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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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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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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

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Variations on America - Charles Ives/William Schuman
Bassoon Concerto - Eric Ewazen
I. Andante con moto
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
October - Eric Whitacre
Superman March - John Williams/Paul Lavender

Woodbury High School Band

Selections TBD

Ariel Detwiler is currently finishing the third and final year of her DMA in bassoon at the University of Minnesota, studying with Norbert Nielubowski. She also holds a Masters degree in Bassoon from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music studying with William Ludwig, and a Bachelors degree in bassoon from DePauw University. An active freelance musician and woodwind doubler in the twin cities, Ariel performs in various bands, orchestras, musical pits, and collaborates in many chamber music groups, including Duo 231 with French Horn player Sam Crocker (also in Encore) and the Bdote 7 reed quintet. Ariel is no stranger to the stage-- she won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010, and in 2018 she won the second annual Band Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota. With a lifelong passion for music education, she teaches her own private studio, instructs the Woodwind Techniques course at the University of Minnesota, and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Dordt University. When she is not performing, Ariel is an avid baker, calligrapher, and gardener. This is Ariel's fourth year performing as a core member of the Encore Wind Ensemble.

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhard, Conductor

Chester “Overture for Band” - William Schuman
Symphony No 6, Op 69 - Vincent Persichetti
I. Adagio - Allegro
II. Adagio sostenuto
III. Allegretto
IV. Vivace
Bassoon Concerto - Eric Ewazen
I. Andante con moto
Ariel Detwiler, Bassoon
Variations on America - Charles Ives/William Schuman
October - Eric Whitacre
Superman March - John Williams/Paul Lavender

Ariel Detwiler is currently finishing the third and final year of her DMA in bassoon at the University of Minnesota, studying with Norbert Nielubowski. She also holds a Masters degree in Bassoon from Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music studying with William Ludwig, and a Bachelors degree in bassoon from DePauw University. An active freelance musician and woodwind doubler in the twin cities, Ariel performs in various bands, orchestras, musical pits, and collaborates in many chamber music groups, including Duo 231 with French Horn player Sam Crocker (also in Encore) and the Bdote 7 reed quintet. Ariel is no stranger to the stage-- she won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010, and in 2018 she won the second annual Band Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota. With a lifelong passion for music education, she teaches her own private studio, instructs the Woodwind Techniques course at the University of Minnesota, and is the adjunct professor of bassoon at Dordt University. When she is not performing, Ariel is an avid baker, calligrapher, and gardener. This is Ariel's fourth year performing as a core member of the Encore Wind Ensemble.

Encore Chamber Winds and Percussion
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Funeral Music for Queen Mary ~ Henry Purcell
   March
   Anthem
   Canzona

Serenade in C minor ~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Funeral Music for Queen Mary ~ Henry Purcell
   March
   Anthem
   Canzona
Fingal’s Cave (The Hebrides) Overture Op. 23 ~ Felix Mendelssohn
As One Listens to the Rain ~ Daniel French
Pillar of Fire ~ Patrick Lenz
2018 Charles B. Olson Young Composer Contest Winner
O Magnum Mysterium ~ Morten Lauridsen
Alleluia Laudamus Te ~ Alfred Reed
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn - Sousa

Charles B. Olson
Young Composer Contest Winner

Patrick Lenz (b.1994) is a current M.M. Composition student at Rice University from Eastman, Wisconsin. Patrick completed his Bachelor of Music degree at Baylor University (’17). Patrick has studied with Dr. Anthony Brandt, Dr. Scott McAllister, and Dr. Edward Taylor.

Recently, Patrick’s composition for Wind Ensemble, Pillar of Fire, was named the winner of the 2016 Baylor University Composition Contest and the 2018 Red Note New Music Composition Competition, and Funk Shui was selected as the winner of the 2018 International Woodwind Duo Symposium Composition Contest (recorded by Albany Records).

