The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, with the help of the University of Maryland Concert Choir and solo pianist Rita Sloan, performed at the College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division Conference on March 12, on the campus of the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Additionally, Doctoral Candidate Anthony Rivera gave a presentation on Samuel Adler's Southwestern Sketches. Concert Program: Frank Ticheli (b. 1958): Pacific Fanfar

UMWO's recent concert, comprised of Walter Hartley's Concerto for 23 Winds, David Amram's Concerto for Horn, with soloist Professor Gregory Miller, and Anton Bruckner’s Mass in E Minor, featuring the University of Maryland Concert Choir, was reviewed by DC Metro Theater Arts. Review: "The University of Maryland Wind Orchestra and Concert Choir Perform Anton Bruckner’s ‘Mass in E Minor’ at The Clarice," by Emily Schweich #bruckner #amram #hartley #umwo

Mass No.2 in E minor, WAB 27 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei Anton Bruckner Born: September 4, 1824 in Ansfelden, Austria Died: October 11, 1896 in Vienna, Austria Instrumentation: Eight-part mixed chorus and wind instruments Duration: 40 minutes Composed: 1882 (second version) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) is one of the most enigmatic of composers – self-effacing and diffident in his personal and professional life, a compulsive stu­dent of music who continued st

One of the most beautiful and powerful works for winds ever composed is certainly Anton Bruckner's Mass in E Minor. The piece is the second of Bruckner's masses and used winds exclusively in from orchestra because of the outdoor performance space for the Mass' intended premiere. The setting is of the Ordinary: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. Anton Bruckner, Mass in E Minor Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, conductor Be