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Encore Wind Ensemble
Dr. Peter Haberman, Conductor
Overture to Candid - Leonard Bernstein
Beneath the Crypt - Justin Gruber
Charles B. Olson Contest Winner
Lonesome Valley Folk Suite - James Stephenson
October - Eric Whitacre
Bamboo Shoots & City Streets
Benjamin Barker
Dr. Peter Haberman
Peter Haberman, Director of Bands at Concordia College Moorhead, is a conductor and educator who serves as the director of bands and professor of music at Concordia College where he is the conductor of The Concordia Band. He also leads the Echo Band, works with student conductors, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, and coordinates the comprehensive band program. Prior to his appointment at Concordia, Haberman held similar positions as director of bands at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Bucknell University
Justin Gruber began his musical endeavours on the tuba at the age of 9 and currently holds the Tuba position in the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Justin’s orchestral pursuit began in his junior year of high school when he won the Principal Tuba position in the Florida Youth Orchestra. Before leaving high school, Justin was a finalist in the New World Symphony Concerto Competition, a National YoungArts winner, as well as awarded the Kovner Fellowship from Juilliard.
Justin began composing at the age of 11. He is self-taught, and his continued passion for making music fueled his compositional rise. He has written various solo, chamber, and significant ensemble works.
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Encore performances are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund