Concerts:Category 5 Wind Ensemble, Inc.

June 9, 2018: Sprummer

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Slava! - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
  
• The Hounds of Spring - Alfred Reed
  
• Vientos y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi
  
• Sunrise at Angel's Gate - Philip Sparke
  
• Selections from Porgy and Bess - George Gershwin, arr. Robert Russell Bennett
  
• La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
  

February 24, 2018: Hindemith High-Jinks

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Symphony in B-flat, 1st mvt. - Paul Hindemith
  
• Satiric Dances - Norman Dello Joio
  
• Overture to the Flying Dutchman - Richard Wagner, arr. Louis-Philippe Laurendeau
  
• Sinfonietta for Concert Band, 2nd mvt. - Ingolf Dahl
  
• Selections from Man of La Mancha - Mitch Leigh, arr. Frank Erickson
  
• March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" - Paul Hindemith, tr. Keith Wilson
  

January 6, 2018: Category 5 and the Island of Misfit Toys

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• "Buckaroo Holiday" from Rodeo - Aaron Copland
  
• The Solitary Dancer - Warren Benson
  
• Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda, the Bagpiper" - Jaromir Weinberger
  
• The Rescue - Brian Patrick Drake
  
• First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
  
• Greensleeves - Alfred Reed
  
• A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
  

September 23, 2017: American Road Trip

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• American Overture for Band - Joseph Wilcox Jenkins
  
• Postcard - Frank Ticheli
  
• George Washington Bridge - William Schuman
  
• Elegy for a Young American - Ronald Lo Presti
  
• Colorado Peaks - Dana Wilson
  
• Mother Earth - David Maslanka
  
• The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa
  

June 10, 2017: What's Up Doc?

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Overture to the Barber of Seville - Gioacchino Rossini, arr. M.L. Lake
  
• Cartoon - Paul Hart
  
• Variations on a Korean Folk Song - John Barnes Chance
  
• Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
  
• Conga del Fuego Nuevo - Arturo Márquez, arr. Oliver Nickel
  

March 12, 2017: Straight from the Horse's Mouth

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Light Cavalry Overture - Franz von Suppé, arr. Schissel
  
• El Caballero - Roger Cichy
  
• Equus - Eric Whitacre
  
• The Wrangler - Carter Pann
  
• Take the Ribbons - Gary P. Gilroy
  

December 10, 2016: From Russia With Love

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Pictures at an Exhibition - Modest Mussorgsky, tr. Shinji Kasama
  
• Troika from Lieutenant Kijé Suite - Sergei Prokofiev, arr. Harold Walters
  
• Folk Dances - Dmitri Shostakovich, ed. H. Robert Reynolds
  
• Selections from the The Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky, tr. Gardner/Goldman
  

October 10, 2016: Unmaiden Voyage

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Awayday - Adam Gorb
  
• Sea Songs - Ralph Vaughan Williams
  
• Of Sailors and Whales - W. Francis McBeth
  
• Undertow - John Mackey
  
• The Seal Lullaby - Eric Whitacre
  
• Galilean Moons IV. "Europa" - Roger Cichy
  

June 5, 2016: Best of Category 5 - Five Year Anniversary Concert

Amber Abbott, conductor
Mitch Davis, conductor
Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

Concert selections chosen via fan voting in the Five-Year Anniversary Bracket of Champions

• Symphony No. 1, "Lord of the Rings" I. Gandalf (The Wizard) - Johan de Meij
  
• Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
  
• Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger
  
• Shenandoah - arr. Frank Ticheli
  
• Overture to Candide (tr Beeler) - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Beeler
  

March 5, 2016: A Fool's Paradise

Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Galop - Dmitri Shostakovich, tr. Hunsberger
• Grand Serenade for an Awful Lot of Winds and Percussion - Peter Schickele
  
• Tribal Quest - Sean O'Loughlin
  
• Noisy Wheels of Joy - Eric Whitacre
  
• Godzilla Eats Las Vegas - Eric Whitacre
  
• The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson
  

December 6, 2015: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You

Amber Abbott, conductor
Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
• Harry Potter Symphonic Suite - John Williams, arr. Robert W Smith
  
• March from "1941" - John Williams, arr. Lavender
  
• Characteristic Dances from "The Nutcracker Suite" - Peter I Tchaikovsky, arr. Rogan/McAllister/Reed
  
• Star Wars Trilogy - John Williams, arr. Donald Hunsberger
  
• Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
  

September 26, 2015: Autumnal Bacchanalia

Amber Abbott, conductor
Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Havendance - David Holsinger
• Kokopelli - Anne McGinty
  
• Children's March: "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Percy Aldridge Grainger
  
• Pandemonium - Roger Cichy
  
• October - Eric Whitacre
  
• Danse Bacchanale - Camille Saint-Saens, arr. Egnar
  

May 24, 2015

Mitch Davis, conductor
Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor
Caitlyn Callahan, flute
Valerie Goubeau, flute

• Esprit de Corps - Robert Jager
• Pineapple Poll - Arthur Sullivan arr. Mackerras
  
• Andante and Rondo - Franz Doppler, arr. Olt
  
• Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story" - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Lavender

