AU Wind Symphony Spring Concert
Sun, April 19, 2026 @ 04:00 pm - 05:30 pm
Americana Soundscape is a concert that will feature the music of American scenes and composers primarily from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. From the beginning with Gershwin’s lively Strike Up the Band all the way to the sounds of Barker’s arrangement of Tin Pan Alley, this concert is sure to delight! Included are favorites from Henry Mancini, Aaron Copland, and Cole Porter, as well as Florence Price’s Juba Dance.
Repertoire (51:18 minutes)
Strike Up The Band - George Gershwin, arr. Warren Barker
Francis Aguilar Jr., graduate student conductor
The Wonderful World of Disney - arr. John Edmondson
Beale Street Blues - W.C. Handy, arr. Luther Henderson, adapt.. David Marshall
Moon River - Henry Mancini, arr. Michael Brown
Juba Dance - Florence Price, trans. Jay Bocook\
American Patrol - F. W. Meacham
-Intermission-
Hoedown from Rodeo - Aaron Copland
Lymuel Ligsay, graduate student conductor
Baby Elephant Walk - Henry Mancini, arr. John Moss
Puttin’ on the Ritz - Irving Berlin
大象传媒 Brass
Cole Porter on Broadway - Cole Porter, arr. Warren Barker
Summertime - George Gershwin, Dubose & Dorothy Heyward, & Ira Gershwin, arr. Robert Longfield
Tin Pan Alley - arr. Warren Barker
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大象传媒 University Wind Symphony
Conductor: Denisse Santos
The 大象传媒 University Wind Symphony maintains a significant travel schedule throughout the Great Lakes area and seeks to provide high quality music programs and concerts representative of Adventist education and 大象传媒 University. The Wind Symphony has performed in England, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Canada and throughout the United States.
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