Concordia College Band
Dr. Peter Haberman, Conductor

    Program to be announced

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Early Light - Carolyn Bremer
The Low ARC of the Sun (from Miniature Suite) - Steven Bryant
Aurora Awakes - John Mackey

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Folk Dances
- Dimitri Shostakovich

Willam Byrd Suite
- Gordon Jacob
I. The Earle of Oxford’s Marche
II. Pavan
III. Jhon Come Kiss Me Now
IV. The Mayden’s Song
V. Wosley’s Wilde
VI. The Bells

Children’s March “Over the Hills and Far Away”
  - Percy Grainger

The Wild Goose (An Gé Fhiáin)
  - Ryan George

Dance of the Jester
  - Peter Tchaikovsky

East Ridge High School
Brent Comeau, Conductor

       Program available at concert

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Adventures on Earth - John Williams
     from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Dusk - Steven Bryant

Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi
   I. “The Pines of the Villa Borghese.” 
   II. “Pines Near a Catacomb.”
   III. “The Pines of the Janiculum.”
   IV. “The Pines of the Appian Way.”

Encore Wind Ensemble
     Remembrances
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Old Wine in New Bottles - Gordon Jacob
      The Wraggle-Taggle Gypsies
      The Three Ravens
      Begone, Dull Care
      Early One Morning
Fervent Is My Longing/Fugue in G minor - J.S. Bach/Lucien Calliet
Lux In Tenebris Lucet (Light Shines in the Darkness)-Darren Schmidt
   2017 Charles B. Olson Young Composer Contest Winner
Suite of Old American Dances - Robert Russell Bennett
      Cake Walk
      Schottische
      Western One-Step
      Wallflower Waltz
      Rag
Porgy and Bess - George Gershwin/Ralph Herman
Amazing Grace - traditional/William Himes
Slavic Farwell - Vasilij Ivan Agapkin

Darren Schmidt is an active composer and performer from Baltimore, Maryland.  A recent graduate of Towson University, Schmidt is taking a gap year to compose full time and sing with his award winning barbershop quartet, Pratt Street Power.  Schmidt served as principle F Horn in Towson University's Symphonic Band and conducted their premiere of his piece in December, 2016.  Lux In Tenebris Lucet (Light Shines in the Darkness) was also awarded 2nd Runner-Up in the National Band Association Young Mentor Project.  

University of MN Symphonic Band
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

Selections to be performed announced at concert

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

In This Broad Earth - Steven Bryant
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
Bonecas de Chuva (Rain Dolls) - Andreia Pinto Correia
    Maja Radovanlija, guitar
Commando March - Samuel Barber

Maja Radovanlija was born in Belgrade, Serbia and has been playing guitar since the age of nine. Radovanlija completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Belgrade and received her master’s and doctor of music at jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. During her studies, she won several prizes at international guitar competitions in Serbia and Bulgaria. Since then, she has performed frequently as a solo and chamber musician, touring European countries, Middle-east and North Africa. Radovanlija’s interests include musical genres beyond classical, such as traditional Balkan music, jazz, experimental, and improvised music.

Encore Wind Ensemble
Jerry Luckhardt, Conductor

In This Broad Earth - Steven Bryant
Sleep - Eric Whitacre
Bonecas de Chuva (Rain Dolls) - Andreia Pinto Correia
    Maja Radovanlija, guitar
Commando March - Samuel Barber
         -- intermission --
Symphony in Bb - Paul Hindemith
     I. Moderately Fast, with vigor - Molto agitato
    II. Andantino grazioso - Fast and Gay
    III. Fugue. Rather broad - Fast, energetic

Maja Radovanlija was born in Belgrade, Serbia and has been playing guitar since the age of nine. Radovanlija completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of Belgrade and received her master’s and doctor of music at jacobs School of Music, Indiana University. During her studies, she won several prizes at international guitar competitions in Serbia and Bulgaria. Since then, she has performed frequently as a solo and chamber musician, touring European countries, Middle-east and North Africa. Radovanlija’s interests include musical genres beyond classical, such as traditional Balkan music, jazz, experimental, and improvised music.