Encore with Charles Lazarus, the After Hours Big Band, and Jack Stamp
Apr
14
3:00 PM15:00

Encore with Charles Lazarus, the After Hours Big Band, and Jack Stamp

Join Encore Wind Ensemble with special musical guest Charles Lazarus, guest conductor Jack Stamp, along with the After Hours Big Band, for an afternoon of music on Sunday, April 14 at King of Kings at 3:00pm. Suggested Donation: $10 for Adults, $5 for Children and Students.

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International Trumpet Guild Conference - Evening Concert
Jun
1
7:00 PM19:00

International Trumpet Guild Conference - Evening Concert

Evening Concert - 7pm: Encore Winds – Hyatt: Great Lakes Ballroom. The Encore Wind Ensemble will perform, featuring many guest soloists including Dani De Baza on Spanish Cornet, Thomas Hooten, Jean Laurenz, Clément Saunier, Les Trompettes de Lyon, Trombe Mundi, and many more.

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“El Arca De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark]
May
8
3:00 PM15:00

“El Arca De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark]

“El Arca De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark]

Messiah United Methodist

Messiah United Methodist

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Selections to be performed include:
Of Our New Day Begun - Omar Thomas
Country Gardens - Percy Grainger
Cave of Mirrors - Charles D. Norris
“Silence Befalls the Lonely Embers”
Winner of the Charles B. Olson Composition Contest
”El Arce De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark] - Oscar Navarro
Symphonic Poem for Wind Band
The Liberty Bell - John Phillip Sousa

Charles D. Norris

Charles D. Norris

Winner of the Charles B. Olson Composition Contest
Charles D Norris.

His music has been called "Exhaustingly imaginative," and "highly creative with a compelling musical narrative." In 2020, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University.

In his music, Charles D. Norris enjoys exploring the vast ranges of the instruments: physically, musically, and dramatically. He is drawn to the jarring sensation of the unexpected and harmonic dissonances. His recent works include a four-movement work for wind ensemble, a concerto for flute and orchestra, and a fanfare for antiphonal brass; among other works in progress.

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Holiday Concert
Dec
20
7:30 PM19:30

Holiday Concert

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A Holiday Concert with Encore Wind Ensemble

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Selections to be performed include:

A Christmas Festival - Leroy Anderson
Sleepers, Awake - J.S. Bach
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Variants on a Medieval Tune - Norman Dello Joio
The Polar Express - Alan Silvestri
The First Noel - Julie Giroux
Minor Alterations - David Lovrien
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Martin and Blane
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

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Hanifl Performing Arts Center

Hanifl Performing Arts Center

For Tickets:
Contact: Hanfl Performing Arts Center
Box Office Phone: 651-478-7427
Link to Online Ticket Purchase

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MusicConnect with South Washington County Schools
Nov
18
7:30 PM19:30

MusicConnect with South Washington County Schools

MusicConnect with South Washington County Schools

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Selections to be performed include:
Give Us This Day - David Maslanka
Three Organ Preludes - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune - Norman Dello Joio

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South Washington County Schools

East Ridge High School - conducted by Brent Comeau

Park High School - conducted by Thomas Storm

Woodbury High School - conducted by Tark Katzenmeyer

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Chamber Music Series
Oct
10
4:00 PM16:00

Chamber Music Series

Chamber Music Series

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Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Selections to be performed include:
Canzon Primi Toni, Sacrae Symphoniae - Giovanni Gabrieli
Le Bal de Beatrice d’Este - Reynaldo Hahn
I. Entrée pour Ludovic le More
II. Lesquercade
III. Romanesque
IV. Ibérienne
V. Léda et l’oiseau
VI. Courante
VII. Salut final au Duc de Milan

Petite Suite Pastorale - Desire Dondeyene
Forever Radient - Aaron Perrine
Canzone per sonare No. 2 - Giovanni Gabrieli
Two Debussy Pieces - Claude Debussy
I. Passepied
II. The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Premier Quatuor Opus 53 - Jean Baptiste Singelée
Changes/Transitions (2020) for Brass and Percussion - Quinn Mason

 
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"Americana" Summer Concert at Centennial Lakes
Aug
11
7:00 PM19:00

"Americana" Summer Concert at Centennial Lakes

“Americana” Summer Concert

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor

Selections to be performed include:
Americans We - Henry Fillmore
The Glory of the Yankee Navy - John Philip Sousa
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Serenade for a Picket Fence - Norman Leyden
Phil Hatchner, Xylophone
Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland
Selections from Music Man - Meredith Wilson
Trumpeter’s Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, Trumpet
New York 1927 - Warren Barker
Gabriel’s Oboe - Ennio Morricone
Kristen Cooper, Oboe
Midway March - John Williams
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington
Dennis Lindsay, Alto Saxophone
Foshay Tower March - John Philip Sousa
Shanendoah - Frank Ticheli
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Centennial Lakes Edina

Centennial Lakes Edina

Weather permitting, cancellation will be published to https://encorewind.com

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"Americana" Summer Concert at Roseville Central Park
Aug
10
7:00 PM19:00

