various
The Stars and Stripes Forever	John Philip Sousa

Monday, November 22, 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

Dr. J. Cody Birdwell, Conductor
George R. Boulden, Guest Conductor
John E. Hairel, Guest Conductor
Nancy Clauter, English Horn Soloist
Mark Clodfelter, Trumpet Soloist

Fanfare for the Common Man	Aaron Copland
Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams
Laboring Songs	Dan Welcher
Quiet City	Aaron Copland
Dance Mix	Rob Smith
Symphony #2	Frank Ticheli

Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
7:30 pm

Dr. J. Cody Birdwell, Conductor
Cliff Jackson, Piano Soloist

Profanation from "Jeremiah, Symphony No. 1"	Leonard Bernstein/Bencriscutto
Music for Prague 1968	Karel Husa
Molly On The Shore	Percy A. Grainger
J.S. Dances	Donald Grantham
October	Dmitri Shostakovich/Mitchell

Wednesday, April 21 , 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

H. Robert Reynolds, Guest Conductor

Vienna Philharmoniker Fanfare	Richard Strauss
Lincolnshire Posy	Percy A. Grainger
J'ai ete au bal ("I Went to the Dance")	Donald Grantham
Petite Symphony	Charles Gounod
O Magnum Mysterium	Morten Lauridsen/Reynolds
Blue Shades	Frank Ticheli

Friday, March 5, 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Timothy Salzman, Guest Conductor

Brad Meyer, Marimba Soloist

Morning Star	David Maslanka
Scenes from The Louvre	Norman Dello Joio
Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble	Eric Ewazen
Bells for Stokowski	Michael Daugherty

Thursday, February 12, 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Dr. John Cody Birdwell, Guest Conductor

Spiel, Opus 39	Ernest Toch
Sketches on a Tudor Psalm	Fisher Tull
Be Thou My Vision	David Gillingham
Harrison's Dream	Peter Graham
Don't You See?	Donald Grantham

Friday, January 23, 2004
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Dr. John Laverty, Guest Conductor

The Earle of Oxford's Marche	Gordon Jacob
DESI!	Micheal Daugherty
O Magnum Mysterium	Morten Lauridsen/Reynolds
Suite Francaise	Darius Milhaud
Passacaglia, Homage on B-A-C-H	Ron Nelson
Galop	Dmitri Shostakovich/Hunsberger

Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Timothy Reynish, Conductor in Residence

Mark Clodfelter, Trumpet Soloist

Yiddish Dances	Adam Gorb
Per La Flor del Lliri Blau	Joaquin Rodrigo
Awake, You Sleepers	Laurence Bitensky
Gran Duo	Magnus Lindberg
Dances from Crete	Adam Gorb

Wednesday, October 22, 2003
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Timothy Reynish, Conductor in Residence

Samurai	Nigel Clarke
Diaghilev Dances	Kenneth Hesketh
Danse Funambulesque	Jules Strens
L'Homme Armé	Christopher Marshall
Reflections on a 16th Century Tune	Richard Rodney Bennett
Concerto for Wind Orchestra	Christian Lindberg

Saturday, April 26, 2003
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Cliff Jackson, Piano Soloist

The Star Spangled Banner	arr. Jack Stamp
Rocky Point Holiday	Ron Nelson
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments	Igor Stravinsky
Cotillon	Arthur Benjamin
Hill-Song No. 2	Percy Grainger
Southern Harmony	Donald Grantham

Thursday, March 27, 2003
CBDNA National Convention
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
4:30 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Scott Wright, Clarinet Soloist

The "Lads of Wamphray" March	Percy Grainger
Bastille Music	Kurt Weill
Black Dog	Scott McAllister
Air Mosaic	Rodney Rogers

Monday, December 2, 2002
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Celebration	Edward Gregson
Dreamcatcher	Walter Mays
Danceries	Kenneth Hesketh
Serenade in E-flat, op. 7	Richard Strauss
Symphony No. 3	Vittorio Giannini

