2017-2018 UMWO Repertoire

2017-2018 University of Maryland Wind Orchestra Repertoire

Remembrances and Tributes

Friday, October 6, 2017​, 8 pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Aaron Jay Kernis, For Love of the Mountains (Four Tableaux)

Magnus Lindberg, Souvenir (in memoriam Gérard Grisey)

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II

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- intermission -

​Adam Schoenberg, American Symphony

I. fanfare

II. white on blue

III. rondo

IV. prayer

V. stars, stripes, and celebration​

Chamber Winds

Saturday, October 21, 2017, 8 pm, Gildenhorn Recital Hall

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Brian Coffill, Joseph Scott, & David Wacyk, assistant conductors

Jean Sibelius, Canzonetta (arr. Igor Stravinsky)

Osvaldo Lacerda, Trilogia

Steve Reich, Clapping Music

Astor Piazzolla, Libertango

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Serenade in B-flat, "Gran Partita," K. 361/370a

Pioneers

Friday, November 10, 2017, 8 pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Brian Coffill, assistant conductor

Chris Gekker, trumpet

George Antheil, Concerto for Chamber Orchestra

Kevin McKee, Centennial Horizons

Chris Gekker, trumpet

(Encore: Someone to Watch Over Me)

- intermission -

Osvaldo Lacerda, Dobrado, Ponto e Maracatu

Joseph Schwantner, From a Dark Millennium

Brian Coffill, conductor

Leonard Bernstein, “Profanation” from Symphony No. 1, Jeremiah (arr. Bencriscuitto)

Looking Forward, Looking Back

Saturday, December 9, 2017, 8pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Joseph Scott, assistant conductor

Joachim Raff, Sinfonietta

I. Allegro

II. Allegro molto

III. Larghetto

IV. Vivace

Joseph Scott, conductor

Joel Puckett, that secret from the river

- intermission -

Arnold Schoenberg, Kammersymphonie No. 1, Op. 9

Arturo Marquez, Danzon No. 2

Virtuosi

Saturday, March 3, 2018, 8 pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

James Stern, violin

Audrey Andrist, piano

Alban Berg, Chamber Concerto

James Stern, violin

Audrey Andrist, piano

- intermission -

Willem van Otterloo, Serenade for Brass, Harp, Piano, Celesta and Percussion

Christian Lindberg, Concerto for Winds and Percussion

Serenades and Symphonies

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 8 pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Joseph Scott & David Wacyk, assistant conductors

Antonin Dvorak, Serenade, Op. 44

- intermission -

Igor Stravinsky, Octet (1923)

David Wacyk, conductor

Paul Hindemith, Symphony in B-flat

Joseph Scott, conductor

The Sounds of Silence

Friday, May 4, 2018, 8 pm

Michael Votta, Jr., music director

Rita Sloan, piano

Armando Byolo, Dying Voices - Premiere (UMWO commission)

Francis Poulenc, Aubade

Rita Sloan, piano

- intermission -

Zhou Long, Concerto for Wind Symphony, "Ancient Echoes"

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