"Americana" Summer Concert at Roseville Central Park

“Americana” Summer Concert

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor

Selections to be performed include:
Americans We - Henry Fillmore
The Glory of the Yankee Navy - John Philip Sousa
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Serenade for a Picket Fence - Norman Leyden
Phil Hatchner, Xylophone
Down a Country Lane - Aaron Copland
Selections from Music Man - Meredith Wilson
Trumpeter’s Lullaby - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, Trumpet
New York 1927 - Warren Barker
Gabriel’s Oboe - Ennio Morricone
Kristen Cooper, Oboe
Midway March - John Williams
Nick Smith, Guest Conductor
Come Sunday - Duke Ellington
Dennis Lindsay, Alto Saxophone
Foshay Tower March - John Philip Sousa
Shanendoah - Frank Ticheli
Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Roseville Central Park

Roseville Central Park

Weather permitting, cancellation will be published to https://encorewind.com

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Mother's Day - Concert Cancelled
May
10
3:00 PM15:00

Mother's Day - Concert Cancelled

Encore at Messiah United Methodist Church

Mother’s Day

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor

Selections to be performed include: 
Le Bal de Beatrice d'Este - Reynaldo Hahn 
La Fiesta Mexicana- H. Owen Reed 
Let My Love Be Heard- Jake Runestad 
The White and Red Rose March- Joseph de Luca

 
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The Music of Percy Grainger - Concert Cancelled
Apr
18
2:00 PM14:00

The Music of Percy Grainger - Concert Cancelled

Encore at the Hanifl Performing Arts Center

Home of the Lakeshore Players Theatre, the Hanifl Performing Arts Center is now open thanks to the White Bear Lake community and surrounding area. Although the center has been in existence for over 60 years, with the mission of providing community enrichment and education through the performing arts, this new state-of-the-art facility will make all the theatre and events more enjoyable than ever.

Hanifl Performing Arts Center

Hanifl Performing Arts Center

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger

Selections to be performed

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

This performance will be centered on the music of Percy Grainger. This Australian born composer left an indelible mark on band music in Europe and America. His innovative approaches to instrumentation and scoring propelled band repertoire equal in expression to the symphony orchestra. We honor Percy Grainger’s contribution to the wind band by performing several of his hallmark works, including Children’s March, Colonial Song, Country Gardens, Handel in the Strand, Irish Tune from County Derry, Lincolnshire Posy, Mock Morris, Molly on the Shore, The Immovable Do, Ye Banks and Braes O’Bonnie Doon, and Shepherd’s Hey.

Australian Up-Country
Children’s March
Country Gardens
Handel in the Strand
The Immovable Do
Irish Tune from County Derry
Lincolnshire Posy
Mock Morris
Molly on the Shore

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MusicConnect with the Minnesota Junior Symphonic Winds
Feb
10
7:00 PM19:00

MusicConnect with the Minnesota Junior Symphonic Winds

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Encore strives to exist as a professional-level ensemble to promote band as an art form, as well as to encourage lifelong learning opportunities in music. As a model group for young musicians, Encore also advocates for music education in schools.

This program will feature various members of the Encore Wind Ensemble

The Masonic Heritage Center
Serving as a working tribute to the concepts and contributions of Freemasonry, the Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center provides the public with an intimate and elegant destination for events, performances and scholarship pursuits and features a 443-seat auditorium with jewel-box theatre

Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center Theater

Minnesota Masonic Heritage Center Theater

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor

Blue Shades (1996)- Frank Ticheli
Jan Possehl Scholl, clarinet

Concerto Grosso for Flute, Alto Saxophone, Bass Trombone, Marimba and Concert Band - James Stephenson
Haley Cramer, flute
Dennis Lindsay, alto saxophone
Roger Lundberg, bass trombone,
Phil Hatchner, marimba

Bugler’s Holiday - Leroy Anderson
Tony Teehan, trumpet
Nicholas Ellison, trumpet
Wade Lutterbein, trumpet

Minnesota Junior Symphonic Winds

Selections TBD

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Sound and Light
Nov
24
3:00 PM15:00

Sound and Light

Encore at Roseville Lutheran Church

Sound and Light

Encore Wind Ensemble
Catherine Sinon Bushman, Guest Conductor

Pathfinder of Panama - John Philip Sousa
Byzantium - Nicole Chamberlain
Home Away from Home - Cathy Likhuta
Sound and Smoke - Viet Cuong
Pictures at an Exhibition - Mussorgsky/Patterson

Roseville Lutheran Church

Roseville Lutheran Church

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Catharine Sinon Bushman is the Wind Ensemble Conductor and Assistant Professor of Music Education at St. Cloud State University. Her teaching responsibilities include Wind Ensemble, conducting and courses in music education.

Dr. Bushman received a DMA in Wind Conducting at The University of Texas at Austin in 2012. She holds degrees in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University. Previously, Dr. Bushman served on the faculty of Winthrop University where she led the Symphonic Band, taught graduate and undergraduate courses in music education, and supervised student interns.

Dr. Bushman was an Assistant Director of Bands at Lassiter High School in Marietta, Georgia from 1998-2007. Her professional memberships include College Band Directors National Association, Women Band Directors International, Minnesota Music Educators Association and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity.

She maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for marching and concert bands. She has presented at the state and national level on teaching in disadvantaged communities, mentoring of women band directors, woodwind pedagogy and diversity in programming. In 2016, Dr. Bushman began conducting the St. Cloud Municipal Band, an all-adult concert band that performs locally and abroad.

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