Monday, October 14, 2002
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Suite in E-flat for Military Band, Opus 28, No. 1	Gustav Holst
Trauersinfonie	Richard Wagner/Leidzen
Sinfonietta	Ingolf Dahl
Octet for Wind Instruments	Igor Stravinsky
Coronation Scene from Boris Godunov	Modest Mussorgsky/Leidzen
Minstrels of the Kells	Dan Welcher

Monday, April 15, 2002
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Fantasia in G	Timothy Mahr
Colonial Song	Percy Grainger
Gazebo Dances	John Corigliano
Old Wine in New Bottles	Gordon Jacob
Dance Movements	Philip Sparke

Sunday, February 17, 2002
Singletary Center for the Arts
2:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George R. Boulden, Associate Conductor
Fred Mills, Trumpet Soloist

Procession of the Nobles	N. Rimsky-Korsakov/Leidzen
Rondo from Trumpet Concerto in E-flat	J.N. Hummel/Corley
Someone to Watch Over Me	George Gershwin/Turrin
Scherzando	Robert Farnon/Mills
Symphony for Band “West Point”	Morton Gould
Esprit de Corps	Robert Jager
Pines of the Appian Way	O. Respighi/Leidzen

Wednesday, November 28, 2001
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Dr. Stephen Beck, Guest Composer

Mangulina	Paul Basler
Varriants on a Medieval Tune	Norman Dello Joio
The Wild Rumpus	Stephen Beck
Suite Française	Francis Poulenc
Music for Prague, 1968	Karel Husa
America the Beautiful	Samuel Ward/Dragon

Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Miles Osland, Saxophone Soloist
Dr. Noemi Lugo, Soprano Soloist

Serenade No. 11 in E-flat, K. 375	W.A. Mozart
Symphony in B-flat	Paul Hindemith
Dream Dancer	Michael Colgrass
Aspen Jubilee	Ron Nelson

Friday, April 20, 2001
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Dr. Noemi Lugo, Soprano Soloist

Epiphanies (Fanfares and Chorales)	Ron Nelson
Five Folksongs for Soprano	Bernard Gilmore
A Child's Garden of Dreams	David Maslanka

Monday, March 5, 2001
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
David Elliott, Horn Soloist

Overture to The Wasps	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 3	Dan Welcher
Awayday	Adam Gorb
Lied & Sherzo, op.54	Florent Schmitt
Gloriosa	Yasuhide Ito

Monday, November 20, 2000
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Professor Denise Schmidt, Clarinet Soloist

Tribute	Mark Camphouse
Hillandale Waltzes	Victor Babin
Lincolnshire Posy	Percy Grainger
Flag of Stars	Gordon Jacob
From a Dark Millennium	Joseph Schwantner
Concertino, op. 94	D. Shostakovich/Singleton

Monday, October 9, 2000
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Skip Gray, Tuba Solist

Marche Joyeuse	Emmanuel Chabrier
Mevagissey Tales	Ernst-Thilo Kalke
El Salon Mexico	Aaron Copland
Kentucky Harmony	Donald Grantham
Symphony No. 6, Op 69	Vincent Persichetti

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Daniel J. Schmidt, Graduate Conductor
J. Steven Moore, Graduate Conductor

Overture to "Die Fledermaus"	Johan Strauss
Emblems	Aaron Copland
Aegean Festival	Andreas Makris
Propagula	Robert Linn
The Firebird Suite(1919)	Igor Stravinsky

Friday, February 25, 2000
CBDNA Southern Division Convention
Greensboro, North Carolina
3:30 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Symphony: "Mathis der Maler"	Paul Hindemith
Adagio for Wind Instruments	Joaquin Rodrigo
J'ai ete au bal ("I Went to the Dance")	Donald Grantham

Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Jana LaRae Pope, Flute Soloist