March 14, 2015: Vocalise

Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor
Rachel Sitomer, soprano

• Aspen Jubilee - Ron Nelson
• A Song for Lyndsay - Andrew Boysen
  
• Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, arr. Hunsberger
  
• Ah fors'e lui... Sempre Libera - Giuseppe Verdi, arr. Barrow
  
• Trittico - Vaclav Nelhybel

December 7, 2014: Ghost Train

Amber Abbott, conductor
Brian Binder, conductor
Clay Michalec, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Ride - Samuel Hazo
  
• Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli
  
• Ghost Train - Eric Whitacre
  
  • I. The Ride
  • II. At the Station
  • III. Motive Revolution
• Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
  
• Give Us This Day - David Maslanka

September 20, 2014: Heaven and Hell

Amber Abbott, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Orpheus in the Underworld Overture - Jacques Offenbach, arr. Odom
  
• Zion - Dan Welcher
  
• Symphony No. 2 - Frank Ticheli
  
  • Movement III, "Apollo Unleashed"
• Symphony No. 1, "The Divine Comedy" - Robert W Smith

June 14, 2014

Brian Binder, conductor
Tim Brown, conductor
Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Tempered Steel - Charles Rochester Young
  
• Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (tr Cailliet) - Richard Wagner, tr. Caillet
  
• Symphony in B-flat (Hindemith) - Paul Hindemith
  
• Rhosymedre - Ralph Vaughan Williams, tr. Beeler
  
• Quartets - Roger Cichy
  
• Strange Humors - John Mackey
  

March 8, 2014: 2014 World Tour

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Vientos y Tangos - Michael Gandolfi (Argentina/Uruguay)
  
• Vesuvius - Frank Ticheli (Italy)
  
• Arabesque - Samuel Hazo (Middle East)
  
• Suite Française - Darius Milhaud (France)
  
• Rocky Point Holiday - Ron Nelson (Rhode Island)
  
• Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual - Robert W Smith (Africa)
  

December 15, 2013: Symphony 1: The Lord of the Rings

Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Symphony No. 1, "Lord of the Rings" - Johan de Meij
  
  • I. Gandalf (The Wizard)
  • II. Lothlórien (The Elvenwood)
    
  • III. Gollum (Sméagol)
    
  • IV. Journey in the Dark
    • a. The Mines of Moria
      
    • b. The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm
      
  • V. Hobbits
    

September 21, 2013: Stolen

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Slava! - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
  
• Jupiter from "The Planets" - Gustav Holst
  
• Strange Humors - John Mackey
• O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen, tr. H. Robert Reynolds
  
• Marche Slav - Peter I Tchaikovsky, arr. L. P. Laurendeau
  
• Oberon Overture - Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Mayhew Lake
  
• Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Claude T Smith
  

June 8, 2013: Bowie Festival of Community Bands 2013

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• City of Bowie March - Charles T. Gabriele
  
• Crown Imperial - William Walton
  
• Handel in the Strand - Percy Aldridge Grainger, arr. Goldman
  
• Armenian Dances, Part One - Alfred Reed
  
• Puszta - Jan Van der Roost
  
• American Salute - Morton Gould, tr. Philip J. Lang
  
• Variations on "America" - Charles Ives (orch. by William Schuman, tr. by William Rhoads)
  
• Pastime: A Salute to Baseball - Jack Stamp
• Pandemonium - Roger Cichy
• Sòlas Ané - Samuel Hazo
• Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold, arr. Paynter
  
• Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
  

April 28, 2013: In the Beginning

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
David Irving, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Outdoor Overture, An - Aaron Copland
  
• Aegean Festival Overture - Andreas Makris, tr. Bader
  
• Overture to Candide (tr Beeler) - Leonard Bernstein, arr. Beeler
  
• Academic Festival Overture - Johannes Brahms, arr. Safranek
  
• Festival Prelude - Alfred Reed
  
• 1812 Overture - Peter I Tchaikovsky, arr. Mayhew Lake
  

December 15, 2012

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Festive Overture - Dmitri Shostakovich, tr. Hunsberger
  
• Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
  
• Handel in the Strand - Percy Aldridge Grainger, arr. Goldman
  
• Greensleeves - Alfred Reed
  
• William Byrd Suite - Gordon Jacob
  
• City of Bowie March - Charles T. Gabriele
  
• Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson
  

September 22, 2012: Gustav Holst

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Charlie Fix, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Moorside March - Gustav Holst, arr. Gordon Jacob
  
• Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo - Gustav Holst
  
• Mars from "The Planets" - Gustav Holst
  
• Jupiter from "The Planets" - Gustav Holst
  
• First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst
  
• Second Suite in F - Gustav Holst
  

October 1, 2011: Lincolnshire Posy

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Crown Imperial - William Walton
  
• Lincolnshire Posy - Percy Aldridge Grainger
  
• La Fiesta Mexicana - H. Owen Reed
  
• Shenandoah - arr. Frank Ticheli
  
• Sketches on a Tudor Psalm - Fisher Tull
  

June 11, 2011: Dances in the Wind

Mitchell Davis, conductor
Dan Sitomer, conductor

• Four Scottish Dances - Malcolm Arnold, arr. Paynter
  
• Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
  
• Faeroe Island Dance - Percy Aldridge Grainger
  
• Incantation and Dance - John Barnes Chance
  
• Armenian Dances, Part One - Alfred Reed