Performance Archives

5:00 PM Apr 24, 2023
Majestic Theater
Student Conductors

Bryn Werley ’23, Conductor 
Rock Braten ‘25, Conductor 
Erica Messinger ‘24, Conductor 
Penelope Michua-Brooks ‘25, Conductor  
Michael Tropp ‘25, Conductor 
Jason Cebulski ‘24, Conductor  


Program:

Emblem of Unity – J.J. Richards 
Bryn Werley, Student Conductor 

October – Eric Whitacre 
Rock Braten, Student Conductor 

Havendance – David Holsinger  
Erica Messinger, Student Conductor 

Rippling Watercolors – Brian Balmages 
Penelope Michua-Brooks, Student Conductor 

The Seal Lullaby – Eric Whitacre 
Lilly Newton, Student Conductor 

Peat Fire Flame – Travis Weller 
Michael Tropp, Student Conductor 

Alligator Alley – Michael Daugherty 
Jason Cebulski, Student Conductor 



8:00 PM Mar 31, 2023
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon

Collin Presser, Alto Saxophone


Program:

Shortcut Home – Dana Wilson  

Divertimento, Op. 42 – Vincent Persichetti 

I. Prologue 
II. Song
III. 
Dance 
IV. Burlesque
 
V. Soliloquy
 
VI. March
 

Salvation is Created – Pavel Tschesnokov / arr. Bruce Houseknecht 

Tableaux de Provence – Paule Maurice / arr. Maarten Jense 

I. Farandole des jeunes filles (Farandole of the young girls) 
II. Chanson pour ma mie (Song for my love)
 
III. La Boumiano (The Bohemian woman)
 
IV. Des alyscamps l’âme soupier (A Sigh on the soul for the Alyscamps)
 
V. La cabridan (The Bumblebee)
 

Collin Presser, Alto Saxophone 
Concerto Competition Winner 

Glacier – Elizabeth Bishop 

I. Past 
II. Present
 
III. Future I
 
IV. Future 2
 
V. Mourning of Future 2
 

World Premiere  

DOPE – Katahj Copley 

UNDENIABLY • UNAPOLOGETICALLY UNDISPUTEDLY 

Commissioning Consortium Premiere 



3:00 PM Feb 19, 2023
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor

James Day, Guitar


Program:

25 or 6 to 4 – Robert Lamm/Chicago / arr. Richard Saucedo 

Medium Funk Prelude – Paul Richards 

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Medley – John Lennon & Paul McCartney/The Beatles / arr. Will Schaefer 

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 
With a Little Help from My Friends 
When I’m Sixty-Four 

Chaos Theory 3.0 – Jim Bonney 

James Day, Electric Guitar 

Rock Encounter – Jay Chattaway 

Tight Squeeze – Alex Shapiro 

Led Zeppelin on Tour – John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, and Robert Pant / arr. Patrick Roszell 

Rock and Roll 
Immigrant Song 
Black Dog 
Kashmir 
Stairway to Heaven 

More Cowbell! (from PopCopy) – Scott McAllister 

Carry on Wayward Son – Kerry Livgren/Kansas / arr. Gary Langford and Russell McCutcheon 



8:00 PM Nov 18, 2022
Majestic Theater
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor

 Steven Marx, Guest Conductor
 César Leal, Guest Conductor


Program:

Noisy Wheels of Joy – Eric Whitacre 

American Hymnsong Suite – Dwayne S. Milburn 

I. Prelude on “Wonderous Love” 
II. Ballad on “Balm in Gilead”
 
III. Scherzo on “Nettleton”
 
IV. March on “Wilson”
 

Concertino for Euphonium and Wind Band – Rolf Wilhelm 
Owen McGowan ‘23, soloist  
Concerto Competition Winner 

I. Allegro mon troppo
II. Andante ma non troppo, piacevole 
III. 
Moderato con animo 

Three Latin American Dances – Giovanni Santos 
Commissioning Consortium Premier 

I. La Moto (San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) 
II. Lamento Cubano (Palmarito, Cuba)
 
III. El Zape (Durango, Mexico)
 

A Grainger Set – Percy Aldridge Grainger 

I. Colonial Song (ed. Mark Rogers) 
II. Spoon River (arr. Glenn Cliffe Bainum)
 

Strange Humors – John Mackey  

The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa 

 

ON TOUR:

5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13 January, 2023 Baltics Tour  

César Leal, Symphony Orchestra Conductor and 
Russell McCutcheon, Wind Symphony Conductor 
Featuring Steven Marx, Trumpet Soloist 
Wind Symphony Program: 

Selected from the following 

Noisy Wheels of Joy – Eric Whitacre 

Volver a la Montaña (from Islas y Montañas) -- Shelley Hanson 

Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa 
César Leal, Conductor 

American Hymnsong Suite – Dwayne S. Milburn 

I. Prelude on “Wonderous Love” 
II. Ballad on “Balm in Gilead”
 
III. Scherzo on “Nettleton”
 
IV. March on “Wilson”
 

Steven Marx, Conductor 

Shrine of the Fallen (Kiev, 2014) – Brian Balmages 

A Grainger Set – Percy Aldridge Grainger 

I. Colonial Song (ed. Mark Rogers) 
II. Spoon River (arr. Glenn Cliffe Bainum)
 

Three Latin American Dances – Giovanni Santos 

I. La Moto (San Cristobal, Dominican Republic) 
II. Lamento Cubano (Palmarito, Cuba)
 
III. El Zape (Durango, Mexico)
 

La Virgen de la Macarena – Bernardino Bautista / arr. Charles Koff 
Steven Marx, trumpet soloist 

Strange Humors – John Mackey  

The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa 

Symphony Orchestra Program  

Selected from the following: 

El Pescador – José Barros / arr. Fransisco Zumaqué 

Kalamary : Paráfrasis sobre temas de Lucho Bermúdez – Luis E. (Lucho) Bermúdez / arr. Alex Tobar 

Chicago Waltz -- Edmond Dédé  

Pines of Rome – Edmond Respighi 

La Cathédrale Engloutie – Claude Debussy 

La Virgen de la Macarena – Bernardino Bautista / arr. Charles Koff 
Steven Marx, Trumpet Soloist 
Russell McCutcheon, Conductor 

The Myth of Lorelei – Natalie Dolan 

Danza Final from Estancia – Alberto Ginastera  

The Stars and Stripes Forever – John Philip Sousa 



8:00 PM Sep 23, 2022
Majestic Theater
César Leal, Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Russell McCutcheon, Wind Symphony Conductor

Steven Marx, Trumpet Soloist


Program:

Symphony Orchestra 

El Pescador – José Barros / arr. Fransisco Zumaqué 

Chicago: Grande Valse â l’Américaine - Edmond Dédé / ed. Richard Rosenberg 

Kalamary – Luis E. (Lucho) Bermúdez / arr. Alex Tobar 

Wind Symphony  

Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa 

Volver a la Montaña (from Islas y Montañas) -- Shelley Hanson 

La Virgen de la Macarena – Bernardino Bautista / arr. Charles Koff 
Steven Marx, trumpet soloist 

Shrine of the Fallen (Kiev, 2014) -- Brian Balmages