Fanfare and Allegro	Clifton Williams
Adagio for Wind Instruments	Joaquin Rodrigo
Concerto in D Major, K. 314	W.A. Mozart
Symphony: "Mathis der Maler"	Paul Hindemith
J'ai ete au bal ("I Went to the Dance")	Donald Grantham

Monday, November 22, 1999
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Daniel J. Schmidt, Graduate Conductor
Cliff Jackson, Piano Soloist

Postcard	Frank Ticheli
Symphony: "Mathis der Maler"	Paul Hindemith
Aubade: Concerto for Piano & 18 Instruments	Francis Poulenc
J'ai ete au bal ("I Went to the Dance")	Donald Grantham

Monday, October 4, 1999
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Daniel J. Schmidt, Graduate Conductor
Nancy Clauter, English Horn Soloist
Rolf Holly, Trumpet Soloist

Flourish	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Toccata Marziale	Ralph Vaughan Williams
Quiet City	Aaron Copland
Commando March	Samuel Barber
Air Mosaic	Rodney Rogers
Messagio	Zdenek Lukas
Yiddish Dances	Adam Gorb

Friday, April 23, 1999
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Sydney Hodkinson, Guest Composer
Brian Meixner, Euphonium Soloist

Second Suite in F, op. 28, no. 2	Gustav Holst
Introspect	Ralph Martino
Southern Harmony	Donald Garntham
Symphony no. 9 "...epiphanies..."	Sydney Hodkinson
Rocky Point Holiday	Ron Nelson

Monday, March 3, 1999
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George Boulden, Associate Conductor

Festive Overture	Dmitri Shostakovich
Waking Angels	David Gillingham
Rolling Thunder	Henry Fillmore
Concertino for Four Percussion & Wind Ensemble	David Gillingham

Monday, February 1, 1999
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Benjamin Karp, Cello Soloist

Festive Overture	Dmitri Shostakovich
Concertino for Cello, Winds, & Piano	Bohuslav Martinu
Passacaglia, Homage on B-A-C-H	Ron Nelson
Cotillon	Arthur Benjamin
Selections from "Porgy and Bess"	George Gershwin
Rolling Thunder	Henry Fillmore

Monday, November 23, 1998
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Dr. Alan Hersh, Piano
Dr. Schuyler Robinson, Organ

Overture to "Candide"	Leonard Bernstein
Theme and Variations, op. 43a	Arnold Schoenberg
Rhapsody in Blue	George Gershwin
Prelude II for Piano	George Gershwin
Fantasy Variations	Donald Grantham
The Power of Rome and the Christian Heart	Percy Grainger
Niagra Falls	Michael Daugherty

Sunday, October 18, 1998
Singletary Center for the Arts
3:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Frederick Speck, Guest Conductor
Rolf Holly, Trumpet Soloist

Fanfare for a New Era	Jack Stamp
Charles County Overture	Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
Musica Boema	Zdenek Lukas
Excursions	Bruce Broughton
the bell within the steeple	Frederick Speck
Symphonic Metamorphosis	Paul Hindemith

Thursday, April 23, 1998
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
David Maslanka, Guest Composer

Overture to "Colas Bruegnon"	Dimitri Kabalevsky
Bum's Rush	Donald Grantham
Symphony No. 3	David Maslanka

1998 Tour Program:

Wednesday, March 4, 1998

North Hardin High School

Paducah Tilghman High School

Thursday, March 5, 1998

Madisonville North-Hopkins High School

Henderson Community College

Richard Clary, Conductor
Gordon Cole, Piccolo Soloist
Nancy Clauter, Oboe Soloist

To Be Selected From:
"Courtly Dances" from Gloriana	Benjamin Britten
Dance of the Southern Lights	Eric Richards
Ballad for Band	Morton Gould
Festival Variations	Claude T. Smith
Suite Francaise	Darius Milhaud
The Stars and Stripes Forever Symphony No. 3 Variations on a Theme by Glinka	John Philip Sousa Vittorio Giannini Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Sunday, February 15, 1998
Singletary Center for the Arts
2:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George Boulden, Assistant Conductor
Gordon Cole, Piccolo Soloist

