Encore Wind Ensemble
Dr. Cassandra Bechard, Guest Conductor
Toccata Marziale - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Blithe Bells - Percy Grainger/Jager
Wrong Note Rag - Leonard Bernstein/Ricketts
Common Threads - Kimberly Archer
Conga del Fuego Nuevo - Arturo Marquez
Come Sunday - Omar Thomas
King of Kings Lutheran Church Woodbury
Dr. Cassandra Bechard
Dr. Cassandra Bechard serves as Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at University of Northwestern – St. Paul and artistic director and conductor of Seward Concert Band in Minneapolis. She received a doctor of musical arts in wind band conducting from University of Minnesota, holds a master’s degree in bassoon performance from Bowling Green State University, and dual bachelor’s degrees in music education and music performance from Central Michigan University. During her doctoral studies she conducted the Maroon Campus Band for three years, a non-auditioned concert band comprised of 80 students, and also at U of M guest conducted Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Pride of Minnesota.
