“El Arca De Noe” [The Noah’s Ark]

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

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.

Encore Wind Ensemble with Patrick Lenz

2014 Season

Heidi Johanna Miller & James Patrick Miller, conductors
Special guest, Charlie Bond (Winner 2014-2015 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Contest)
MusicConnect with East Ridge HS Band
at East Ridge High School

Selections from the following:
Orient et Occident - Camille Saint‐Saens
Against - Charlie Bond (Winner of 2014-2015 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Competition)
Evening Music - Jayce Ogren
Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo - Gustav Holst
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
The Florentiner - Julius Fucik  

2014 Season

Joint concert with Gustavus Wind Orchestra
Heidi Johanna Miller & James Patrick Miller, conductors
at Irondale High School

Orient et Occident - Camille Saint‐Saens
Against - Charlie Bond (Winner of 2014-2015 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Competition)
Evening Music - Jayce Ogren
Hammersmith: Prelude and Scherzo - Gustav Holst
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
The Florentiner - Julius Fucik 

2013 Season

Jerry Luckhardt, Craig Kirchhoff, Kathy Romey, and Matthew Mehafey, conductors
Special Guests, Charles Lazarus, trumpet, and Justin Weiss, composer
at Minneapolis Convention Center - MMEA Convention

Overture in C, Op. 24 - Felix Mendelssohn
My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish - J. S. Bach arr. Alfred Reed
Toccata Marziale - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Landscapes - Justin Weiss, Winner of the Charles B. Olson Young Composers Contest
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla
Trumpet Concerto - Harry James arr. Dean Sorenson
Charles Lazarus, trumpet
"Machine" from Symphony No. 5 - William Bolcom
Symphony No. 7 - Howard Hanson
University of Minnesota Choir
Kathy Romey, Matthew Mehaffey, conductors

2013 Season

Jerry Luckhardt and Dennis Lindsay, conductors
Special guests, Justin Weiss and Charles Lazarus
MusicConnect with Stillwater HS Band
at Trinity Lutheran Church

Overture in C, Op. 24 - Felix Mendelssohn
My Jesus! Oh, What Anguish - J. S. Bach arr. Alfred Reed
Landscapes - Justin Weiss, 2013-2014 Winner of the Charles B. Olson Young Composers Contest
Oblivion - Astor Piazzolla
Trumpet Concerto - Harry James arr. Dean Sorenson, Charles Lazarus, trumpet
"Machine" from Symphony No. 5 - William Bolcom

2012 Season

Jerry Luckhardt and Steve Olson, conductor
Grant Luhmann* - 2012-2013 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Winner
MusicConnect with Rosemount HS Band
at Rosemount High School

Chester (Overture for Band) - William Schuman
Hold This Boy and Listen - Carter Pann
"Cakewalk" for Wind Band - Grant Luhmann*
Give Us This Day: A Short Symphony - David Maslanka

2010 Season

Jerry Luckhardt, conductor
John David De Haan - Guest Tenor
Keane Southard* - 2010-2011 Charles B. Olson Young Composers Winner
at Wayzata Community Church 

Noisy Wheels Of Joy - Eric Whitacre
As Summer Was Just Beginning - Larry Daehn
“Waltzing Dervish” for Wind Powered Ensemble - Keane Southard*
I’ve Made My Plans for the Summer (tenor soloist) - Sousa 
Moto perpetuo - Shelley Hanson
Catch Me If You Can - John Williams
Whip & Spur - Thomas S. Allen

2009 Season

Jerry Luckhardt, conductor
at Gethsemane Episcopal Church

A Dakota Rhapsody - Mark Camphouse
After Rain (premiere)- Jack Hughes*
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich/Johan de Meij
Brasiliana - Joao Guilherme Ripper
Moon By Night- Jonathan Newman
In The Bond Concert March - David J. Borsheim

2009 Season

Jerry Luckhardt, conductor
Jack Hughes* - Charles B. Olson Composition Winner
at Trinity Lutheran Church

A Dakota Rhapsody - Mark Camphouse
After Rain (premiere)- Jack Hughes*
Russian Christmas Music - Alfred Reed
Jazz Suite No. 2 - Dmitri Shostakovich/Johan de Meij
Brasiliana - Joao Guilherme Ripper
Moon By Night- Jonathan Newman
In The Bond Concert March - David J. Borsheim

2006 Season - Celebrating 10 Years

Jerry Luckhardt & Shelley Hanson, conductors
Carolyn Pratt, soprano
Elbert Liu, 2006 CBO Young Composers Winner
at MMEA Mid-Winter Clinic at Minneapolis Convention Center

Colas Breugnon Overture, Op. 24 - Kabalevsky
Revolvz - Elbert Liu
Io Son L'umile Ancella - Francesco Celia, trans. Luckhardt
Abanian Dance - Shelley Hanson
Capriccio from Scarlatti, Op. 17 - Shostakovich
Short Symphony - Libby Larsen