Concert 30–Spring 2024: Saturday May 4, 2024

Program

Henry Fillmore: Americans We
Frank Ticheli: Rest
David Gillingham: Heroes, Lost and Fallen

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John Zdechlik: Chorale and Shaker Dance
Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances

Concert 29–Fall 2023: Saturday December 9, 2023

Program

Ralph Vaughn Williams: Toccata Marziale
Frank Ticheli: Amazing Grace
Eric Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and Living

–intermission–

Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise
Norman Dello Joio: Scenes from “The Louvre”

Concert 28–Spring 2023: Saturday May 6, 2023

Program

Copland: An Outdoor Overture
Berlioz: March to the Scaffold (from Symphonie Fantastique)
O’Riordan: Sacred Spaces (Stacy Maugans, saxophone)

–intermission–

Sousa: The Liberty Bell
Holst: Second Suite in F
Lanman: Premeditated Attacks (with Massive Interruptions)

Concert 27–Fall 2022: Saturday December 10, 2022 

Program

Bernstein: Overture to “Candide”
Maslanka: Requiem
Thomas: Shenandoah

–intermission–

Husa: Smetana Fanfare
Gardner: Perseids (Katie RIce ’21, guest conductor)
Ticheli: An American Elegy
Grainger: Molly on the Shore

Concert 26–Spring 2022: Saturday May 7, 2022 

Program

Gabrielli / O’Riordan: Sonata Pian’e Forte
Palestrina / O’Riordan: Kyrie and Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass
Susato / Dunnigan: Selections from “The Danserye”

–intermission–

O’Riordan: I Dwell in Possibility (with the Easton Area High School Choirs, Pete Deshler, director)
Ives: Variations on ‘America’ (Corey Beck ’22, conductor)
Bryant: Dusk
Mackey: Asphalt Cocktail

Concert 25–Fall 2021: Saturday December 12, 2021 

Program

Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Barber: Commando March (Corey Beck ’22, conductor)
Grainger: Four English Folk Songs
     Irish Tune from County Derry
     Shepard’s Hey
     Horkstow Grange
     The Lost Lady Found
Rimsky-Korsakov: Procession of the Nobles
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Maslanka: Give Us This Day

Concert 24–Spring 2021: Saturday May 22, 2021 (online)

John Philip Sousa: The Washington Post (1889)
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (1994) (Katie Rice ’21, conductor)
Pete Deshler: We Choose The Moon (world premiere)
Justin Kogasaka: Toward an End Yet Unseen (world premiere)
Gustav Holst: Suite no. 1 in E-flat (1909)
Leonard Bernstein: Somewhere (from West Side Story, arr. Bowcock)

Concert 23–Fall 2020: Saturday November 14, 2020 (online)

Ashley Kushner ’19: Piled Sands Swirled Away (2020) (world premiere)
Pete Deshler: We Choose the Moon (2020) (world premiere)
Kirk O’Riordan: Body Doubles (2020) (world premiere)

These performances were recorded remotely by the students while they were learning remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Concert 22–Spring 2020: Saturday May 9, 2020 (online)

Terry Riley: In C (1964)

This performance was recorded remotely by the students while they were learning remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Concert 21–Fall 2019: Friday December 6, 2019

Program
Poster

Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (1899)
Richard Wganer: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (1850)
Richard Strauss: Allerseelen (1885) (transcribed by Ashley Kushner ’19)
Two Famous Arias [Verdi, “La donne e mobile” and Puccini, “Nessun dorma”] (Eric Van Hoven, tenor)

–intermission–

Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture (1880)
Eric Whitacre: October (2000)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:  finale from Symphony no. 4

Concert 20–Spring 2019: Saturday May 11, 2019

Tenth Anniversary Concert

Program
Poster

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (1956)
Ralph Vaughn Williams: English Folk Song Suite (1923)
Igor Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from Firebird (1912) (Kyle Street ’19, conductor)
Ashley Kushner: Would I Have Broke This Happy Dream? (2019) (world premiere)

–intermission–

Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy (2000)
Gustav Holst: from The Planets
–Mars (Ryan Dupuis ’16, conductor)
–Jupiter

John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

Concert 19–Fall 2018: Saturday December 8, 2018

Program
Poster

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to “Candide” (1956)
John Mackey: Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
Kirk O’Riordan: Return, forgotten (2018) (world premiere)

–intermission–

Kala Pierson: Broadloom I (2015)
Jennifer Higdon: Mysterium (2011)
Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F Major (1911)

Concert 18–Spring 2018: Saturday May 10, 2018

Program
Poster

Gustav Holst: First Suite in Eb (1909)
John Barnes Chance: Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1967) (Peri Chain ’18, conductor)
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) (orch. by Kirk O’Riordan)

Concert 17–Fall 2017: Saturday December 9, 2017

Sixto Montesinos, guest conductor

Camille Saint-Saens: March Militaire Française
Kevin Puts: Charm
Joseph Turrin: Lullaby for Noah
Christopher Theofanidis: Sweet Like That (Peri Chain ’18, conductor)
Jan van der Roost: Rikudim

In Memoriam, David Maslanka (1943-2017)
David Maslanka: Quiet Song from Heart Songs
David Maslanka: Rollo Takes a Walk

Alfred Reed: The Hounds of Spring
John Philip Sousa: Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company

Concert 16–Spring 2017: Saturday May 6, 2017

Program
Poster

William Schuman: Chester Overture (1950)
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (1994)
Zach Jones: Visions From a Quiet Valley (2017) (Commissioned by LCCB–world premiere)

–intermission–

Edward Elgar: from Variations on an Original Theme, op. 36 “Enigma”: IX. Nimrod (1911)
Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances (1949)
Paul Hindemith: from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber: IV. March (1943)