"Courtly Dances" from Gloriana	Benjamin Britten
Dance of the Southern Lights	Eric Richards
Ballad for Band	Morton Gould
Festival Variations	Claude T. Smith
Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral	Richard Wagner
The Stars and Stripes Forever	John Philip Sousa

Sunday, November 16, 1997
Singletary Center for the Arts
3:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Uzbek & Armenian Folk Dances	Aram Khachaturian
Danzón - memory	Warren Benson
Gazebo Dances	John Corigliano
Dances exotiques	Jean Francaix
Dance Movements	Philip Sparke

Sunday, October 12, 1997
Singletary Center for the Arts
3:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Celebration	Edward Gregson
Dreamcatcher	Walter Mays
Suite Française	Darius Milhaud
Symphonies of Wind Instruments(1920)	Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 3	Vittorio Giannini

Tuesday, April 22, 1997
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George Boulden, Assistant Conductor
David MacKenzie, Guest Conductor
Terry Everson, Trumpet Soloist

DESI!	Michael Daugherty
Concerto for Trumpet	Alexander Arutiunian
Divertimento	Roger Cichy
Burlesca	Jose Roza Contreras
Hill Song No. 2	Percy C. Grainger
Gloriosa	Yasuhide Ito

Thursday, February 27, 1997
CBDNA National Convention
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
4:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Stephen King, Baritone Soloist

La Procession du Rocio, Op. 9	Joaquin Turina
A Cornfield in July and The River	William Penn
Preludio for Winds and Brass	Jean Sibelius
Music for Winds and Percussion, Op. 152	Blas Atehortua
Urban Requiem	Michael Colgrass

Tuesday, November 26, 1996
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

La Procession du Rocio, Op. 9	Joaquin Turina
New England Triptych	William Schuman
Illyrian Dances	Guy Woolfenden
Urban Requiem	Michael Colgrass

Thursday, October 17, 1996
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Savannah River Holiday	Ron Nelson
Concerto for 23 Winds	Walter Hartley
Lincolnshire Posy	Percy Grainger
Zion	Dan Welcher
Symphony No. 4, West Point	Morton Gould

Friday, April 19, 1996
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George R. Boulden, Guest Conductor
Schuyler Robinson, Organist

Canzona	Peter Mennin
Colonial Song	Percy Grainger
Serenade No. 1, Op. 1	Vincent Persichetti
First Suite in Eb	Gustav Holst
Symphony No. 4	David Maslanka

Tuesday, March 19, 1996
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
George R. Boulden, Guest Conductor

La Forza del Destino	Giuseppe Verdi
Sinfonietta	Ingolf Dahl
Tam O'Shanter, Opus 51	Malcolm Arnold
Rondino	Ludwig van Beethoven
Music for Prague 1968	Karel Husa

Friday, January 26, 1996
CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Convention
Biloxi, Mississippi
4:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor

Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams
Preludio for Winds and Brass	Jean Sibelius
"Lads of Wamphray" March	Percy Grainger
Symphony No. 1	Lee Gannon
Sonoran Desert Holiday	Ron Nelson

Tuesday, November 21, 1995
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Schuyler Robinson, Harpischord

Suite Francaise	Francais Poulenc
Short Ride in a Fast Machine	John Adams
Preludio for Winds and Brass	Jean Sibelius
"Lads of Wamphray" March	Percy Grainger
Symphony No. 1	Lee Gannon
Sonoran Desert Holiday	Ron Nelson

Tuesday, October 17, 1995
Singletary Center for the Arts
8:00 pm

Richard Clary, Conductor
Jefferson Johnson, Guest Conductor

Aegean Festival Overture	Andreas Makris
...and the mountains rising nowhere...	Joseph Schwantner
Symphony in Bb	Paul Hindemith
Little Symphony for Winds	Franz Schubert
Gloria	John Rutter