2006-07 Program

CUWE: Dr. Cynthia Johnston Turner, Director

Thursday, September 7, 2006

Performance at the Inauguration of President David Skorton

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 @ 7:30pm

Performance at Kendal of Ithaca

Thursday, October 12, 2006 @ 8:00pm (Bailey Hall)

Raymond Overture Ambrose Thomas
Postcard Frank Ticheli
Blue Shades Frank Ticheli
Concerto in F (1st movement) Gershwin/Johnston Turner (Xak Bjerken, piano)
Ghost Train (1st and 2nd movements) Eric Whitacre

Saturday, October 21, 2006 (Bailey Hall)

First Year Family Weekend (with Jazz Band 1 and CSO). Selections from 10/12. Concert: Featuring Guest Artist: President David Skorton, Alto Saxophone

Thursday, October 26, 2006 (Bailey Hall)

Bailey Hall Inaugural Collage Concert!
(With Jazz Band, Chorus and Glee Club, Chamber Orchestra, Percussion Ensembles, and more.)

Concerto in F (1st movement) Gershwin/Johnston Turner
(Xak Bjerken, piano)

Saturday, December 2, 2006 8:00 pm (Bailey Hall)

Serenade in c minor (1st mvt) W.A. Mozart
Concerto for Wind Orchestra Spencer Topal (commission)
Concertino Karel Husa (Blaise Bryski, piano)
Ride Samuel Hazo

Saturday, March 10, 2007 @ 8:00pm (Bailey Hall)

“Que Sera, Seurat?” (Multi-Media Event)

Drum Major’s Daughter Overture Jacques Offenbach
Suite Francaise Darius Milhaud
Impressionist Prints Alan Forte
French Impressions Guy Woolfenden

Saturday, April 28, 2007 16th Annual Jazz Festival

Joint Commission for Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band 1 “Extensions” by Paul Smoker

Thursday, May 3, 2007 @ 8:00pm (Bailey Hall)

(Guest Conductors, Mark Davis Scatterday and Donald Hunsberger. Guest solo percussionists, Steve Paysen and Dominic Donato. Guest Piano Soloist, Frederic Lacroix, Guest Electric Guitarist, Gabe Borden.)

Fantasia in G J.S. Bach
Dance of the New World Dana Wilson
Vientos y Tangos Michael Gandolfi
Concerto for Piano and Percussion Wang Xi (Frederic Lacroix, piano; Dominic Donato and Stephen Paysen, percussion)
Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre
Slava! Leonard Bernstein (Gabe Borden, electric guitar)

Saturday, May 26, 2007(Arts Quad)

CUWS: Erin Otto, Conductor

Sunday, October 16, 2006 @ 8:15pm (Bailey Hall)

Gavorkna Fanfare Stamp (1995)
Amparito Roca Texidor (1935)
Crystals Duffy (1985)
Variations of a Shaker Melody Copland (1958)
Four Scottish Dances Arnold/Paynter (1979)
March from Symphonic Metamorphoses Hindemith/Wilson (1943)

Thursday, November 30, 2006 @ 8:15pm (Bailey Hall)

Shortcut Home Wilson (2003)
Alleluia Thompson/Buckley (1966)
William Byrd Suite Jacob (1922)
Grainger Set Country Gardens and Colonial Song
Festive Overture Shostakovich/Hunsberger (1954)

Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 in Bailey Hall

Signature Van der Roos
Color Prelude Blaha
The Hounds of Spring Reed
Second Suite in F Holst
On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss Holsinger
Kentucky Sunrise King