Concert 15–Fall 2016: Saturday December 10, 2016

Program
Poster

Dimitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture (1954)
Ronald Lo Presti: Elegy for a Young American (1964)
Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque (2005)
Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture (1941)

–intermission–

Kirk O’Riordan: Shiki (The Four Seasons): Concerto for Taiko and Wind Ensemble (2016)

Concert 14–Spring 2016: Saturday May 7, 2016

Program
Poster

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957)

–intermission–

Samuel Barber: Commando March (1943)
Charles Ives: Variations on ‘America’ (1891)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

Concert 13–Fall 2015: Saturday December 12, 2015

Program
Poster

Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture (trans. Duthoit) (1816)
Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1937)

–intermission–

Anthony Iannaconne: After a Gentle Rain (1979)
Warren Benson: The Solitary Dancer (1966)
David Maslanka: Give Us This Day (A Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble) (2005)

Concert 12–Spring 2015: Saturday May 9, 2015

Program
Poster

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to Candide (1956)
Percy Grainger: Two Songs–Irish Tune from County Derry and Shepard’s Hey (1912) Sam Freiheiter ’15, conductor
Eric Whitacre: Sleep (2003)
from Symphony no. 4 in F Minor–IV. Finale-Allegro con fuoco

–intermission–

Kirk O’Riordan: Iris (World Premiere)

Concert 11–Fall 2014: Saturday November 17, 2014

Program
Poster

Gustav Holst: Second Suite in F Major (1911)
Richard Wagner: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (1850)
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture: La Forza del Destino (1882)

–intermission–

Frank Ticheli: Rest (2000, 2011)
Michael Colgrass: Old Churches (2002)
Vaclav Nehlybel: Trittico (1963)

Concert 10–Spring 2014: Saturday May 10, 2014

Program
Poster

Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore (1920)
John Barnes Chance: Variations on a Korean Folk Song (1967) Madeline Friese ’14, conductor
Dimitri Shostakovich: Finale from Symphony no. 5 (1937)
Igor Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from Firebird (1912)

–intermission–

Joseph Schwantner: In Evening’s Stillness (1996)
Steven Bryant: Dusk (rev. 2008)
John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)

Concert 9–Fall 2013: Sunday November 17, 2013

Program
Poster

Ralph Vaughn Williams: English Folk Song Suite (1923)
Roshanne Etezady: Anahita (2005)

–intermission–

Kevin Puts: Millenium Canons (2003)
Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum mysterium (2003)
Alberto Ginastera: Four Dances from Estancia (1941)

Concert 8–Spring 2013: Saturday May 5, 2013

Darin Lewis, Guest Conductor

Gioacchino Rossini: Overture-Italian in Algiers (1813)
Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise (1944)
Malcolm Arnold: Four Scottish Dances (1957)
Dimitri Shostakovitch: Folk Dances (1942)
Antonin Dvorak: Rondo in G Minor (1891) (Alex Cutrone ’13, conductor/arranger)
Alfred Reed: Armenian Dances pt. 2 (1972)
George Gershwin: An American in Paris (1928)
Leonard Bernstein: Slava! A Political Overture (1977)

Concert 7–Fall 2012: Saturday December 8, 2012

Program
Poster

Gustav Holst: First Suite in Eb (1909)
Aaron Copland: Emblems (1936)
Kirk O’Riordan: On Vincent’s Swirling Skies (2012) (world premiere)
John Mackey: Aurora Awakes

Concert 6–Spring 2012: Saturday May 5, 2012

Programs: Ver. 1  Ver. 2  Ver. 3  Ver. 4
Posters:  Ver. 1  Ver. 2  Ver. 3  Ver. 4

Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957) (arr. by Paul Lavender)

–intermission–

Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) (orch. by Kirk O’Riordan)

Concert 5–Fall 2011: Saturday December 10, 2011

Program
Poster

Michael Torke: Javelin (1994)
Warren Benson: The Leaves Are Falling (1964)
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Toccata Marziale (1924) Alex Cutrone ’13, conductor

–intermission–

Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
David Maslanka: Tears (1994)

Concert 4–Spring 2011: Saturday May 7, 2011

Program
Poster

Dimitri Shostakovich: Festive Overture (1954)
Richard Wagner: Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral (1850)
Karel Husa: Music for Prague 1968 (1968)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (1924)

Concert 3–Fall 2010: Saturday December 11, 2010

Program
Poster A
Poster B
Poster C

Leonard Bernstein: Overture to “Candide” (1956)
Charles Ives: Variations on “America” (1891)
Eric Whitacre: October (2000)
Kirk O’Riordan: The Hanging Gardens (2010) (world premiere)

–intermission–

John Barnes Chance: Incantation and Dance (1963)
Augusta Read Thomas: magneticfireflies (2000)
Frank Ticheli: Vesuvius (1999)

Concert 2–Spring 2010: Saturday May 8, 2010

Program
Poster

Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture: La Forza del Destino (1882)
Norman Dello Joio: Scenes from The Louvre (1966)
Dana Wilson: Colorado Peaks (2005)

–intermission–

Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture (1941)
William Pfaff: Second Mesa (2010) (world premiere)
Leonard Bernstein: Danzon from Fancy Free (1944)
Igor Stravinsky: Berceuse and Finale from Firebird (1910)

Concert 1–Fall 2009: Saturday, December 12, 2009

Program
Poster

David Maslanka: Give Us This Day (A Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble) (2005)
Ronald Lo Presti: Elegy for a Young American (1964)
Rob Smith: Beacon Fires (2009)
Roland Barrett: Sunchasers (2005)
Gustav Holst: I. Mars and  IV. Jupiter from The Planets, op. 32 (1916)