Concerts:ABA 2011 Annual Convention (Norfolk, Virginia)

March 2, 2011 - Virginia Commonwealth University Wind Ensemble

Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond) Wind Ensemble
Terry Austin, conductor
Frederick Speck, conductor
Ray Cramer, conductor
Thomas Fraschillo, conductor
Scott Rush, conductor
Joseph Hermann, conductor
Arnald D. Gabriel, conductor
Jay Gephart, conductor
Tabatha Easley, flute

• O Canada / Star-Spangled Banner – Calixa Lavallée and John Stafford Smith
• Celebration Fanfare – Kevin Walczyk
• One Life Beautiful – Julie Giroux
• Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra – Michael Mower
• Sheep Shearing Song – Percy Aldridge Grainger
• Concerto for Wind Ensemble – William R. Brusick
• Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier" – Richard Strauss
• Three Dances from "The Maid of Orleans" – Peter I. Tchaikovsky
• Easter Monday on the White House Lawn – John Philip Sousa

March 2, 2011 - Virginia Wind Symphony

Virginia Wind Symphony (Norfolk)
Dennis Zeisler, conductor
Emery Fears, conductor
Bruce Moss, conductor
Timothy Topolewski, conductor
James Curnow, conductor
Myron Welch, conductor
Scott Coulson, conductor
Earle Louder, euphonium

• Montmartre March – Haydn Wood
• Overture to "Béatrice et Bénédict" – Hector Berlioz
• Chorale in C Minor – Johann Sebastian Bach
• Fantasie Originale – Ermano Picchi
• March from "Symphonic Metamorphosis" – Paul Hindemith
• Battle of Shiloh – C.L. Barnhouse
• Armenian Dances, Part One – Alfred Reed

March 3, 2011 - Ithaca College Wind Ensemble

Ithaca (N.Y.) College Wind Ensemble
Stephen Peterson, conductor
Elizabeth Peterson, conductor
Ed Lisk, conductor
Fred Allen, conductor
Mark Fonder, conductor
Richard Mayne, conductor
Barry Martin, conductor

• O Canada / Star-Spangled Banner – Calixa Lavallée and John Stafford Smith
• Overture to "Candide" – Leonard Bernstein
• Cheetah – Karel Husa
• Bell Piece – Percy Aldridge Grainger
• Santa Fe Saga – Morton Gould
• The Captivator – Ernest S. Williams
• Aurora Awakes – John Mackey

March 3, 2011 - University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble

University of North Carolina at Greensboro Wind Ensemble
John R. Locke, conductor
Gregory Dick, conductor
Don Wilcox, conductor
Frank B. Wickes, conductor
Matthew McInturf, conductor
Stanley F. Michalski, Jr. , conductor
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor

• The Goldman Band – Karl King
• Baron Cimetiere's Mambo – Donald Grantham
• Symphony in B-flat – Paul Hindemith
• Hymn to a Blue Hour – John Mackey
• Sea Songs – Thomas Knox

March 4, 2011 - United States Marine Band

United States Marine Band (Washington, D.C.)
Michael J. Colburn, conductor
Paula Crider, conductor
Carl Bianchi, conductor
Jason K. Fettig, conductor
John R. Bourgeois, conductor
Thomas Palmatier, conductor
Michelle A. Rakers, conductor
Scott Taylor, conductor
Sara Dell'Omo, mezzo-soprano
Alex Klein, oboe

• O Canada / Star-Spangled Banner – Calixa Lavallée and John Stafford Smith
• Raymond Overture – Ambroise Thomas
• Duels and Dances – James Stephenson
• In Memoriam – Johan Halvorsen
• In a Nutshell – Percy Aldridge Grainger
• Esprit de Corps– Robert Jager
• Passage – Scott Lindroth
• Memories, Very Pleasant and and Rather Sad – Charles Ives
• Flourishes and Meditations on a Renaissance Theme – Michael Gandolfi
• A Salute to the Armed Forces of the United States of America – Thomas Knox
• The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa