Concert 30–Spring 2024: Saturday May 4, 2024
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
Ralph Vaughn Williams: Toccata Marziale
Frank Ticheli: Amazing Grace
Eric Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and Living
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Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise
Norman Dello Joio: Scenes from “The Louvre”
Concert 28–Spring 2023: Saturday May 6, 2023
Copland: An Outdoor Overture
Berlioz: March to the Scaffold (from Symphonie Fantastique)
O’Riordan: Sacred Spaces (Stacy Maugans, saxophone)
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Sousa: The Liberty Bell
Holst: Second Suite in F
Lanman: Premeditated Attacks (with Massive Interruptions)
Concert 27–Fall 2022: Saturday December 10, 2022
Bernstein: Overture to “Candide”
Maslanka: Requiem
Thomas: Shenandoah
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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
Gabrielli / O’Riordan: Sonata Pian’e Forte
Palestrina / O’Riordan: Kyrie and Gloria from Pope Marcellus Mass
Susato / Dunnigan: Selections from “The Danserye”
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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
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
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)
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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
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)
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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
Leonard Bernstein: Overture to “Candide” (1956)
John Mackey: Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
Kirk O’Riordan: Return, forgotten (2018) (world premiere)
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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
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
William Schuman: Chester Overture (1950)
Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium (1994)
Zach Jones: Visions From a Quiet Valley (2017) (Commissioned by LCCB–world premiere)
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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
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)
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Kirk O’Riordan: Shiki (The Four Seasons): Concerto for Taiko and Wind Ensemble (2016)
Concert 14–Spring 2016: Saturday May 7, 2016
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (1957)
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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
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville Overture (trans. Duthoit) (1816)
Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy (1937)
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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
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
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Kirk O’Riordan: Iris (World Premiere)
Concert 11–Fall 2014: Saturday November 17, 2014
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)
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Frank Ticheli: Rest (2000, 2011)
Michael Colgrass: Old Churches (2002)
Vaclav Nehlybel: Trittico (1963)
Concert 10–Spring 2014: Saturday May 10, 2014
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)
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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
Ralph Vaughn Williams: English Folk Song Suite (1923)
Roshanne Etezady: Anahita (2005)
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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
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)
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Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) (orch. by Kirk O’Riordan)
Concert 5–Fall 2011: Saturday December 10, 2011
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
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
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
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)